Call for Nominations: Awards & Scholarships 2025
Calling all Groupies!
The Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) is seeking nominations for awards and student scholarships! The award and scholarship recipients will be recognized at the awards ceremony at the ASGW Conference, February 5-7, 2026, at Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile, Chicago, IL.
ASGW Award & Scholarship Nominations
These awards are designed to recognize outstanding individuals for their significant group work contributions. Please consider nominating individuals for the following:
- Group Work Practice Award: Recognition of an outstanding practitioner in group work in any area covered by the ASGW Professional Standards.
- Eminent Career Award: Recognition of career-long national and/or international contributions to group work by an ASGW member.
- Professional Advancement Award: Recognition of an individual’s efforts to advance group work through research, new technologies, legislation, public relations or practice.
- M. Carolyn Thomas Outstanding Branch Award: Recognition of an ASGW state branch organization’s effort to promote group work in their state.
- Peg Carol Scholarship
- Rex Stockton Scholarship
- Barbara Gazda Scholarship
For descriptions and to download nomination instructions, please go to the Awards & Scholarships page.
NOTE: Nomination materials should be combined into a single PDF. Please send the award nomination packet to Dr. Yanhong Liu. Please include the award name in the email subject line.
All nominations must be received by December 1, 2025. Recipients must be (or become) members of ASGW. Award winners will receive notification by December 19, 2025, to facilitate travel arrangements to attend the 2026 ASGW Conference.