The Michael Harris Bond Award for Early Research Contributions

 

Michael Harris Bond has worked in Asia for almost four decades.

​To commemorate his many significant contributions to Asian social psychology, a group of his friends and former students have set ​up an endowment fund with AASP for the Michael Harris Bond Award for Early Research Contributions. One award will be given every two years. Eligibility criteria for the award are as follows:

​- The awardee can be of any nationality, but must be based in ​Asia (broadly defined, including Australasia) at least for the last three years.
– He/she must have obtained his/her Ph.D. within eight years from the closing date for the current round of nominations.

​- He/she has made significant contributions to Asian social psychology, broadly defined as psychological research on social processes in the Asian context, of a basic and/or applied nature.

​- He/she will receive a certificate for the award, as well as the sum of US $1,500 and a waiver of t​he registration fee to attend the forthcoming biannual conference of AASP, at which he/she will deliver a state-of-the-art lecture. The awardee must attend the conference to receive the award in Taipei.

​- The awardee will be invited to write a review that summarizes his/her research contributions and their implications for future research, to be published in the Asian Journal of Social Psychology after being reviewed.

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For the current award, the nomination deadline is 15 April, 2019.

The awardee will be announced about a month after the deadline.

He/she will receive the award at the AASP Conference in Taipei, July 11-13, 2019.


​Please send your nomination to AASP MH Bond Award 2019 Committee (Attn: Prof Allan Bernardo; Email: allanbibernardo@um.edu.mo), including:

(a) the CV of the nominee,

(b) a one-page letter of support that highlights the nominee’s contributions to Asian social psychology,

(c) digital copies of three of the most important publications of the nominee.

 

​Self-nominations are also welcome. A committee, consisting of a past president of AASP, a past or the current editor of AJSP, and an appointed member, will deliberate and select the awardee.