Olkin Award (Lifetime Achievement Award)

The Olkin Award is named for Ingram Olkin, Professor of Statistics at Stanford University. Professor Olkin was a pioneer in the development of statistics for meta-analysis. The Olkin Award is given annually to recognize an individual who has made distinguished lifetime achievement in research synthesis methodology. This Award represents the highest honor bestowed by the Society in recognition of contributions to our field. The recipient is invited to the next meeting of SRSM to deliver an address.


Ingram Olkin Memorial Page

Past Recipients

• 2021: Ian R. White 
• 2019: Wolfgang Viechtbauer
• 2018: Mark Lipsey
• 2017: Douglas Altman
• 2016: Julian Higgins
• 2015: Julia Littell
• 2014: Kay Dickersin
• 2013: Frank Schmidt
• 2012: Bob Rosenthal
• 2011: Will Shadish
• 2010: Tony Ades
• 2009: Joseph Lau
• 2008: Harris Cooper
• 2007: Larry Hedges
• 2006: Ingram Olkin

Shadish Award (Extraordinary Service Award)

The Shadish Award is named for William Shadish, professor of quantitative psychology and a founding faculty member at UC Merced.
The Shadish Award is given annually to recognize an individual who has made extraordinary service contribution to the SRSM. 
Will Shadish Memorial Page

Past Recipients

• 2021: Ian Shrier
• 2019: Julian Higgins
• 2017: Shinichi Nakagawa
• 2016: Will Shadish

Early Career Development Award

Awardees of this award are young investigators of outstanding potential, promise and accomplishment in the field of research synthesis methodology. We anticipate that the award winner will be no more than 7 years past the Ph.D. at the time of the nomination. Nominations should include the nominees C.V., a formal letter of nomination, and one or more supporting letters. Self nominations are allowed, and the awardee need not be a member of SRSM.

Past Recipients

• 2021: James E. Pustejovsky 
• 2019: Issa Dahabreh
• 2018: Byron Wallace
• 2017: Elizabeth Tipton
• 2016: Tianjing Li