Basic research Psychology

APAGS grants and awards are available to graduate student members of APAGS who are enrolled at least half time as a student in good standing at a regionally accredited university. Students who join as a graduate student affiliate are members of APAGS; students who are members of APA as undergraduate student affiliates, associate member or other member status, must change their status to graduate student affiliate prior to applying for this grant.

Undergraduates are not eligible to apply for these grants, nor are current or former APAGS committee members, subcommittee chairs and task force chairs. In addition, former APAGS subcommittee members or ad hoc reviewers who have previously reviewed this grant are not eligible. Previous recipients of each grant are not eligible to apply again for a period of five years.

Each application must include all of the following materials:

1. An abbreviated curriculum vitae (not to exceed two pages single-spaced) highlighting research experience and accomplishments.
2. An abbreviated research proposal (not to exceed three pages single-spaced) that includes specific aims, background, significance, proposed research methodology, implications of proposed research and detailed budget. Any figures, tables or appendices must fit within the page limit but the references section may be on a separate page. The research proposal will be evaluated based upon the quality of the background/introduction, project motivation/rationale, proposed methodology and theoretical implications/overall merit.
3. If you are resubmitting an application, you may provide a one-page cover letter describing your revisions.
4. If you wish to be considered for the diversity-earmarked funding, you must upload a separate document limited to 250 words that explains (a) how this research applies to one or more areas of diversity, and (b) how the overall merit and broader implications of this study contribute to our psychological understanding of diversity. To be eligible for funding, your document must be titled “LAST NAME DIVERSITY SUPPLEMENT” and uploaded as a PDF. If your application is not selected for diversity-earmarked funding, you will still be considered in the general pool of applicants for this grant.

Please submit materials 1, 2, and 3 in one PDF file, in the order listed above. Submissions with more than one upload (other than the diversity supplement) will not be reviewed. Please name the file “Last name_Award Name (abbreviated)_Year of submission”, so an example would be “Smith_BPSRG_2015”. If you are submitting for the diversity supplement, please upload item #4 as a second PDF file with “BPSRG-Diversity” as the award name in the file (e.g. “Smith_BPSRG-Diversity_2015). Look here for ways to merge files into one PDF.

Submissions

Please note the online system will close at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on the day of the deadline; all application materials must be submitted at that time. No mail submissions will be accepted. If you are not an APAGS member at the time of submission you may attach a copy of the receipt you get when you join APA/APAGS electronically as proof of your membership. Submit your application online.

Please read this carefully : Approximately two months before an application is due, you will see this specific grant/award as a choice in the drop-down menu under “Grants” in the online submission form. Do not apply until the grant is listed in this menu as your application will not be accepted. Check back periodically if you are waiting for a chance to submit. The online system will close immediately on the due date and time. Late submissions will not be accepted. You will receive notification of your award decisions two months after the due date.

Spring

David Arndt
Jay Bettergarcia
Jeffrey Bowen
Kimberly Chaney
Yara Mekawi
Marykate Oakley
Yasmine Omar
Amy Rapp
Marianne Rizk
Maya Rossignac-Milon
Ashley St. John
Timothy Williamson

Diversity Grant of the Basic Psychological Science Research Grant
Amy Rapp
Jay Bettergarcia
Yara Mekawi

Honorable Mentions

(Honorable Mentions do not get funded, but receive certificates.)

Shanna Cooper
Shannon Duncan
Jerika Norona
Sheida Rabipour
Yvette Szabo
Chassitty Whitman
William Woody
Teresa Young
Jenny Zhen-Duan

Fall

Nicholas W. Affrunti: University of Louisville
Rodolfo Barragan: Stanford University
Monica Patricia Burns: Harvard University
David Eddie: Rutgers University
Jonathan M. Gallegos: The Pennsylvania State University
Sheena Jeswani: Fordham University
Benjamin N. Johnson: The Pennsylvania State University
Charles Lynch: Georgetown University
Jennifer Marie Staples: University of Washington

Diversity Grant of the Basic Psychological Science Research Grant
David J. Lick: University of California, Los Angeles
Nicholas Alexander Livingston: University of Montana