The Scott Mesh Honorary Grant for Research in Psychology

APAGS grants are available to graduate student members of APAGS who are enrolled at least halftime 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 for these grants, nor are APAGS officers, subcommittee, or task force chairs. Previous recipients of each award are not eligible to apply again for a period of five years.

Each application must include all of the following materials:

1. A cover letter (not to exceed two pages single-spaced) that includes background information about the applicant, the dissertation, why the applicant believes s/he should be awarded the grant (e.g. relevance of the project to the grant) and the applicant’s future educational and professional goals.
2. An abbreviated research proposal (not to exceed three pages single-spaced) that includes specific aims, background and significance, proposed research methodology, implications of proposed research and detailed budget.
3. An abbreviated curriculum vitae (not to exceed two pages single-spaced).
4. A letter of recommendation (not to exceed two pages single-spaced) supporting your application that addresses your qualifications, how your project will benefit the discipline and the likelihood that your research will help you meet your future educational and professional goals. All materials must be submitted for an application to be considered. Any applications that exceed the page limits (e.g. over two pages in a vita, over three pages for your proposal, or over two pages for a letter of recommendation) will not be scored.

Please note the online system will close at 11:59 a.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.

2011 – Brian Klassen, Wayne State University 

2010 – Kelsie Forbush, University of Iowa

2009 - Katie Edwards, Ohio University

2008 - Farzin Irani, Drexel University

2007 - Brian Wymbs, University of Buffalo

2006 - Rona Carter, Florida International University

2005 - Lori A.J. Scott-Sheldon, University of Connecticut

2004 - Leh Woon Mok, University of Minnesota

2003 - Amy Smith, University of California, Santa Cruz

2002 - Amy G. Lam, University of California, Davis

2001 - Janet D. Latner, Rutgers University

2000 - Daphne Koinis, University of Massachusetts, Boston

1999 - Michael Zvolensky, State University of New York, Buffalo

1998 - Su Yeong Kim, University of California, Davis

1997 - Elizabeth Davies, University of Chicago

1996 - Stuart Ablon, University of California, Berkeley

1995 - Meredith Reynolds, University of Michigan