Awards & Honors

At the 27th Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference (CYPSY27), awards are presented to pay tribute to individuals for their outstanding achievements.
This year's conference will feature:

Lifetime Achievement Award

To celebrate two decades of exciting advances in cybertherapy as well as the growth of the CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference itself, we are proud to announce the 27th Annual CyberTherapy Lifetime Achievement Award.

This award has a tradition of honoring a person who has demonstrated outstanding lifetime achievements in the fields of advanced technologies and healthcare. It is the highest honor given by our community. All members of the CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference Program Committee are invited to nominate one of their colleagues as a recipient of this award, which promises to honor a long line of esteemed researchers.

CYBER Student Award

CYBER: Cyberspace, Behaviour and e-Therapy Erasmus Mundus Joint Master is an innovative program that integrates behavioral and computer sciences to offer a transdisciplinary approach for studying and intervening in human behavior through digital processes, products, and services (PPS). CYBER is a two-year EMJM program that brings together students from two distinct backgrounds: Human Behavior Background (HBB) and Exact Sciences and Engineering Background (EEB). The program is offered by three universities: University Lusófona (Lisbon, Portugal), University of Barcelona (Spain), and Université Paris Cité (France). Students from HBB and EEB backgrounds are paired into teams, known as CYBER Teams (CYBER-T), working collaboratively throughout the program (www.cyber-t.eu).

The CYBER Award for Students aims to recognize and reward research led by PhD and/or MSc students that focuses on the use and validation of digital technologies, including VR, AR, XR, and AI, to better understand and/or intervene in human behavior. This award, valued at $500, is open to applicants from both CYBER tracks (HBB and EEB). Applicants must attend the CYPSY 27 conference in person and present an oral presentation discussing an original investigation. The award is presented by Professor Pedro Gamito, Head of the CYBER Program.

Young Minds Student Poster Research Awards

To showcase outstanding achievements in a student poster presented at the CYPSY Conference, the Young Minds Research awards, sponsored by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers and its CyberPsychology, Behavior and Social Networking Journal, are presented to two projects judged to have the greatest potential to contribute to the innovative field of cyberpsychology, cybertherapy, training, and rehabilitation.

All posters submitted by student presenters – those who have not finished their PhD program – are eligible to compete for the two $250 awards. Posters will be judged by the scientific chairs for scientific merit and ease of presentation. To see the complete list of the previous Student Poster Award recipients please visit www.interactivemediainstitute.com. Winners will be presented with a cash award and certificate of achievement.