EFPP Research Award

EFPP Research Award

The promotion of research is one of the main objectives of the EFPP. Being aware of the various results in the field of psychoanalytic psychotherapy research is fundamental for the political impact of our profession.

Thereby we want to enhance and acknowledge the exchange between clinicians and researchers in our member organizations by granting an award. Although the award will be monetary, the prize is mostly symbolic. We hope that it can be a stimulus and encouragement for our members to exchange and share their results and reflections concerning psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

Award Guidelines

The four sections of the EFPP – Adult individual, Child & Adolescent, Group, and Psychoanalytic Family and Couple Psychotherapy – are invited to participate and submit contributions for the EFPP Research Award Organization.

1. The award will be given for papers or books in the field of psychoanalytic psychotherapy that deal with a research issue or are the product of concrete research in the psychoanalytic psychotherapeutic field. The submitted paper or book must be unpublished or recently published (maximum 1 year when the application arrives to the EFPP Board).

2. The publications submitted should be original with regard to the research topic on the one hand, and methodologically sophisticated and stimulating for younger training candidates or psychodynamic psychotherapists willing to conduct research on the other hand.

3. The award will receive a monetary prize of 1.000 €.

The EFPP Research Award will be granted every second year during the EFPP Delegates Meeting. The recipient of the award is expected to present her or his paper to the Delegates.

4. Every researcher or research team can submit their results to the Honorary Secretary of the EFPP Board. A Research Committee of Board members will decide upon the applications. After the acceptance of the proposal by the Board the applicant will be informed. At the Delegates Meeting a certifying document will be given to the award winner together with the prize.