The Ernst and Gertrude Ticho Memorial Award and Lecture

Application Deadline: Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Winner to be announced by Tuesday, July 1, 2025

The Ernst and Gertrude Ticho Memorial Award and Lecture will take place during APsA’s 2026 National Meeting, January 27 – February 1, 2026, at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA

The Lecture will take place on Saturday, January 31, 2026

The Ernst and Gertrude Ticho Memorial Award and Lecture recognizes and fosters the work of a promising early-career psychoanalyst who has made contributions to the field through teaching, writing, research, and applied and/or clinical work.

The Ticho Lecture was inaugurated in June 2006 with the generous support of the Ernst and Gertrude Ticho Charitable Foundation.

PRIZE

• Presentation of an original paper on a topic of the award winner’s choosing on Saturday, January 31, 2026, during APsA’s 2026 National Meeting at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Please note that the presentation given at the 2026 National Meeting must not have been previously published. JAPA has the right of first refusal.
• Airfare to APsA’s 2026 National Meeting
• Two nights at the Palace Hotel
• $3000 honorarium

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Eligibility:

• The Ticho Award is open to early-career graduates from APsA Institutes as well as candidates approved for graduation by the time of the Ticho Lecture in 2026.
• Applicants must be available to present their paper on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at APsA’s 2026 National Meeting taking place in San Francisco, CA at the Palace Hotel.
• Applicants must be APsA members in good standing with all dues current.

Application Materials:

1. Personal Statement: The statement should give the selection committee a sense of the applicant’s voice, career trajectory, goals, interests, and passions in the field. If applicants already have a topic in mind, they are welcome to briefly discuss the paper they would present at the National Meeting. The statement should include accomplishments to date and future intentions regarding psychoanalytic practice, science, and scholarship. The statement should be no more than three single- or double-spaced pages in length.
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. One letter of recommendation from a mentor or colleague in the field. Recommenders can email letters directly to the address below or they can be included in the application.
4. One sample of previous work. Naming convention for previous work. Examples include: Published or unpublished article, Video link to a presentation, Podcast Interview, etc.

Submissions Instructions:

• The due date for all materials to be received is Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
• Please send your materials to George Pelch, [email protected]

The Ticho Committee looks forward to reading all submissions.

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