SPP Student Research Award Competition

The Society of Pediatric Psychology announces its Annual Student Research Competition to encourage and reward quality research into issues related to pediatric psychology and health care of children. An award of $500 will be made to the winner of the competition. This competitive award is given every year.

All of the research work must have been completed while the candidate was a student. The student must be the primary (first) author. A cover letter describing the candidate's status at the time the research was conducted should accompany the entry. A letter from the student's faculty advisor is required that describes the degree to which the project objectives, design, data collection, data analysis, and manuscript preparation are the responsibility of the applicant. Thus, studies that are fully student initiated, as well as those that are part of a larger funded project but for which the student assumes primary responsibility from beginning to end, may be submitted for consideration for the competitive award. Only empirical (data-based) studies will be considered. The candidate need not be a member of the Society of Pediatric Psychology.

Submissions must be received no later than April 1, 1999. Papers should be written following the guidelines outlined in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fourth Edition. Three copies of the manuscript are to be submitted. There is a limit of 20 double-spaced pages including tables, figures, and references. Papers that exceed this limit will not be reviewed. Submissions will be reviewed by a committee of SPP members who are blind to the student's identity and affiliation. The award will be acknowledged in the SPP Progress Notes and the award will be presented at the annual APA convention in 1999.