The Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award is the most prestigious IPA award and is conferred upon either a member or a non-member who has made an outstanding contribution to the relationship between psychoanalysis and other fields. Extraordinarily Meritorious Service to Psychoanalysis Award Extraordinarily Meritorious Service to the IPA Award

The Extraordinarily Meritorious Service to Psychoanalysis Award is conferred upon a deserving recipient for exceptionally meritorious service to psychoanalysis or the profession, including the promotion of psychoanalysis to the wider community.

The Extraordinarily Meritorious Service to the IPA Award is conferred upon a deserving member for exceptionally meritorious service to the IPA

The Elisabeth Young-Bruehl Prejudice Award is awarded for a work (e.g. essay, article or video) which contributes to psychoanalytic understanding of prejudice. The purpose of this award is to increase awareness of the need to develop understanding of prejudice of various kinds within psychoanalysis and to honour the work of Dr. Elisabeth Young-Bruehl.

The Elise M. Hayman Award was initiated in 1989 by Dr Max Hayman in memory of his wife, Elise. The award is made biennially for the most cogent, relevant and commendable work on the Holocaust, and Genocide, current or historical.

The Research Committee of the IPA has an open biennial competition for the best psychoanalytic research papers/posters to be submitted for the IPA’s biennial Congress from the three IPA Regions.

The Psychoanalytic Training Today Award was initiated in 2002 by the IPA Education Committee to recognize the best submitted paper on the study and development of psychoanalytic training models.

This prize was presented for the first time in 1987 by Cesare Sacerdoti, previously of Karnac Books and it is awarded for the best individual paper submitted by a relatively young author who is presenting a paper at the IPA International Congress for the first time.

This award, also funded by Dr Hayman, was set up in 1997. The effects of the Holocaust upon adult survivors have led to significant impact upon the development of their children. The effects upon children who were themselves interned in the camps have been less studied and the same is true for those children’s children.

The Sexual and Gender Diversity Studies Committee (S&GDSco) presents this award at the IPA congress to foster member participation in the creation of knowledge, and knowledge transfer and exchange within the intersection of psychoanalysis and sexual and gender diversity.

This prize, funded by Dr Robert L Tyson, dates from 2005. It is awarded for the best unpublished clinical paper written by an IPA candidate in the two previous years. Three finalists, one from each region, are chosen and the winner is awarded the Tyson Prize ($500; $250 is awarded to each of the runners-up). The finalists will be invited to present their papers as part of a dedicated panel at the Congress.