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Karen Postal Outstanding Mentorship Award
Description
The Karen Postal Outstanding Mentorship Award honors the importance of mentoring in the field of neuropsychology, as well as the dedication and impact of individuals with a distinguished record of guiding, teaching, advising, and encouraging students and colleagues, including those who are connected to few other resources in the field.
Award
This will be a non-monetary award. An honorary plaque will be presented at either the AACN conference or SCN conference, as selected by the recipient.
Eligibility
1. Clinical neuropsychologist and member of either SCN or AACN.
2. Have significantly impacted the professional work and personal development of mentee(s) as illustrated in two testimonial letters and broadly evident in their vita.
3. Nominees will generally be individuals who have been teaching, working, mentoring, and/or supervising in the field for at least 10 years, but early career professionals will certainly be considered.
Mentorship Award Winners
| Anthony Stringer | 2024 |
| Karen Postal | 2023 |
Greiffenstein-Kaplan Student Poster Award
Description
The Greiffenstein-Kaplan student poster award is conferred in recognition of excellence in scientific poster presentation by a student at the annual meeting of the AACN.
Award
$500.00
Eligibility
1. The candidate selects to be considered for the award when the poster is submitted to the AACN abstract portal.
2. The poster was accepted for presentation by the AACN poster committee reviewers.
3. The first author must be a student member of AACN.
Diversity Poster Award
Description
In order to help encourage research in this area, this annual award recognizes the best poster presented at AACN on a diversity-related topic regardless of that individual’s status (e.g., trainee, faculty, etc.). The award winner will be chosen primarily based upon the quality of research and its likelihood to impact the fields of neuropsychology and diversity/multiculturalism.
Award
$500.00
Eligibility
1. The candidate selects to be considered for the award when the poster is submitted to the AACN abstract portal.
2. The poster was accepted for presentation by the AACN Poster Committee reviewers.
3. The topic of the research focuses on an aspect of diversity and/or multiculturalism.
4. First author must be present at the poster.
Forensic Neuropsychology Poster Award
Description
Recognize and promote excellence in forensic neuropsychological science at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology.
Award
$500.00
Eligibility
1. The candidate selects to be considered for the award when the poster is submitted to the AACN abstract portal.
2. The poster was accepted for presentation by the AACN Poster Committee reviewers.
3. The topic of the research focuses on application of clinical neuropsychological expertise to the legal system, such as civil or criminal proceedings, disability determination, workers’ compensation or resolution of conflicts around appropriate educational programs.
4. The first author must be an AACN Senior Member, Active Member, Student Member or Non-Certified Affiliate and must commit to present the poster during the AACN conference.
Description
The Baron Pediatric Subspecialist Award will be conferred annually in recognition of excellence for a scientific poster presented at the Annual Meeting of AACN. It will be awarded to either 1) an ABCN Subspecialist in Pediatric Clinical Neuropsychology first author, or 2) jointly, to a Pediatric Subspecialist secondary author and his or her student or early career mentee first author (within 5 years of earning their doctorate).
Award
$500.00
Eligibility
1. The candidate selects to be considered for the award when the poster is submitted to the AACN abstract portal.
2. The poster was accepted for presentation by the AACN Poster Committee reviewers.
3. The paper’s authors include either (a) an ABCN subspecialist in pediatric clinical neuropsychology as first author or (b) as a secondary or senior author.
Distinguished Neuropsychologist Award
Description
The Distinguished Neuropsychologist Award honors one member each year who has made a distinguished contribution to the Academy (AACN) and/or Board (ABCN), as well as to the greater field of Neuropsychology through their teaching, research, clinical, and/or leadership efforts, and who have also shown their commitment through their exemplary services to the AACN/ABCN organization(s) and the profession. This is the highest award given by the AACN, recognizing outstanding sustained service.
Award
$2,000.00
Eligibility
1. All nominees will be re-considered for two additional cycles following their initial nomination, without requiring re-nomination. However, nominators are encouraged to re-nominate deserving neuropsychologists as many times as they believe is appropriate.
2. The nominee must be an Active or Senior AACN member (board certified through ABCN and paid up on ABPP and AACN dues) and cannot be members of the AACN Board of Directors at the time of the nomination.
Distinguished Neuropsychologist Award Winners
| Paul Mattis | 2024 |
| Neil Pliskin | 2023 |
| Jacobus Donders | 2022 |
| Mike Westerveld | 2021 |
| Brenda Spiegler | 2019 |
| John Lucas | 2018 |
| Manfred Greiffenstein | 2017 |
| Glenn Smith | 2016 |
| Bernice Marcopulos | 2015 |
| Diane Howieson | 2014 |
| Thomas Hammeke | 2013 |
| Greg Lamberty | 2012 |
| Jerry Sweet | 2011 |
| Robert Ivnik | 2010 |
| Sandra Koffler | 2009 |
| Kerry Hamsher | 2008 |
| Ida Sue Baron | 2007 |
| Russell Bauer | 2006 |
| Linas A. Bieliauskas | 2005 |
| Stephen M. Rao | 2004 |
Leadership Award
Description
The Leadership Award annually honors 1-2 AACN members who have shown outstanding/distinctive leadership or professional service recently that is likely to have a lasting imprint on the specialty and/or is recognized within the neuropsychology community as exceptionally important and beneficial. This award focuses explicitly on recent/ongoing work, not lifetime or career achievement. Recipients do not need to hold any official leadership role in an organization; the review panel encourages nominations of members both within and outside of official leadership roles.
Award
$1,500.001
1As of 2026, if there are multiple recipients of an award, the monetary value will be divided evenly.
Eligibility
1. The nominee should be an active AACN member (board certified through ABCN and paid up on ABPP and AACN dues). Under unusual circumstances, the committee may also consider a non-AACN member who otherwise meets criteria.
2. A nomination from another AACN member, including: (a) the name and contact information of the neuropsychologist who is being nominated, (b) the name and contact information of the nominating individual, (c) a 300 to 500-word description of the exceptional recent/ongoing work deserving of recognition, the nominee’s specific role in it, and the anticipated impact of that work on the field. Unlike nominees for the DNP Award, Leadership Award nominees should not submit a vita, as the focus is on recent/current actions.
Leadership Award Winners
| Daryl Fujii | 2024 |
| Anthony Stringer | 2024 |
| Veronica Bordes Edgar | 2023 |
| Alice Ann Holland | 2022 |
| Robert Davis | 2022 |