Awards and Grants
The following awards and grants are sponsored by Division 35, the Society for the Psychology of Women, either alone or in conjunction with other groups. The work for which the awards are given is typically relevant in some significant way to women's lives, or more generally, to the emerging psychological understanding of gender role influences on human behavior, broadly defined.
For more details, click on the award names.
| AWARD | DESCRIPTION | DUE DATE |
These grants, each up to $500, are awarded to doctoral psychology students to support feminist research on the psychology of women and gender. The grants are made possible through the generosity of Janet Shibley Hyde, Ph.D., who donates the royalties from her book, "Half the Human Experience," to this fund. Past recipients of Hyde Graduate Student Research Grants are not eligible to apply. |
March 15 |
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Annual Prize |
Research topics eligible for this award may represent work in any area of Psychology. The research should be relevant in some significant way to women's lives, or more generally, to the emerging psychological understanding of gender role influences on human behavior. The research may be basic or applied. This prize is awarded by Association for Women in Psychology (AWP) & Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women) of the American Psychological Association (APA) Research. | April 1 |
| Heritage Award |
The Division 35 Heritage Award is given for a variety of types of contributions to the Psychology of Women. This award is presented to a senior individual or individuals who have made distinguished, long-standing, and substantial contributions that pertain to women, gender, or related issues in the area of teaching. | June 1 2009 |
| Carolyn Wood Sherif Award |
The Carolyn Wood Sherif Award Committee invites nominations for the16th annual Carolyn Wood Sherif Award. This award is based on contributions to the field of the psychology of women as a scholar, teacher, mentor, and leader. Thus, selection requires evidence of excellence in teaching and mentoring, research and scholarship, and professional leadership in the area of the psychology of women. | March 15 |
| Mary Roth Walsh Teaching the Psychology of Women Award |
The Mary Roth Walsh Teaching the Psychology of Women Award is designed to encourage junior faculty teaching the psychology of women or gender course. We particularly want to encourage teaching innovations. |
April 30 |
| The Geis Memorial Award |
Florence L. Geis was a Social Psychologist with a strong commitment to research on the Psychology of Women and to the mentoring of women graduate students. In her will, she left an endowment to fund doctoral students conducting dissertation research in feminist psychology. To qualify for funding, the research must be 1) feminist, 2) address a feminist/womanist issue, 3) use social psychology research methods, and 4) make a significant contribution to social psychology theory and research. Proposals will be judged on suitability, feasibility, merit of the research, and the potential of the student to have a career as a feminist researcher in social psychology. Funding need not be used solely to fund the research project. | March 13 2009 |
| The Strickland–Daniel Mentoring Award |
The Strickland–Daniel Mentoring Award recognizes the feminist mentoring of the award winner whose mentoring includes several of the following components:
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April 20th |
| The Laura Brown Award is sponsored by Section IV (Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Issues) and is given to a psychologist who has made outstanding contributions in advancing lesbian and bisexual women's psychology in the areas of scholarship, teaching, practice, and/or activism. | May 25th | |
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