Awards and Council Nominations

Call for Nominations for Office

The Association’s Nominations Committee invites nominations for the positions of EARA President, Council Member, International Representative to Council, and Student Representative to Council for terms beginning in April of a biennial meeting year. Nominations must be received no later than October of a preceding year. Contact the EARA Executive Office for actual deadline dates and the address for mailing the application materials.

EARA Awards

During the Awards Ceremony at the Association’s biennial meetings, the following two awards are presented: The EARA Young Scholar Award, and the Alexander E. Jackson Award. Our Awards Committee is responsible for selecting the winners of the awards. A list of recipients follows the description of each award.

The Young Scholar Award was established in 2000. This award recognizes outstanding scholastic promise in research on adolescence. The award recognizes the international publications following from a dissertation that significantly contribute to the understanding of adolescence and development during adolescence.

Previous Awardees:

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2000
Rutger Engels		 2002
Henrik Andershed
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2004
Susan Branje		 2006
Geertjan Overbeek

Nominations for the Young Scholar Award require a letter outlining the merits of the award nominee, 5 copies of a 3-5 page abstract of the dissertation, 3 copies of the full dissertation, and 1 additional letter of recommendation. Nominations are due in the early spring of the year of the biennial meeting.

The Alexander E. Jackson Award was founded in 2004 to honor EARA’s founding president. Dr. Jackson was especially interested in peer relationships, parent-adolescent relationships, and coping. His impact on the field of adolescent was profound and revolutionary. This award recognizes an individual whose overall program of work has had a significant impact on our understanding of development and behavior during the second decade of the life-span.

Nominations for the Alexander E. Jackson Award require a letter outlining the merits of the award nominee, 3 letters of recommendation, and copies of 3 scholarly articles or chapters that represent the nominee’s contributions. Nominations are due in the early spring of the year of the biennial meeting.

Exact deadlines and information regarding application materials are specified in the call for nominations circulated on the website and in the newsletter.