Awards Program

Recognizing Research

A critical part of the ADAA mission is to support research in the areas of anxiety, stress, and related disorders. Open to graduate students and early career professionals, the Career Development Travel Awards and the Donald F. Klein Early Career Investigator Award further that goal.

Career Development Travel Awards

Awards are given to help early career professionals with a research interest in anxiety  disorders and depression such as basic and clinical neurobiology and psychopharmacology, clinical psychology, genetics, neuroimaging, epidemiology, and public health, as well as other areas.

Deadline: December 3, 2012 Deadline has passed.

Learn more details, including how to apply. [1]

• Award recipients [2]

Donald F. Klein Early Career Investigator Award

This award is given to an early career investigator for the best original research paper on neurobiology, psychopharmacology, psychosocial treatments, or experimental psychopathology of anxiety disorders and depression.

Deadline: December 3, 2012 Deadline has passed.

Learn more details, including how to apply. [3]

• Award recipients [4]

New Research Poster Award Winners

Award recipients [5]

RecognizingTraining

Clinician Trainee Award

This award acknowledges clinician trainees who have excelled in their performance in an internship or clinical training setting. ADAA will give up to three awards, providing trainees the opportunity to attend the annual conference, meet with a senior clinician mentor there, and become involved with the organization.

Deadline: December 3, 2012  Deadline has passed.

Learn more details, including how to apply. [6]

• Award recipients [7]

Recognizing ADAA Members

The ADAA Awards Program expanded in 2011 to recognize member participation and commitment to the association and to the community through three Member Recognition Awards: ADAA Member of Distinction, Clinician Outreach Award, [8]and [8]Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award. [8]

ADAA Member of Distinction Award

Nomination Application [9]  
Deadline: January 10, 2013 Deadline has passed.

This award recognizes a mid-career clinician or researcher who advances the mission of ADAA through significant service and commitment to the organization and its membership.

• Award recipients [10]

Award   The recipient will be recognized and photographed at the Opening Session of the annual conference and be presented with a plaque.
In addition, the recipient will be invited for the following:

• Interview or podcast for the ADAA website about the value of ADAA membership
• Participate on next year’s award-selection committee  

Eligibility Criteria

• ADAA member for 10 years or more
• Record of service through participation in the organization's committees, task forces or boards, mentoring, special initiatives, or involvement in the annual conference.

Clinician Outreach Award

Nomination Application [9] 
Deadline: January 10, 2013 Deadline has passed.

This award acknowledges clinician members of ADAA who fulfill the public education and outreach mission of the association. It will recognize one clinician or groups of clinicians who have informed the general public or served those suffering from a specific anxiety disorder.

Activities must be novel, innovative, or related to expanding the delivery of information or clinical services. Examples of a project, service, or innovation include opening the first program in a region without mental health services for anxiety disorders; volunteering to help combat veterans overcome PTSD; conducting free mental health screenings for anxious children at a local shelter.

• Award recipients [11]

Award   The recipients will be recognized and photographed at the Opening Session of the annual conference and be presented with a plaque.
In addition, they will be invited for the following:

• Interview or podcast for the ADAA website about the activity
• Participate on next year’s award-selection committee  

Eligibility Criteria

• ADAA member
• Activities must have been delivered and shown to have a positive impact

Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award

Nomination Application [9] 
Deadline: January 10, 2013 Deadline has passed.

To honor the memory and lifework of Jerilyn Ross, cofounder of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and president from 1985 to 2010, this award will acknowledge a professional who exemplifies excellence and outstanding advocacy for patient education and care, training, and research. [8]

• Award recipient [12]

Award   The recipient will be recognized and photographed at the Opening Session of the annual conference and receive complimentary registration, travel, and hotel accommodations for two nights at the annual conference.
In addition, the recipient will be invited for the following:

• Record a podcast for the ADAA website about the importance of advocacy and the role of clinician advocates in improving care and ending stigma
• Participate on next year’s award-selection committee  

Eligibility Criteria 

• ADAA member
• Mental health professional from any clinical discipline
• Demonstrated track record of advocacy on behalf of those suffering from anxiety disorders
• Proven highest standards of empirically supported care or clinical innovation
• Must attend the ADAA Annual Conference