1. No more than 10 years since the conferral of PhD degree or equivalent on the application due date (Feb. 28, 2018)

2. Membership of IACCP at the time of nomination and conferral of award.

One award may be given every two years during a Biennial Congress.

The award consists of the following:

1. A certificate and a grant of USD1500 to contribute to the cost of attendance at the Congress at which the award is given, as well as a waiver of the Congress registration fee.

2. Recipient’s contribution to cross-cultural psychology is to be featured and publicized in a suitable forum of IACCP.

3. Recipient must attend the Congress and give a plenary presentation, which is to be scheduled at a suitable time during the Congress.

To nominate an awardee, a nominator must electronically submit the following items to the chair person of the Award Selection Committee chair.

1. A letter of nomination by a member of the IACCP (two pages maximum length). The nominator may not be the nominee’s former supervisor. ) The letter should state the nominator’s relationship with the nominee, and reasons for nomination including the nominee’s most notable contributions to cross-cultural psychology. Please use the form attached.

2. A brief biography of the nominee (500 words maximum length).

3. The nominee’s current vita including the past educational history, employment history, prior awards or honors received, and full list of publications.

4. No more than five reprints representative of the nominee's contributions.

5. Supporting materials (two pages maximum) to document the nominee’s contribution to the teaching of and service to cross-cultural psychology. They normally take the form of documented activities such as the provision of workshops, organization of symposia, development of extensive teaching materials, publication of textbooks, and the like. Supporting letters written by an appropriate person from the nominee’s institution (e.g., department head) are also considered.

6. Submit applications to the Chair of the Standing Committee on Awards (Immediate Past President of IACCP) - William Gabrenya

7. Self-nominations are accepted.

Deadline

End of February in years of the Biennial Congress

Nomination form in Word

Nomination form in PDF

US$500, one-year membership in IACCP, free registration at the next IACCP biennial Congress and up to $1000 travel expenses for attending the conference. The winner will be asked to give a presentation of his or her research at the Congress and to write a short article describing the research project for IACCP publications such as the website or newsletter.

Your doctoral thesis (dissertation) must be relevant to the study of cross-cultural/cultural psychology, have scholarly excellence, innovation and implications for theory and research, and methodological appropriateness. Doctoral theses eligible for an award must have been completed (as defined by your university) between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2025.
Submissions must be received by the IACCP Deputy Secretary/General by December 1, 2025

Please submit a 1500-word abstract of the doctoral thesis in English. The abstract must contain no information that identifi es the applicant, thesis supervisor, or institution. The abstract must include detailed theory, method, results, and implications for the field. The abstract must be submitted via email attachment, using a common word processing fi le format such as MicrosoftWord, or RTF.

A letter from the thesis advisor certifying the university acceptance date of the thesis must be included. This letter must be sent directly from the supervisor to the Deputy Secretary-General. The application cover letter must include complete applicant contact information, including an address or addresses through with the applicant can be contacted during the evaluation process, including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. Following a preliminary evaluation, fi nalists will be asked to send copies of their complete doctoral thesis in English, to the evaluation committee.

Application materials should be sent to:
Prof. Sophie D. Walsh, Deputy Secretary-General, IACCP
walshs@biu.ac.il

Click on the award winners to see stories they wrote describing their research:

2000 - Candan Ertubey, University of Luton, United Kingdom

2002 - Samar Zebian, American University of Beirut, Fran Brew, MacQuarie University, Sydney, Australia

2004 - Judit Arends-Tóth, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

2006 - Arief Darmanegara Liem, National University of Singapore

2008 - Randal Horton, University of Chicago

2010 - Emma Buchtel, University of British Columbia, Canada

2012 - C.-Melanie Vauclair, Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand

2014 - Michael Boiger, University of Leuven, Belgium,

2016 - Jia He, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, Title: The General Response Style From A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Supervisor: Fons van de Vijver

2020 - Alexander Kirschner-Hausler, University of Leuven, Belgium: “The Relationality of Feelings: A cultural comparison of affective patterns in Western and East-Asian relationships”

2022 - Kongmeng Liew, Kyoto University, Japan: "“Applications of Machine Learning in Exploratory Approaches to Cultural Psychology”

2024 - Momoka Watanabe: “Kokoro no Kenko: Understanding Mental Health Beliefs from a Culturally Grounded Perspective Using a Mixed-Methods Approach in Japan and Canada”

Nominees must be Members of the Association. Current members of the EC (officers, regional representatives, special representatives), are normally not eligible for the Award until they leave the EC. However, the Committee may accept nominations for current EC members under the following conditions: (1) with the goal of presenting the Award in a timely manner, the EC vote must take place at a point when the recipient is in the first term of an office that allows two consecutive 4-year terms; (2) the Award is for service to the Association outside of the recipient’s official role on the EC; and (3) to eliminate the appearance of self-dealing, (a) no member of the Committee may receive the Award and (b) the recipient may not participate in the EC’s vote on the Award.

Nominations may be made by any Member of the Association and shall be sent to the chair of the Standing Committee on Awards (Immediate Past President of IACCP). The nominee is not informed of the nomination. The nomination must be accompanied by a statement of the nominee’s contributions to the Association and sent to the Chair of the Standing Committee on Awards, William Gabrenya by the end of February, 2026.

The Standing Committee on Awards may determine how to interpret “outstanding service,” i.e., the extent to which the service to the Association is unusually large. The Committee may decide to bring a nomination to the EC if it deems that the chance of approval is high. If the committee decides that the nomination is unlikely to be approved by the EC, the nominator but not the nominee will be informed. If the nomination is approved by the EC, the nominee is informed of the decision, and it is publicized through Association media.