Graduate Student Ethics Prize

• 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.

Please submit two copies electronically by midnight ET on Friday Jan. 2, 2015, or by postal mail no later than 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 2, 2015. 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 submitted by courier or postal mail should be sent to:

APA Office of Ethics (attn: Ethics Prize)
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, D.C., 20002

The winning paper will be announced by April 30, 2015.

Questions about the prize? Send a message by email with subject heading “Question about 2015 writing prize.”

2013

Angela Haeny and Christine Paprocki

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)

2007

Keren Lehavot

2006

Rebecca Schwartz

2005

Juli B. Kramer

2004

Dhruvi Kakkad

2003

Craig Fisher

2002

Nancy K. Lewis