IASR Member Awards
IASR members are eligible for five awards recognizing outstanding research contributions in the field of sexuality.
Brief communication presentations are judged by a panel at each year's conference. Student and senior members are eligible for this award. The award is valued at $500 USD. The winner is announced at the closing banquet. For a list of past winners, click here.
IASR members may opt to have their posters judged for the Best Senior Poster Award when submitting their abstracts for review for the annual conference. The award is valued at $500 USD. The winner is announced at the closing banquet. For a list of past winners, click here.
The Richard Green Founding President Annual Presentation (the “Presentation”) began in 2016 and occurs once per year at the annual meeting. The Presentation shall consist of a minimum of twenty minutes for an oral presentation with up to ten minutes for discussion after the oral presentation. Nominations for speakers will be reviewed by a committee composed of three full IASR members, consisting of one full-time member who is either a clinical psychiatrist or clinical psychologist, one full-time member who is a laboratory research scientist, and one full-time member who is either a sociologist, anthropologist, or lawyer.
The speaker shall be reimbursed for expenses to attend the Presentation. Reimbursement shall include coach class travel, other necessary transportation, hotel accommodations, meals, and the annual meeting registration fee.
Selection of the speaker shall be either from a pool of applicants responding to an announcement by IASR or from nominations proposed by the Selection Committee. Check back at the conference announcements page for details on how to propose a plenary speaker.
Dr. Ellen Laan was not only a top-notch sexual scientist but a passionate and compelling communicator of sexual science. Over her career, she sought out opportunities to speak about sexual science to the lay public and to advocate for the inclusion of accurate information about human sexuality in educational resources. Her life and work present an inspirational model of translational sexual science, and this new annual award, which is supported by Dr. Laan’s Seksueel Welzijn Nederland foundation, is intended to recognize similar efforts in:
Communicating sexual science to lay audiences, through in-service presentations, podcasts, editorials, videos, public forums, etc.
Translating scientific findings into clinical or policy interventions or educational materials
To be considered for this award, which will be awarded at the Montréal meeting, please submit a CV and a one-page nomination letter outlining how you fulfill the criteria for the award to iasradmin@gmail.com. The deadline for nominations is August 5, 2023. We strongly encourage applications from IASR members at all career stages.
The Richard Green Lifetime Achievement Award is to be awarded on an occasional basis to recognize outstanding lifetime achievements in sexual science and contributions to the Academy. Normally, in order to recognize lifetime achievement, awards will go to individuals who are toward the end of their career. Nominations are due each year by April 1, and the Executive Committee will make final decisions about whether an award will be given. No more than one award will be granted in any particular year.
Eligibility requirements include:
Nominators must be a member of the Academy in good standing (i.e., dues paid)
The nomination must be endorsed by three members of the Academy (all in good standing); signatures on the nomination letter (see below) or brief emails of support will be accepted as endorsements
Members of the Executive are eligible to be nominators but are not eligible for the award
Nominations must include a letter detailing:
The nature of the individual’s work and its impact on the field of sexual science
The nature of the individual's involvement with the Academy and their impact on the organization
