Joel Lefkowitz Early Career Award for Humanistic Industrial-Organizational Psychology Grant

Joel Lefkowitz Early Career Award for Humanistic Industrial-Organizational Psychology Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Foundation (SIOP)
Amount: US $3,000
Last Updated: May 13, 2025

Summary

The Joel Lefkowitz Early Career Award for Humanistic Industrial-Organizational Psychology honors early-career professionals who have significantly contributed to humanistic I-O psychology. Nominees should have defended their doctoral dissertations within the last decade and demonstrate impactful work in areas like worker dignity, social justice, and organizational responsibility. Awardees receive a plaque and $3,000 to acknowledge their contributions to creating healthier and more equitable workplaces.

Overview

The Joel Lefkowitz Early Career Award for Humanistic Industrial-Organizational Psychology recognizes an early-career individual who has made a notable contribution to humanistic I-O psychology. A nominee’s contribution can be in the form of an applied project, research, and/or theory-building that focuses on fostering organizations that are safe, just, healthy, challenging, and fulfilling places in which to work. The contribution should be documented in publications, presentations, and/or project reports or products. Broad areas of contribution include advancing the dignity of and respect for workers, economic and social justice, and promoting the organization’s concern for the common good. Some examples of issues deserving attention include employment-at-will, wrongful discharge, alternative dispute resolutions, wage theft, union busting, unsafe working conditions, abusive supervision, pay inequity, living wages, work-life imbalance, sexual harassment, discrimination of all types, and organizational social responsibility. To be considered for the award, nominees must have defended their doctoral dissertation within the last ten years. The setting in which the nominee has made the contributions (i.e., academia, government, or industry) is not relevant. Award recipients receive a plaque and a cash prize of $3,000.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Nominations may be submitted by any SIOP member. Self-nominations are welcome.A nominated individual must be a SIOP member.Nominees must have defended their doctoral dissertation no earlier than 2014.Criteria for the AwardTheoretical, practical, or social significance of the nominee’s contribution to humanistic psychology.The contribution is grounded in sound psychological research or theory.The contribution can improve the quality of organizations as safe, just, healthy, challenging, and fulfilling places to work.The nominee demonstrates a commitment to a humanistic approach to I-O psychology, for example, by taking on a leadership role in an organization or committee whose goals are to improve worker’s lives, economic and social justice, or organizational impact on the common good; or by presenting in public forums focused on such improvements. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.