ARP Service Award

The ARP Service Award is presented biennially to recognize extraordinary service to the organization. The ARP Executive Board established this award in 2013. More info is available on the Service Award page.

Early Career Award

The ARP Early Career Award is presented biennially to recognize exceptional early career accomplishments in personality research. The ARP Executive Board established this award in 2017. More information is available on the Early Career Award page.

Emerging Scholar Award

The ARP Emerging Scholar Award is presented biennially to recognize exceptionally high quality work from emerging personality psychologists. The ARP Executive Board established this award in 2018. More information is available on the Emerging Scholar Award page.

Tanaka Dissertation Award

The J.S. Tanaka Personality Dissertation Award is presented annually to recognize an outstanding dissertation concerning personality. The award was established to honor the memory of Jeff Tanaka and his numerous contributions to the empirical study of personality. More information is available on the Tanaka Award page.

Murray Award

The Henry A. Murray Award recognizes distinguished contributions to the study of individual lives and whole persons. The winner is selected every other year by a joint committee that includes representatives from both ARP and the Personological Society. More information is available on the Murray Award page.

Dunlop Spark Grant

The Dunlop Spark Grant provides support to early career scholars (undergraduate, graduate, or up to 5 years post-doctoral) studying narrative, personological, or otherwise idiographic approaches to personality. It can be used to support a variety of activities, including but not limited to training in narrative methods, data collection, narrative data transcription, and travel to present at conferences. More information is available on the Dunlop Spark Grant page.

Poster Award

The ARP Poster Awards are presented biennially to recognize excellent posters presented by graduate students or postdoctoral students at the ARP conference. A team of ARP members selects the best poster and a runner up poster from each poster session. More information is available on the Poster Award page.

Diversity Travel Award

The ARP Diversity Travel Award supports the participation of graduate students from historically marginalized communities in the ARP conference. These communities include, but are not limited to, ethnic and racial minorities, LGBTQ2 students, first-generation college students, and students with a disability/special needs. More information is available on the Diversity Travel Award page.

Reviewer Award

The ARP Reviewer Award recognizes individuals who provide excellent service to the field of personality through constructive peer review. This award is also meant to encourage thoughtful and constructive engagement with the peer review process. More information is available on the Reviewer Award page.

COVID-19 Emerging Scholar and Diversity Award

This award was created during the COVID-19 pandemic to support undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral personality researchers. A particular emphasis of the award is to support members of historically marginalized communities, including but not limited to, ethnic and racial minorities, LGBTQ2 students, first-generation college students, and students with a disability/special needs. More info is available on the COVID-19 Awards page.