The International Society for Self & Identity (ISSI) is delighted to announce the awardees for our 2021 Mini Research Grant Program.

This was the inaugural year for this program, so we were very delighted to have received 48 proposals. These proposals spanned a wide range of topics on the self and identity and came from researchers from across the world. It was clear from these proposals that research on the self and identity is alive and well!

We were able to fund 6 proposals, submitted by the 6 individuals or groups below:

• Abigail Caselli, Syracuse University, USA
• Carmen Cervone, University of Padova, Italy; Silvia Fillippi, University of Padova, Italy; Bruno Gabriel Salvador Casara, University of Padova, Italy; Andrea Scatolon, University of Trento, Italy
• Patrece Joseph, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, USA
• Nadyanna Majeed, Singapore Management University, Singapore
• Yuki Miyagawa, Otemon Gakuin University, Japan
• Donald Snyder, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, USA

Hearty congratulations to each of the awardees!

Look out for next year’s call for mini grant proposals, which will likely come out around August 2022.

The International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI) would like to congratulate Dr. Daphna Oyserman for winning the 2021 Distinguished Lifetime Career Award. This award is made annually to recognize a scientist who has made sustained and important contributions to our understanding of self and identity throughout their academic career.

Many thanks to this year's selection committee: Laurie O'Brien (chair), Jessica Tracy, and Michael Hogg.

The International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI) would like to congratulate Dr. Sarah Gaither for winning the 2021 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.

Many thanks to this year's selection committee: Jennifer Bosson (chair), Shira Gabriel, and Mesmin Destin. 

Holt, L. F., & Sweitzer, M. D. (2020). More than a black and white issue: Ethnic identity, social dominance orientation, and support for the black lives matter movement. Self and Identity, 19, 16-31.

Congratulation award winners! Click here for past awards. 

If you have an announcement that you would like to include, please email your request to Cathy Cox (c.cox@tcu.edu).