Annual Prize for
Psychological Research on Women & Gender
by Graduate or Undergraduate Students
Awarded by Association for Women in Psychology
(AWP) & Division 35 (Psychology of Women) of the American Psychological
Association (APA) Research
Deadline: April 1, 2008
Research
Issues:
Research topics eligible for this award will be construed very
broadly and 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.
Eligibility:
Jointly authored papers are eligible, but the first author must
have been a student at the time the research was done. Entries
should be of approximately journal length and written in APA style.
Papers that have been submitted for publication or presented at
a professional meeting are eligible along with papers that are
unpublished or have been previously published or accepted for
publication. Do not submit reprints or manuscripts with authors'
names embedded in them.
Submission
of Papers:
Attach a copy of your paper to an e-mail sent to the address below. Send four (4) copies of the paper and a self-addressed, stamped
postcard and a self-addressed stamped business size envelope
by
April 1st to:
Award Chair:
Michele Hoffnung, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Director of Women's Studies
Quinnipiac University CLA1-312
Hamden, CT 06718
Phone: 203 582-8703
Fax: 203 582-8709
E-mail: michele.hoffnung@quinnipiac.edu
Judging:
A panel of psychologists will read all entries using a standard
masked review procedure. Judging will be done on the basis of
theoretical creativity, methodological skill, clarity and style
of presentation, and importance of the research problem and findings.
Awards:
First and alternate winners will be announced at the next APA
convention, which is typically held in July or August. A $200.00
Prize will
be awarded for the best paper.
Winners
will be given the opportunity to present their research at the
following Conference of the Association for Women in Psychology
to be held
in February or March.
Deadline: April 1st
For more information about this site,
contact Kelly Kadlec, Division 35 webmaven.
