Grants and Awards
Please note the deadlines for these funding opportunities. Many of these are annual awards, however, and should be offered each year. Please check back here as this list may be updated as as opportunities are added.
AP-LS Undergraduate Paper Award
The AP-LS Award for Best Undergraduate Paper is awarded to an outstanding undergraduate research paper that is focused on the interdisciplinary study of psychology and law. To be eligible for an award, the student must be the major contributor to a project on a topic relevant to psychology and law (i.e., the student had primary responsibility for initiating and conducting the project even though the project will usually be conducted under the supervision of a mentor). At the time that the student submits a paper for this award, the student must be the first author on a submission to the annual AP-LS conference on the same work. To receive the award, the submission to the AP-LS conference must have been accepted for presentation as either a paper or a poster. http://www.ap-ls.org/links/aplsundergrad.html
AP-LS Grants-in-Aid for Graduate Students
The Division 41 Grants-in-Aid Committee is accepting proposals for small grants (maximum of $750) to support empirical graduate research that addresses psycho-legal issues (the award is limited to graduate students who are student affiliate members of AP-LS).
There are two deadlines each year: September 30 and January 31. Please note their revised submission guidelines. You can find more information here: http://www.ap-ls.org/students/grantsIndex.html
APA Dissertation Awards/Todd E. Husted Memorial Award
The Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association sponsors an annual competition for dissertation research funding. The purpose of the Dissertation Research Award program is to assist science-oriented doctoral students of psychology with research costs. The current program includes 30-40 grants of $1000 each, along with
several larger grants of up to $5000 to students whose dissertation
research reflects excellence in scientific psychology.
Additionally, the Directorate is pleased to announce that it will administer on behalf of the American Psychological Foundation the nineth annual APF/Todd E. Husted Memorial Award. This is a single award in the amount of $1,000 for the dissertation research that indicates the most potential to contribute toward the development and improvement of mental illness services for those with severe and persistent mental illness. Applicants for the Husted Award must meet the same eligibility requirements as the Dissertation Research Awards.
The annual deadline for Dissertation Award applications is September 14, 2007. Application packets will be accepted after June 1, 2007. Award decisions are typically made in late December for the Dissertation Awards and in late January for the APF/Todd E. Husted Memorial Award.
More info: http://www.apa.org/science/dissinfo.html
The Scott Mesh Honorary Scholarship for Research in Psychology
Scott Mesh was one of the founding co-chairs of APAGS in 1988. This $1,000 scholarship named in his honor as appreciation for his initial work in launching APAGS, is intended to support dissertation research leading to a doctoral degree in the field of psychology.
More info:
http://www.apa.org/apags/members/schawrds.html#mesh
The Nancy B. Forest and L. Michael Honaker Master’s Scholarship for Research in Psychology
This scholarship is named in honor of APA staff members for their unyielding support over the years in the formation, development and continued growth of APAGS. Nancy B. Forest was one of the first staff liaisons to APAGS and L. Michael Honaker, PhD, ensured that APAGS had the necessary resources to implement its important mission. This $1,000 cash award funds thesis research in the field of psychology at the Master's level.
More info: http://www.apa.org/apags/members/schawrds.html#honaker
The Thelma Hunt Research Grants
These grants consist of three awards of $3,000 each that honor graduate level empirical research on a question directly related to Psi Chi's mission. For more information on this award, visit
https://www.psichi.org/awards/award_11.asp
Psi Chi - SuperLab Research Grants
All undergraduate and graduate Psi Chi members are eligible to apply for these research grants. The purpose of this program is to provide annual grants to aid one undergraduate and one graduate student in conducting computer-based research. Grant winners receive a copy of SuperLab experimental lab software and a response pad from Cedrus. https://www.psichi.org/awards/award_19.asp. Due Oct 1
Psi Chi - Erlbaum Awards
The Psi Chi/Erlbaum Awards in Cognitive Science, sponsored by publisher Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc, are open to all Psi Chi undergraduate and graduate Psi Chi members and are awarded to those who submit the best overall empirical studies in the area of cognitive science. The awards are $500 for the first-place graduate student and $500 for the first-place undergraduate student. The abstracts of the winning papers, as well as photographs and brief biographies of the top two winners, are published in Eye on Psi Chi. http://www.psichi.org/awards/award_deadline.asp Due May 1.
Psi Chi - Newman Graduate Award
All psychology graduate students are eligible to submit their research for the Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award. The winner receives the following: (1) travel expenses to attend the APA/Psi Chi National Convention to receive the award, (2) a three-year subscription to an APA journal of the winner's choice, and (3) two engraved plaques, one for the winner and one for the winner's psychology department as a permanent honor to the winner. In addition, the abstract of the winning paper, as well as a photograph and brief biography of the winner, is published in Eye on Psi Chi. This award is presented during the prestigious APA/APF Awards ceremony at the APA/Psi Chi National Convention in August. Due Feb 1, 2007.
More info: http://www.psichi.org/awards/completelist_awards.asp#4