2022
- American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- SPSP Heritage Wall of Fame
2021
- SPSSI Grant ($1963)
- NWO Open Competition SSH grant ( €740.112)
- KNAW Award for ongoing effort for science communication
- Emerald Outstanding Paper Award
2020
- Goldschmeding Foundation Award
2019
- Publication award: Professional association of public regulators – VIDE
- Honorary Doctorate, UC Louvain, Belgium
- Aristotle Prize, European Federation of Psychology Associations
- ISA Medal for Science, Institute for Advanced Studies, Bologna University
- Instituut GAK Grant
- Voted Top-100 most influential women in the Netherlands, OPZIJ
- Senior Career Contribution Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
2018
- 2018-2027: NWO Gravitation award Sustainable cooperation: Roadmaps to a resilient society' (SCOOP). Naomi Ellemers is one of the six PIs in SCOOP. SCOOP is a research and training centre dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of sustainable cooperation as a key feature of resilient societies. The centre connects research groups from sociology, psychology, history, philosophy, public administration, research methods, and statistics. SCOOP is a joint initiative by the University of Groningen (Strategic Theme Sustainable Society) and Utrecht University (Strategic Theme Institutions for Open Societies), and also involves researchers from the VU Amsterdam, the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Radboud University Nijmegen.
- Honorary promotor of Professor Joan Williams, on the occasion of the Honorary Doctorate bestowed upon her by the University of Utrecht.
- Senior Career Contribution Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Division 8) of the American Psychological Association, honoring major contributions to social and/or personality psychology.
2017
- Outstanding Paper Award – the publication ‘Bad apples or corrupting barrels? Preventing traders’ misconduct’ was selected as the winner of the outstanding paper award by the editorial team of the Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance.
- Jean Paul Codol Award from the European Association of Social Psychology, for significantly advancing the cause of social psychology in Europe by means of outstanding service to the field.
- Women in Financial Services Diversity Research Accelerator Award 2017, for the paper: Derks, B., Van Laar, C. & Ellemers, N. (2016). The Queen Bee Phenomenon: Why women leaders distance themselves from junior women. The Leadership Quarterly, 27, 456-469.
- Listed as one of the ‘top-read articles’ in the journal, December 2017: Faniko, K., Ellemers, N., Derks, B., & Lorenzi-Cioldi, F. (2017). Nothing changes, really: Why women who break through the glass ceiling end up reinforcing it. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 638-651.
2014
- Elected Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) for the Humanities and Social Sciences, for academic distinction in scholarly research and publication.
2013
- Elected Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, as a special tribute for outstanding contribution to the field.
2011
- Elected member of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), in recognition of scientific contribution and excellence.
- Graduate school award for Kurt Lewin Institute, Dutch National Science Foundation (NWO).
2010
- Winner of the first ‘Merian Award’ (selected from among 68 nominees), instigated by the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences (KNAW) and sponsored by SNS-REAAL Fonds, awarded once every four years to a female social scientist in the Netherlands for scientific excellence and promotion of equal chances for women in science.
https://www.knaw.nl/en/news/news/eerste-knaw-merianprijs-naar-psychologe-naomi
http://news.leiden.edu/news/first-knaw-merian-prize-for-naomi-ellemers.html - Winner of the ‘Spinoza Award’, the highest award in Dutch science, awarded by the Dutch national science foundation NWO, for outstanding, pioneering and inspiring scientific work.
http://www.nwo.nl/onderzoek-en-resultaten/programmas/spinozapremie/spinozalaureaten/jaaroverzicht+laureaten/2010
http://www.nwo.nl/en/research-and results/programmes/spinoza+prize/spinoza+laureates/overview+in+alphabetical+order/naomi+ellemers
http://news.leiden.edu/news/naomi-ellemers-now-i-have-the-opportunity-to-do-something-truly-innovative.html
http://news.leiden.edu/dossiers/astronomy-dossier/laureates/what-ellemers-sluiter-en-franx-will-do-with-25m.html - Best Paper Award - the publication “Is managing the work-family interface worthwhile? Benefits from employee health and performance”, was selected as best paper published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior in 2009.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/spc3.12001/abstract - Member, Royal Dutch Society of Sciences (KHMW)
2009
- Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research – the publication “There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so: Informational support and cognitive appraisal of the work-family interface” was selected as one of the twenty best articles of 2009, from 2000 articles on work-family research examined.
http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/cff/documents/kanter award.pdf - Elected Fellow, Society of Experimental Social Psychology
- Elected Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
2008
- Winner of the Kurt Lewin Award, awarded once every three years by the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, ‘to honor scholars who have made significant and sustained contributions to the science of social psychology’
http://www.kurtlewininstitute.nl/kli/archive/news/
http://www.socialsciences.leiden.edu/psychology/organisation/so/news/kurt-lewin-award.html
2002
- Honorary International Fellow, American Psychological Society
1990
- European Jaspars Award for early scientific achievement