The Presidents' Award is an mid-career award of the British Psychological Society's Research Board, given in recognition of outstanding published work in psychology. Nominees will have made a major outstanding contribution in particular sub-field(s) of psychology (rather than a culmination of a career in psychology). They will be engaged in research of outstanding quality as evidenced through significant books, journal articles an other specific key contributions or developments.[1]
Source: British Psychological Society
| Year | Medal winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Alan Baddeley | |
| 1982 | Peter B. Warr | |
| 1983 | Jeffrey Alan Gray | |
| 1984 | Peter Bryant | |
| 1985 | Philip Johnson-Laird | |
| 1986 | Nicholas Mackintosh | |
| 1987 | Max Coltheart | |
| 1988 | John Morton | |
| 1989 | Howard Giles | |
| 1990 | Uta Frith | |
| 1991 | Tim Shallice | |
| 1992 | Andrew Matthews | |
| 1993 | Michael Morgan | |
| 1994 | Marie Johnston | |
| 1995 | Andrew Young | |
| 1996 | Frank Fincham | |
| 1997 | Vicki Bruce | |
| 1998 | John Sloboda | |
| 1999 | Glyn Humphreys | |
| 2000 | Peter Perrett | |
| 2001 | Miles Hewstone | |
| 2002 | Graham Hitch | |
| 2003 | Margaret J. Snowling | |
| 2004 | Tony Manstead and Steven Tipper | |
| 2005 | Peter Halligan | |
| 2006 | Simon Baron-Cohen | |
| 2007 | Susan Gathercole | |
| 2008 | Mark H. Johnson | |
| 2009 | Dominic Abrams and Jon Driver | |
| 2010 | Paul Burgess | |
| 2011 | Usha Goswami | |
| 2012 | Constantine Sedikides | |
| 2013 | Tim Dalgleish | |
| 2014 | Richard J. Crisp | |
| 2015 | Matthew Lambon Ralph | |
| 2016 | Alex Haslam | |
| 2017 | Marcus Munafò | |
| 2018 | Sarah-Jayne Blakemore | |
| 2019 | Francesca Happé | |
| 2020 | Daniel Freeman | |
| 2021 | Lucia Valmaggia | |
| 2022 | Victoria Clarke | |
| 2023 | Essi Viding |