Each year the SSSP Divisions hold student paper competitions relating to their specific topic areas and interests. These awards recognize students for their outstanding scholarship in their respective fields.

The Divisions are pleased to announce the 2025 Student Paper Competitions and Outstanding Scholarship Awards. In order to be considered for any of the Student Paper Competitions, applicants were required to submit their papers through the Annual Meeting Call for Papers prior to the January 31, 2025 submission deadline. 

Previous awards winners and winning student paper abstracts can be found here.

Community, Research, and Practice 
Conflict, Social Action, and Change
Crime and Justice
Critical Race and Ethnic Study
Disability
Drinking and Drugs
Educational Problems
Environment and Technology
Family, Aging, and Youth
Gender, Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities


Global
Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
Institutional Ethnography  
Labor Studies
Law and Society
Poverty, Class, and Inequality
Social Problems Theory
Society and Mental Health
Sociology, Social Work, and Social Welfare 
Sport, Leisure, and the Body
Teaching Social Problems