M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace Grant

M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace Grant

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

Summary

The M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace, presented by the SIOP Foundation, recognizes outstanding projects or products in industrial and organizational psychology. Honoring M. Scott Myers, the award aims to improve workplace practices and involves contributions from current SIOP members. Award recipients receive a plaque and a $1,500 cash prize, and must serve a three-year term as reviewers for the award subcommittee. Nominations are welcome from all SIOP members.

Overview

The SIOP Foundation is committed to improving the lives of workers and the functioning of organizations through the science and practice of Industrial/Organizational Psychology. M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace award is given in recognition of a project or product representing an outstanding example of the practice of industrial and organizational psychology in the workplace. M. Scott Myers (1922-1996), a SIOP and APA Fellow, was admired by his professional colleagues but was probably better known to CEOs of the Fortune 500. As head of a team of I-O psychologists at Texas Instruments in the 1960s, he helped TI to achieve record growth and profits by involving employees in management decisions and giving employees greater freedom to plan and control their own work. His classic article on “Who Are Your Motivated Workers?” (Harvard Business Review, 1964) and related book on Every Employee A Manager (McGraw-Hill, 1970) are still must reading for business executives. This annual award, honoring M. Scott Myers, will be given to an individual practitioner or team of practitioners who have developed and conducted/applied a specific project or product representing an example of outstanding practice of I-O psychology in the workplace (i.e., business, industry, government). Projects must have been conducted in the workplace within the last 40 years and cover a time period of no more than 8 years. Products (e.g., tests, questionnaires, videos, software, but not books or articles) must be used in the workplace and developed within the last 40 years. Projects or products may be in any area of I-O psychology (e.g., compensation, employee relations, equal employment opportunity, human factors, job analysis, job design, organizational development, organizational behavior, leadership, position classification, safety, selection, training). The award recipient(s) will receive a plaque commemorating the achievement, a cash prize of $1,500. Team awards will be shared among the members of the team. Award recipients will be asked to serve a three-year term as a reviewer on this award subcommittee beginning the following year.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Nominations may be submitted by any member of SIOP.Self-nominations are welcome.Individuals or teams may be nominated.Each individual nominee must be a current member of the Society.If a team is nominated, at least one of the team members must be a current member of the Society, and each team member must have made a significant contribution to the project or product. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.