COGDOP Graduate Student Scholarships is sponsored by American Psychological Foundation (APF). This scholarship program assists graduate students of psychology with research costs associated with their master's thesis or doctoral dissertation.

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Amount: 9 scholarships of up to $5,000 The purpose of this scholarship program is to assist graduate students of psychology with research costs associated with the master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation.

APF awards 9 annual scholarships for graduate student research: $5,000 Harry and Miriam Levinson Scholarship $3,000 William and Dorothy Bevan Scholarship $5,000 Charles and Carol Spielberger Scholarship $5,000 Peter and Malina James & Dr. Louis P. James Legacy Scholarship $3,000 Ruth G. and Joseph D.

Matarazzo Scholarship $2,500 William C. Howell Scholarship $2,000 Clarence J. Rosecrans Scholarship $2,000 Raymond K.

Mulhern Scholarship $2,000 Dr. Judy Kuriansky Scholarship APF encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds with respect to age, race, color, religion, creed, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, gender, and geography. Graduate students enrolled in an interim master’s program or doctoral program are eligible to apply.

If a student is currently enrolled in a terminal master’s program, the student must intend to enroll in a PhD program. Students at any stage of graduate study are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be enrolled in the graduate program at the time grants are awarded.

The purpose of the scholarship program is to assist graduate students of psychology with research costs associated with the master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation. Each graduate department of psychology that is a member of COGDOP may submit nominations. To verify if your department is a member of COGDOP, please visit COGDOP’s Member Directory and search for your school .

You may also contact COGDOP . APF does not have a list of COGDOP members. The number of candidates that each member department is allowed to nominate depends upon the total number of doctoral students enrolled in the graduate program .

Departments that have 100 or fewer students enrolled in their graduate programs may nominate one (1) candidate; departments that have 101-200 graduate students enrolled may nominate up to two (2) candidates; and departments that have more than 200 graduate students enrolled may nominate up to three (3) candidates. NOTE: nominees must be currently enrolled in the graduate program at the time scholarships are awarded.

brief proposal of thesis or dissertation project (even if in progress – 10 pages max, not including references) transcript (an unofficial/student copy is acceptable) The major criteria are related to the research proposal.

Proposals will be rated on the description of the context for the research (a brief literature review), the clarity and comprehensibility of the research question, the appropriateness of the research design, the general importance (theoretical, applied) of the research and the use of requested funds (with preference given for funds to actually conduct the research as opposed to tuition, travel, books and journals).

Secondary criteria are related to the student’s background, including previous publications or presentations at conferences, awards won at the student’s institution, the endorsement from the Department chair / Director of Graduate Studies, breadth of courses taken and grades in courses. Please be advised that APF does not provide feedback to applicants on their proposals.

Please review our Program FAQs for important details on the application process.

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John’s University Dana Glenn, University of California, Riverside Johanna Chajes, University of Virginia Marisol Meyer, University of Miami Violet Brown, Washington University in St. Louis Margaret Baer.

University of Toledo Jordan Schueler, Texas A&M University Sean Devine, McGill University Sofia Uribe, Southern Methodist University Christina Di Iorio Karageorgiou Read about the 2014 winners Read about the 2013 winners Read about the 2012 winners Read about the 2011 winners Read about the 2010 winners Read about the 2009 winners Julie Maria St. Cyr-Baker Kimberly Allison Van Orden