Please read SSWR Board’s statement (June 22, 2022) on recognizing and supporting research excellence across various methods, epistemologies, theories, and substantive areas of research. Seeking to deepen our profession’s commitment to research that directly and indirectly informs anti-oppressive, anti-racist, and socially just practices and policies.

For the full statement, please click here.

Please read each call for nominations carefully, as some requirements and/or criteria have changed. If you have any questions regarding the nomination process, please email Kristen Reamy, Membership and Awards Coordinator, at kristen@sswr.org.

2024 AWARDS
(download the PDF for the award description
and 
nomination/application procedures)

DEADLINE FOR
NOMINATIONS/APPLICATIONS

Distinguished Career Achievement Award (Download PDF)

June 30, 2023

Aaron Rosen Lecture (Download PDF)

June 30, 2023

Book Award for Best Scholarly Book Published (Download PDF)

June 30, 2023

Excellence in Research Award (Download PDF)

June 30, 2023

Social Policy Researcher Awards (Download PDF)

June 30, 2023

Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Achievement Award (Download PDF)

June 30, 2023

Outstanding Social Work Doctoral Dissertation Award (Download PDF)

*This award requires advance registration for ID#.
The deadline to register for an ID# is August 4, 2023.

August 25, 2023*

Doctoral Fellows Award (Download PDF)

*This award requires advance registration for ID#.
The deadline to register for an ID# is August 4, 2023.

August 25, 2023*

*Awards require advance registration for ID#s. The deadline for ID#’s is August 4, 2023.

Congratulations to SSWR 2023 Awardees! – Download PDF

Award History

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