Dear Colleagues:

The International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI) is seeking nominations for its 2013 Outstanding Early Career Award. This award is made annually to recognize and encourage a distinguished junior scientist who has made outstanding theoretical and empirical contributions to the scientific study of self and identity.

The award will be made on the basis of originality, quality, and impact of scientific research in the area of self and identity. Please go to our web site to see the past winners (http://issiweb.org/awards.html).

The award winner will be invited to present a distinguished address at the 2014 SPSP Self and Identity Pre-Conference. Please help us get this information to a wide audience of talented scientists for this year's competition.

Eligibility: Nominees should have completed their PhD no earlier than January 2003.

Nominations should include a letter of nomination addressing the nature and impact of the nominee's contribution to the scientific study of self and identity, a copy of the nominee's CV, and no more than 3 pdfs of her/his work selected for their relevance to the award. Please send nominating materials electronically. Nominations are due by *May 1, 2013.*

The selection committee (Richard Ryan, Serena Chen, and Nathan DeWall) will make its recommendation to the ISSI Executive Committee andthe winner will be announced by early June, 2013.

Nominating materials should be sent to Richard Ryan, Chair, ISSI Early Career Award Committee at richard.ryan@ur.rochester.edu.

Thank you,

Jeff Greenberg

President

International Society for Self and Identity