Honor your distinguished colleagues by nominating them for an award sponsored by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) or one of its member groups. The awards listed below are actively seeking nominations. Awards that do not require nominations, or whose deadlines have passed, are not included here. Read more about NCFR awards...

The deadline for most awards is May 1 (unless indicated otherwise).

Awards designated "SNP" below are available to anyone who is an undergraduate or graduate student, or anyone within five years of their last degree earned.

NCFR-Sponsored Awards

• Czaplewski Fellowship Award
• Felix Berardo Scholarship Award for Mentoring
• NCFR Student Award (SNP)
• Ruth Hathaway Jewson Award (SNP)

Inclusion and Diversity Committee

• Social Justice Award for Contributions to Family Science

Affiliate Council Awards

• Affiliate Grants — June 1 deadline, student and state/regional affiliates may apply.
• Meritorious Service Award — June 1 deadline
• President-for-a-Day Award (SNP) — June 1 deadline

NCFR Sections

Advancing Family Science Section

• Outstanding Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Paper Award — April 15 deadline
• Advancing Family Science Legacy Award

Education and Enrichment Section

• Margaret E. Arcus Outstanding Family Life Educator Award

Ethnic Minorities Section

• John L. and Harriette P. McAdoo Dissertation Award  (doctoral candidates, can be SNP)

Families and Health Section

• Outstanding Professional Paper/Publications Award — June 1 deadline
• Outstanding Student and New Professional Paper Award (SNP) — June 1 deadline

Family Policy Section

• Feldman Internship Award (SNP)
• Feldman Outstanding Research Proposal for Research in Family Policy (SNP)
• Feldman Best Conference Proposal Award (SNP)

Feminism and Family Studies Section

• Jessie Bernard Award - Outstanding Research Proposal from a Feminist Perspective (SNP) — April 15 deadline
• Jessie Bernard Award - Contribution to Feminist Scholarship Paper (SNP) — April 15 deadline
• Alexis J. Walker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Feminist Family Studies

International Section

• Jan Trost Award — June 15 deadline
• Student and New Professional Travel Scholarship (SNP) — June 15 deadline
• Annual Conference Travel Scholarship — June 15 deadline

Research and Theory Section

• Ernest W. Burgess Award

NCFR Focus Groups

Family Economics Focus Group

• Best Family Economics Paper of the Year — June 1 deadline

Issues in Aging Focus Group

• Issues in Aging Focus Group Awards (SNP and Professional) — June 1 deadline

Latino(a) Research Focus Group

• Best Student Posters — June 15 deadline
• Best Student Paper — June 15 deadline

Men in Families Focus Group

• Best New Professional Research Article Award — June 1 deadline
• Best Research Article Award — June 1 deadline

Military Families and Children Focus Group

• Outstanding Student and New Professional Proposal Award (SNP) — June 1 deadline
• Outstanding Professional Proposal Award — June 1 deadline

Qualitative Family Research Network Focus Group

• Anselm Strauss Award for Qualitative Family Research