Activities, Awards & Grants
Recipients, mobility grants, courses and workshops convened by the association across recent years.
EAM Awards
The European Association of Methodology is proud to recognize outstanding achievements in the field through our prestigious EAM Awards program. These accolades honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the development, application, or teaching of research methods — from lifetime achievements to the innovative work of early-career researchers.
EAM Lifetime Achievement Award
Last call: 2024M. Dolores Hidalgo-Montesinos
University of Murcia, Spain
Considering her outstanding contributions to test validation and DIF analysis, and to promote equity in assessment across linguistic and cultural groups.
Juana Gómez-Benito
University of Barcelona, Spain
Considering her leading role in the field of test development and validation, differential item functioning (DIF), meta-analysis and SEM, among other topics.
Peter Schmidt
University of Giessen and University of Mainz, Germany
Considering his innovative contributions to the development, application and dissemination of SEM, the generalized latent variable modeling, and related methods.
José Muñiz
University of Oviedo, Spain
Considering his outstanding contributions to psychometrics, test development and evaluation, and his leadership in promoting high standards of assessment worldwide.
Rolf Steyer
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany
Considering his foundational contributions to latent variable theory, measurement and applied evaluation research, and his pioneering work on probabilistic causality.
New 2025EAM Award in Methodological Open-Source Software Development
Last call: 2025Launched in 2025 to recognise outstanding open-source software contributions to methodology. Winners are announced on this page.
Yves Rosseel
The founder and lead developer of the lavaan R package. His work is essential for researchers focusing on structural equation modeling (SEM).
Wolfgang Viechtbauer
The founder and lead developer of the metafor R package. He is a leading figure in the meta-analysis research community.
EAM Grants
The European Association of Methodology offers grants designed to support the development and internationalization of students and young researchers — student grants to attend the biennial EAM Congress and present research, and mobility grants enabling visits to other universities to collaborate with related research groups.
EAM grants to attend the EAM Congress
The 11th European Congress of Methodology took place in Tenerife, Spain from July 22–25, 2025, bringing together researchers from across Europe and beyond to discuss advances in empirical research methods across the behavioral, social, educational, health, and economic sciences.
More information: wp.ull.es/eam2025. See the EAM Conferences page for the next congress.
Recipients · last call to attend EAM 2025
- Aditi M. Bhangale
- Jianan Chen
- Xinkai Du
- Diego Iglesias Olivares
- José María Santa Olalla Tovar
EAM Mobility Grant for young researchers
Mobility grants enable students and early-career researchers to visit other universities and collaborate with research groups working on related methodological topics.
Recipients · 2025
- Denny Kerkhoff
- Giuseppe Mignemi
- Irina Uglanova
Recipients · 2024
- Julia Gisbert
Recipients · 2023
- Susanne Frick
Publications
EAM promotes methodology in print and online through two flagship channels: the open-access journal Methodology and the EAM Book Series. Both are run with the Executive Committee and partner publishers.
Methodology: European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
EAM's official peer-reviewed journal, fully open access since 2020 via PsychOpen GOLD. Publishes original research on quantitative and qualitative methods, measurement, statistical modelling and applied research design for the behavioural and social sciences.
- Open access & no author fees
- Hosted on PsychOpen GOLD
- Peer-reviewed, indexed in Scopus & Web of Science
EAM Book Series
Methodology-focused volumes connected to the association's mission, edited by leading methodologists. Roster is maintained by the EAM Executive Committee.
- Edited volumes & monographs
- Curated by the EAM Board
- Reflects EAM's mission & standards
Collaboration & networking
EAM partners with European scientific networks and working groups to keep methodological standards central to robust and reproducible research.
European Consortium for Psychological Science (ECPS)
ECPS unites scientific and professional associations in psychological science. EAM contributes expertise in methodological innovation, statistical rigor, research design, analysis, and high-quality measurement, helping keep methodological standards central to robust and reproducible psychological research in Europe.
Visit ECPSMethods & Applications Synergy Taskforce (MAST)
A taskforce bridging methodologists and applied researchers across EAM's host disciplines. Final scope and remit will be added once the working group finalises its text.
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