AAS Annual Awards
Submissions are closed for 2025.
American Association of Suicidology Annual Awards
The American Association of Suicidology is accepting nominations for the awards listed below to be presented at the Robert I. Yufit Family Awards Presentation and Luncheon during the 58th Annual Conference in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
Crisis Services Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize one center for, either, 1) outstanding service in the face of extraordinary circumstances, or 2) for service to their community through an innovative and creative program. AAS wants to reward and encourage creative responses to crises and life-threatening community problems.
Edwin S. Shneidman Award
Eligible nominees for the Edwin S. Shneidman Award must be a person under forty years of age or a person who is not more than ten years past their highest degree earned. The eligible nominee is a person who has made outstanding contributions in research in the field of suicidology.
Loss Survivor Award
The Loss Survivor Award has been given since 1995 to acknowledge ways in which survivors of suicide transform the trauma of their loss into suicide prevention efforts and/or survivor support. It is intended to recognize significant accomplishments of an individual involved with suicide prevention, intervention and/or postvention advocacy/activism that embodies the mission of AAS.
Louis I. Dublin Award
The Louis I. Dublin Award is a lifetime achievement award for outstanding services/contributions to the field of suicide prevention as evidenced by leadership, devotion, and creativity.
Morton M. Silverman Student Award
Eligible nominees for the Morton M. Silverman Student Award for a paper written by a student on a topic directly related to the field of suicidology. Anyone who is pursuing a degree in their field and is currently enrolled as a full-time undergraduate, graduate, professional, or medical student or trainee is eligible.
Roger J. Tierney Service Award
The Roger J. Tierney Service Award recognizes time and effort given to advance the association’s principles, growth, and development, and/or for applied contributions to the fields of suicidology and crisis intervention. The award is to recognize broadly defined service contributions that are to be distinguished from academic or research endeavors.
Transforming Lived Experience Award
The Transforming Lived Experience Award acknowledges a person who has survived their own suicidal experiences and transformed their pain into suicide prevention and recovery efforts. It is intended to recognize significant accomplishments in suicide prevention, intervention, advocacy, and/or recovery that embody the mission of AAS.
Nomination Instructions
1. Review the award criteria for each award prior to submitting a nomination.
2. Use the electronic awards submission form to submit your nomination. 3. You will be required to provide the nominee’s full name, address, phone number, and email address.
4. The nomination should include why this award should be presented to the nominee. Provide a brief narrative of the nominee’s accomplishments, contributions, talents, and qualifications for the award.
6. The nominee may be a self-nomination.
Award winners will be notified via email by February 20, 2025, and must confirm if they will be present to accept their award at the AAS25 conference by February 27, 2025. If an award winner is unable to attend the conference in person, they will receive instructions on submitting a brief video that will be played during the Robert I. Yufit Family Awards Presentation and Luncheon.
Nomination deadline: Submissions are closed for 2025.
Note: Current AAS Board Members are not eligible to receive awards during their tenure.
Questions? Contact communications@suicidology.org.