SRCD Biennial Awards
Forecasted
SRCD Biennial Awards support emerging and established developmental scientists by honoring dissertations, research, mentoring, and service that advance understanding of children’s development.
Funder: Society for Research in Child Development
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2028 (Call for nominations)
Funding Amounts: $1,000 USD early career honorarium; $500 USD doctoral dissertation honorarium
Summary: Honors outstanding dissertations, early career scholarship, and sustained contributions to developmental science, mentoring, and service.
Key Information: Nominees must be SRCD members under the current call; eligibility requirements differ by award category.
Description
The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) presents its Biennial Awards to recognize acclaimed work in developmental science across career stages. The program includes Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Awards, Early Career Research Contributions Awards, and Senior Distinguished Contributions Awards. These honors recognize unusually noteworthy dissertations, distinguished research and publications, and sustained contributions to understanding children’s development.
Senior awards recognize scientific contributions, research informing public policy and practice, international and cultural understanding, mentoring, interdisciplinary work, and research in Majority World communities. The awards are presented at SRCD’s biennial meetings. The program recognizes both emerging scholars and researchers whose sustained work has advanced developmental science and supported new generations of developmental scientists.
