Descriptions, Guidelines, Processes, and Criteria

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All awards will be presented during the 2025 SSSS Annual Conference.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | November 12-16, 2025

SSSS Awards & Grants Policy

Nomination/Application Deadline: March 15, 2025 >>> EXTENDED TO April 15, 2025

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award and grant, to include nomination/application process:
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AWARDS

Outstanding Theoretical Paper Award

Social Justice / Public Policy Award

Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award

Fellow of The Society

Distinguished Service to SSSS Award

Lester A. Kirkendall Outstanding Mentor Award

GRANTS

Student Research Grant - Graduate

Student Research Grant - Undergraduate

For Information on additional awards not open for nominations:

Awards

Bonnie and Vern L. Bullough Book Award

Hugo G. Beigel Award

Student Paper Award

Travel Grant for Early Career Professionals from Marginalized Groups

Two grants will be awarded in 2025.

The application process starts when selecting the "Travel Grant" option during the abstract submission process.
The deadline to submit a travel grant application coincides with the abstract submission deadline.
Call for Presentations will open in Spring, 2025

Travel Grant for Early-Career Professionals from Marginalized Groups

RETIRED AWARDS
Over the years SSSS has given several awards that are no longer active. Below are brief descriptions of the awards, along with the recipients.

Janice M. Epp Student Scholarship Award
This award recognized Dr. Janice Epp’s significant contributions to SSSS. Dr. Epp, a prominent clinical sexologist and educator, was renowned as a passionate advocate for students, an inspiring teacher, and a wise mentor. She worked tirelessly to expand opportunities for students to be a viable part of The Society.

2017 – Vivian Ta
2017 – Bridget Rebek
2016 – Jessica J. Hille
2015 – Randal Brown
2015 – Lisa Meyers
2015 – Veronica Tirado Mercado
2014 – Shanna Katz Kattari
2014 – Chelsea Kilimnik
2014 – Jonathan Reeves
2013 – Corey Flanders
2013 – Virginia Lynn Ramseyer Winter

Kinsey Award
This award was given by the former Mid-Continent Region of SSSS. It acknowledged contributions to the field of sex research, sex therapy, and/or sexology.

Alfred Kinsey, PhD (posthumously)
William Masters, MD
Paul Gebhard, PhD
Floyd Martinson, PhD
Joseph LoPiccolo, PhD
Ira Reiss, PhD
Donald Mosher, PhD
Janet Shibley Hyde, PhD
Leonore Tiefer, PhD
Elizabeth Rice Allgeier, PhD
Vern L. Bullough, RN, PhD
Bonnie Bullough, RN, PhD
John Money, PhD
Wardell Pomeroy, PhD
Elaine Hatfield, PhD
John Henry Jefferies Bancroft, MD
John Gagnon, PhD
Eli Coleman, PhD
John DeLamater, PhD
Alan Bell, PhD (posthumously)
Michael Ross, PhD
Beverly Whipple, PhD
Martin Weinberg, PhD
Edward Laumann, PhD
Julia Heiman, PhD
Milton Diamond, PhD
E. Sandra Byers, PhD

Founders Award

2003 - Albert Ellis, PhD

John Money Award
Presented by the former Eastern Region of SSSS.

2011 - Eli Coleman
2010 - Jeff Parsons
2009 - Mark Padilla
2008 - Theo Sandfoot
2005 - Vern Bullough
2004 - Charlene Muehlenhard

Mattison and McWhirter Student Paper & Presentation Award

2012 Presentation Winner — Suzan Doornwaard, MSc
“Developmental Trajectories of Adolescents Use of Sexually Explicit Material”

2012 Poster Winner — Megan Forbes, MA
“Other Fish in the Scene.com: The Impact of Sex Ratios on Online Dating Sites”

David L. Weis Student Paper Presentation Award

This award was given by the former Mid-Continent Region of SSSS to acknowledge the quality of the presentation made during that meeting.