Graduate Student Awards

Description

This award honors a clinical psychology graduate student who has demonstrated excellence in psychological science-based clinical practice, bringing robust research and science into their clinical work.

This award is co-sponsored by the Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology (CUDCP) and Division 12/Society of Clinical Psychology. Nominees must be student affiliates of Division 12 or enrolled in a CUDCP member program.

Criteria

Candidates must show documented excellence in clinical practice that is explicitly informed by research and psychological science.

Eligibility

Candidates must show documented excellence in both clinical research and clinical practice.

Nomination

• A one-page personal statement describing contributions to research and practice and how the two inform each other
• Current curriculum vitae
• At least one strong letter of endorsement (no more than two), highlighting the nominee’s excellence in integrating science and practice

Award Benefits

• Certificate of recognition
• $300 honorarium from CUDCP and the SCP Education & Training Committee
• Up to $500 to support travel to the annual APA Convention
• One free year of SCP Student Membership
• Invitation to the SCP Awards Ceremony at the APA Convention

Selection

Recipients are determined by CUDCP in collaboration with the SCP Education & Training Committee based on demonstrated excellence in contributions to science-practice integration.

Description

Rewards excellence, innovation, and social justice in dissertation research by emphasizing dissertation topics that focus on under-researched areas, under-served populations, or innovative topics. These distinctions are broadly defined and we invite applicants to delineate the ways in which their research addresses one or more of these areas. Topic areas must be directly related to clinical psychology.

Criteria

goodness-of-fit with award criteria, quality of the completed work, potential for impact (in social justice, continued innovation, etc.), and overall promise for contribution to the field of clinical psychology.

Eligibility

Recipients must have successfully defended their doctoral dissertation within the last 2 years and be a current member of SCP.

Nomination

• 1 to 2 pages (maximum) describing the ways in which their dissertation research addressed an understudied question, worked with or for an under-served or under-represented population, or provided a novel innovation to a research area (research with two or more criteria encouraged)
• A brief curriculum vitae (5 page max), including scientific publications, presentations, research and teaching experience
• 1 to 2-page letter of support from the chair of their dissertation committee reinforcing the degree to which the dissertation research addressed the award criteria, the promise the research holds for future work, and the merits, aptitude, and promise of the applicant

Award Benefits:

• A certificate of recognition
• $300 honorarium
• Free one-year SCP Student Membership

Description

Honors a clinical psychology graduate student who has made exemplary contributions to diversity.

Criteria

Candidates must demonstrate documented excellence in one or more of the following areas:

• Research
• Practice
• Training
• Service
• Scholarship

Excellence may be shown in a single area or through combined contributions across multiple areas.

Eligibility

Nominees must be matriculated doctoral students in clinical psychology (including predoctoral interns) and current student affiliates of Division 12. Some awards have additional eligibility criteria, which are noted in each award’s description.

Nomination

• A one page personal statement of their contributions to diversity in one of the areas listed
• A copy of nominee’s current curriculum vitae
• At least one letter of strong endorsement (no more than two) detailing the nominee’s contributions to diversity within the field.

Department Endorsements

Each psychology department may endorse only one student per year per award. If multiple students wish to be considered, the department must conduct an internal review and submit a single nomination.

Award Benefits

• A certificate of recognition
• $300 honorarium
• Free one-year SCP Student Membership