The following list of awards available through various CPA Sections was compiled by Alisa Almas, CPA Section for Students Secretary/Treasurer 2004-2006 for your information. For further details and specific deadlines for any of the awards listed, please visit the appropriate section website or the contact name listed for the award you are interested in.
If an award is missing from this list, please contact the Section for Students Chair. List compiled: May 11, 2006. Updates added: April 1, 2009.
CLINICAL
Ken Bowers Student Research Award
Amount: $750.00 and certificate.
Information: Given to the student with the most meritorious submission to the Clinical Section of the CPA Annual Convention; the student whose submission wins is invited to describe her/his work in the fall edition of the Clinical Section newsletter, The Canadian Clinical Psychologist. Please see the Clinical Section website for more information. The deadline for applications is May 1. All students whose presentations have been accepted within the Clinical Section program are invited to apply. Application forms are available on the Clinical Section website.
Clinical Section Travel Award
Amount: 3 awards (1 valued at $500.00 and 2 valued at $200.00). The three winning submissions will also have their conference abstract published in the fall edition of The Canadian Clinical Psychologist.
Information: These awards were designed to help Clinical Section students from across Canada to travel to the CPA Annual Conference. Please see the Clinical Section website for more information
Application Procedure: The deadline for applications is May 1. All students who have posters or presentations accepted by the Clinical Section are invited to apply. Application forms are available on the Clinical Section website.
Clinical Section Student Grant
Amount: up to $2000, or two awards of $1000 each, awarded to a student to help organize an extracurricular educational activity.
Information: Designed to help Clinical Section students extend their educational experience through organizing extracurricular educational activities (e.g., workshops, lectures, round tables). Please see the Clinical Section website for more information:
Application Procedure: Annual deadline is in November/December. Application forms are available on the Clinical Section website.
COMMUNITY
Patrick O’Neill Student Presentation Award
Amount: $100.00 and certificate
Information: Given to the student with the strongest submission in the Community Psychology Section at the annual convention of the CPA. The presentation can be in any format (i.e., poster, oral presentation).
Application Procedure: All students whose presentations have been accepted within the Community Section program are invited to apply; to be eligible you must Submit a brief (no more than 750 words) report of the project you are presenting (using APA format) and a CV.
Eligibility: Applicants must be first author of a presentation and poster accepted in the Community Section at the CPA Annual Convention. Applications are invited from student members of the Community Section who are in good standing. You may join the Community Section via the CPA website.
Application Procedure: please submit your application directly to the Community Section Chair at
Cyndi.brannen@iwk.nshealth.ca. Annual
deadline is
May 31.
The successful applicant will receive email confirmation of receipt of the award. The presentation of the award will take place at the Community Section Business meeting at CPA.
COUNSELLING
Best PhD Dissertation
Best Masters Thesis
Best Masters Conference Poster
Best Doctoral Conference Poster
Amount: All awards $100.00 each.
Information: For dissertation and thesis awards, students need not be a member of the Counselling Psychology Section; however, the person who nominates the student’s work must be a member.
Application Procedure: Please submit 2 copies of a maximum 30-page summary of the research study to: Colleen Haney, Scarfe Library 287, University of British Columbia, 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, colleen.haney@ubc.ca; annual deadline is in May.
CPA – GENERAL
Programme of Certificates of Academic Excellence
Amount: Certificate.
Information: For best undergraduate, masters and doctoral thesis in each Canadian Psychology Department for the each academic year. The list of recipients will be published in the Fall issue of Psynopsis and on the CPA website.
Application Procedure: Students are nominated within each department, and a committee (which should include at least one student) makes the final selection. Students can contact Marie-Christine Pearson at the CPA Head Office for further information.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Student Award for Best Conference Poster
Amount: $150.00.
Application Procedure: The award is given to the presentation judged best presented in the CJS poster session.
PSYCHOLOGISTS IN EDUCATION
Award for Excellence in a CPA Convention Presentation
Amount: 1-year student membership in CPA and the Section.
Application Procedure: Members of the Section Executive judge the presentations and recommend recipients of the award.
ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Student Award for Best Conference Poster
Amount: $100.00 plus one-year membership to the Section; the text of the poster will be published in the Section’s Newsletter.
Information: The award is based on the scientific quality of the poster and impact of the findings for research in Environmental Psychology.
Application Procedure: students who are interested should submit their abstract to Frederick Grouzet. Annual deadline is in May.
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Ronald Melzack Health Psychology Award
Amount: $100.00.
Information: Best student paper presented at the Annual Convention in Health Psychology.
Application Procedure: Students submit their abstract to the Health Section by the regular (CPA) deadline. The top ranked submissions are nominated for the award. Members of the Executive of the Health Section attend each nominated student presentation, and reach a consensus on the award recipient. The winner is announced at the Health Section Business Meeting.
HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY
Mary J. Wright Award
Amount: $100.00.
Information: Best student paper presented at the Annual Convention (Section Programme).
Application Procedure: Students submit their abstract to the History & Philosophy of Psychology Section of CPA by the regular (CPA) deadline, and if accepted, present their paper at the Annual Convention. Members of the Executive of the History & Philosophy of Psychology Section attend each student paper presentation, and reach a consensus on the award recipient. The winner is announced at the Section Business Meeting.
INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
RHR Kendall Award
Amount: $500.00.
Information: Best student paper.
Application Procedure: Students should submit their paper and provide a letter (email acceptable) from a faculty member certifying that the paper was written by a student. See specific guidelines at the section website. Annual deadline is in April. Send submissions to Dr. Steve Harvey. The winner is announced at the Section Business Meeting.
INTERNATIONAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
John Berry Prize for Best Oral Presentation
Amount: A book.
Application Procedure: Those students who are accepted to and present at the Annual Convention are eligible.
Francis Aboud Prize for Best Poster
Amount: A book.
Application Procedure: Those students who are accepted to and present at the Annual Convention are eligible.
PSYCHOANALYTIC AND PSYCHODYNAMIC
Freud Student Award
Amount: A certificate.
Information: Best paper or poster presentation given at the Annual Convention for this Section.
Application Procedure: Those students who are accepted to and present at the Annual Convention are eligible.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY ISSUES
Henry Minton Award for Excellence in Research
Amount: $100.00.
Information: Best student symposium presentation.
Application Procedure: Presentations are evaluated at the time of the Annual Convention.
Student Award for Excellence in Research
Amount: $50.00.
Information: Best student poster presentation.
Application Procedure: Posters evaluated at the time of the Annual Convention.
SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY
B.G. Rule Award
Information: Best graduate student abstract submitted to the Annual Convention.
Application Procedure: Grad students who submit first-authored abstracts to the Convention will be asked to submit a letter indicating they would like to be considered for the award, along with a longer abstract (400 words). Winners will present their research during a special oral paper section during the Annual Convention.
Ken Dion Award
Info: Best undergraduate research submission to the Annual Convention.
Application Procedure: Undergraduate students who submit first-authored abstracts to the Convention will be asked to submit a letter indicating they would like to be considered for the award, along with a longer abstract (400 words). Winners will present their research during a special oral paper section during the Annual Convention.
WOMEN AND PSYCHOLOGY
Student Paper Award
Amount: $500.00.
Application Procedure: Student submits a 3-page summary of their paper or poster that has been accepted for the CPA Conference or Section pre-conference (April or May).
Travel Award (5 available/year)
Amount: $200.00 each.
CAMH 2008/2009 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Provides postdoctoral fellows with a comprehensive training program in the fields of addiction and/or mental health and with training in research techniques. Please visit CAMH.
