It is a privilege to announce on behalf of IPA the 7th Biannual IPA Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics. These awards are given for the best-submitted results of original, previously unpublished, research conducted in the field of psychogeriatrics. For the 2001 award competition, 35 submissions were received. These submissions came from 15 countries on five continents. Clearly, the review task is both rigorous and demanding, and I would like to commend the other referees who generously gave of their time and expertise for this competition. The referees were: Manfred Bergener from Germany; Henry Brodaty from Australia; Alistair Burns from England (UK); Vijay Chandra from India; Helen Fung-kum Chiu from Hong Kong; Edmund Chiu from Australia; Michael Davidson from Israel; Robin Eastwood from England (UK); Timo Erkinjuntti from Finland; Sanford Finkel from the United States; Mario Fioravanti from Italy; George Grossberg from the United States; Brian Lawlor from Ireland; Joao Carlos Barbosa Machado from Brazil; Burton Reifler from the United States; Karen Ritchie from France; Joel Sadavoy from Canada; and Michael Zaudig from Germany, in addition to myself, who also served as Chair of the IPA Research Awards Committee.