The APA Ethics Committee and the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) are pleased to announce the 12th annual prize for a graduate student paper on psychology and ethics. The honoree will receive $1,000, a round trip ticket to APA's 2013 Annual Convention in Honolulu, Hawai'i, plus three nights of hotel accommodation and convention registration. The prize will be presented at a convention session.
Eligibility
To be eligible, papers must be received in the Ethics Office by 5 p.m. EST Friday Jan. 4, 2013.
The prize is open to APAGS members enrolled in a psychology graduate program at the time the paper is submitted.
"Psychology and ethics" is defined broadly, to include any empirical or theoretical paper that examines psychology and ethics in relation to science or research, practice, education, public interest or theory of ethics. The paper must indicate why its particular focus is worthy of attention.
Submissions must be written in APA style and may not exceed 25 double-spaced pages (including tables and references).
Submissions must include an abstract.
Submissions may not have been previously published or submitted for publication.
It is expected that authors will receive assistance from faculty advisors. Such assistance must not be sufficiently extensive for the faculty member to merit authorship on the paper. The student author(s) must be able to claim sole authorship. Jointly-authored student papers are acceptable. In the case of a jointly-authored paper, one prize will be awarded.
Although papers written for ethics courses are acceptable, it is generally the case that course papers require considerable additional work to warrant serious contention for the Ethics Prize, which is normally awarded to a paper of publishable or near-publishable quality.
Papers will be judged based upon quality and originality of ideas, clarity of analysis and expression and adequacy of literature review.
How to Apply
Please submit two copies, no later than 5 p.m. EST on Friday Jan. 4, 2013. One copy should indicate name and contact information, including name of academic program, an email address and telephone number. The second copy should have no identifying information. Submissions that do not have a second, unidentified copy will not be accepted.
It is strongly preferred that papers be submitted electronically.
Papers may also be submitted by hardcopy:
APA Office of Ethics (attn: Ethics Prize)
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC, 20002
The winning paper will be announced by Feb. 20, 2013.
Questions about the prize? Send a message by email with subject heading “Question about 2013 writing prize.”
Past Recipients
2012: Rachel M. Wasserman
2011: Rachel Winograd
2010: John-Paul Legerski and Sarah L. Bunnell (co-authors)
2009: Starla Armstrong
2008: Zachary W. Adams and Sara E. Boyd (co-authors)
