Awards

Summer Award Nominations Will Open June 27 - July 31, 2023

GSA recognizes outstanding advanced and early/mid-career individuals of all disciplines through a host of prestigious awards.

Summer Awards honoring outstanding leaders in the field of gerontology:

Society-Wide

M. Powell Lawton Award

The Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education:

Mildred M. Seltzer Distinguished Service Honor

Part-Time/Adjunct Faculty Honor

Administrative Leadership Honor

Social Research, Policy, and Practice

Barbara J. Berkman Award

Elaine M. Brody Thought Leader Award

Summer Awards celebrating mid and early career innovators in the field of gerontology:

Society Wide:

Interdisciplinary Paper Award

Poster Award

Douglas Holmes Award

Minority Issues Poster Award

Carol A. Schutz Travel Award

TJ McCallum Memorial Student Travel Award

Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education:

Graduate Student Paper Award

James McKenney Student Travel Award

Behavioral and Social Sciences:

Student Research Award

Boaz Kahana Student Poster Award

Behavioral and Social Sciences Student Travel Award

Biological Sciences:

George Sacher Student Award

Health Sciences:

Austin Bloch Award

Person-in-Training Award

Research Award

Health Sciences Student Travel Award

Social Research, Policy, and Practice:

Carroll L. Estes Rising Star Award

Outstanding Student Poster Award

Social Research, Policy, and Practice Student Travel Award

 

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) fosters new ideas, recognizes leadership in gerontological teaching and service, and salutes both outstanding and potential research through a host of awards. The Society's awards program has a dual purpose; honoring outstanding leaders in the field of gerontology and focusing attention on new developments in the area of aging. In a way, the Society's award recipients serve as milestones in the history and development of gerontology.

The multidisciplinary breadth of the Society's membership is reflected in the awards maintained by GSA. Some awards honor outstanding achievement in gerontology irrespective of discipline, other awards are limited to each of the Society's six members groups; the Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education, Biological Sciences, Behavioral and Social Science, Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization, Health Sciences, and Social Research, Policy, and Practice. 

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Additionally, there is a complete list of awardees

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