Carol Williams-Nickelson Award for Women’s Leadership and Scholarship in Women’s Issues
The APAGS Carol Williams-Nickelson Award for Women’s Leadership and Scholarship in Women’s Issues is designed to acknowledge women APAGS members who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in psychology by serving in one or more leadership roles locally, regionally and/or nationally while also advancing women’s issues through their writing/publications, research, advocacy or other scholarly activities.
Some of the women’s issues addressed might include personal and professional balance, barriers to women’s achievement, challenges to advancement in academia or other environments, inequities in pay, differential career opportunities, health disparities, dual-career family issues, combining family and child-rearing with a career, mentoring and other issues that are important to or impact women. This $1,000 cash scholarship, named in Williams-Nickelson's honor, is in appreciation for not only her work in mentoring women but also, her tireless work within APAGS.
Eligibility
All candidates must be women APAGS members, currently enrolled (and in good academic standing) in a doctoral program in psychology. Elected APAGS officers and APAGS subcommittee chairs are ineligible for this award.
How to Apply
Each application must include all of the following materials:
An abbreviated curriculum vitae (not to exceed two pages single-spaced).
Two letters of recommendation from faculty members, advisors and/or supervisors that are familiar with the applicant’s leadership as well as ways in which the applicant has advanced or addressed women’s issues through her writing/publications, research, advocacy or other scholarly activities (not to exceed two pages single spaced).
A maximum 1,500-word essay written by the applicant that describes:
1. Merit and qualifications for the award based on leadership positions(s) held.
2. Unique leadership style and philosophy of women’s leadership.
3. How her research, advocacy or other scholarly work in this area advances women and women’s issues.
4. The candidate’s own future educational and professional goals.
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. Letters of recommendation may be submitted separately via email by the deadline.
Submit your application online. All applicants will be notified of selection decisions in August.
