Counseling Health Psychology Student Research Award

The Division 17 Section on Counseling Health Psychology announces its annual Student Research Award to encourage and reward research in areas related to counseling health psychology. This competitive award is given each year to a student who has completed a research project on any topic related to health psychology. Only predoctoral research that has not yet been published will be considered for the award. The winner will be honored at the APA convention and will also receive a cash award of $200 and a plaque.

Eligibility

All of the research work must have been completed while the candidate was a full-time student and the student must be the primary (first) author.  Research may include work leading to a masters or doctoral degree or may be an independent study.  Studies that are initiated by the student or for which the student has primary responsibility from beginning to end may be submitted for consideration for this award.  All candidates must be student affiliate members of Division 17.  Research can consist of qualitative or quantitative studies although literature reviews alone will not be considered.

Instructions for Submission

  1. The manuscript should be in APA format and no longer than 30 typed, double-spaced pages including tables, figures, and references (but excluding abstract and cover page).  Papers exceeding this limit won’t be considered.
  2. A letter from the student’s faculty advisor.  The letter should describe the degree to which the candidate had responsibility for the project objectives, design, data collection, data analysis, and manuscript preparation.
  3. The paper and letter from the faculty advisor should be emailed to [email protected]. 

Submissions will be reviewed anonymously and ranked by members of Div. 17 Section on Counseling Health Psychology. Papers will be rated on methodological rigor, clarity of writing, and contribution to the literature.

Submit to
[email protected]