President’s New Researcher Award

CPA PRESIDENT’S NEW RESEARCHER AWARDS GUIDELINES

These awards recognize the exceptional quality of the contribution of new researchers to psychological knowledge in Canada. Selection of award recipients is based on the examination of the applicant’s record of early career achievement. A maximum of three awards are conferred annually in diverse areas of psychology.

Eligible candidates must meet the following criteria:

  1. Be a CPA member with five years or less post-graduate training experience (e.g., post-Masters, post-Ph.D.);
  2. Be within 5 years of completing their graduate degree (e.g., Masters, doctorate) and no longer enrolled as a student in a graduate program. Therefore a student who has graduated from a Masters program but is still in a doctorate program is not eligible for the award.
  3. Students enrolled in post-doctoral programs must be CPA members to be considered for the award (not student affiliates).

The winners will receive a certificate and a $500 cash award that will be presented during the CPA Convention. The winner will also receive  a free registration to attend the upcoming CPA convention and participate in a symposium.

The review committee is composed of the President, the immediate past President, the President-elect, and the Chair of the Scientific Affairs Committee.

Submissions must be sent by January 31, 2025 and must include the candidate’s curriculum vitae (in PDF Format), a letter of nomination (from a current CPA Fellow or Member), and three letters of support written in the last calendar year (from current CPA Fellows or Members).

All 2025 nominations will be submitted by electronic form during the month of January to ensure that all nominees, nominators and letter of support writers are current CPA Members or Fellows for 2025.

The form for electronic submissions will open January 1st, 2025.

CPA President’s New Researcher Award Recipients

2024
Friedrich Gotz
Andrew Kim
Kristy Robinson
2023
Samantha Dawson
2022
Heather Prime
Hayden Woodley
2021
Nicole Racine
Joshua Rash
Mark Wade
2020
Daniel Kopala-Sibley
Lindie Liang
2019
Brandy L. Callahan
Noémie Carbonneau
2018
Allison Ouimet
2017
Sheila N. Garland
Marina Milyavskaya
Lauren M. Wlaker
2016
Leanne ten Brinke
Amy Muise
Melanie Noel
2015
Lara B. Aknin
Igor Grossmann
Thomas A. O’Neill
2014
Becky L. Choma
Andrea Gonzalez
Natalie O. Rosen
2013
Naomi Koerner
Vina M. Goghari
Christopher J. Mushquash
2012
Claude Fernet
Meghan McMurtry
2011
Jonathan Weiss
Nathan Hall
2010
Paul Frewen
Patrick Gaudreau
Rebecca Pillai Riddell
2009
Andrew G. Ryder
Simon B. Sherry
Brett D. Thombs
2008
Martin Drapeau
Judy Eaton
Marie-Christine Ouellet
2007
Myra A. Fernandes
Lachlan McWilliams
Adam Radomsky
2006
Tracy Hecht
Elke Reissing
Victoria Talwar
2005
David M. Dunkley
Diane LaChapelle
Catherine F. Ratelle
2004
John R. Z. Abela
Marylène Gagné
Tonia L. Nicholls
2003
David J. A. Dozois
Joti Samra
Peter N. S. Hoaken
2002
Christine T. Chambers
Shawn R. Currie
Christine Purdon
2001
Tara K. MacDonald
Joanna Pozzulo
Daniel A. Waschbusch
2000
Christopher G. Davis
Nancy J. Fisher
Stephen B. Porter
Josée Savard
1999
Martin M. Antony
Cheryl L. Bradley
Heather Hadjistavropoulos
1998
Kerry L. Jang
Sherry H. Stewart
James R. Worling
 1997
Stéphane Bouchard
Brian J. Cox
Steven Taylor