GSC Outstanding Research Award - Call for Applicants and Reviewers

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Dear SPSP Student Member,

 

       Your 2011 SPSP Graduate Student Committee (GSC) is pleased to announce the return of the Outstanding Research Award to recognize outstanding research conducted at the graduate level. This is an excellent opportunity to submit your work for a peer-reviewed prestigious award highlighting new and un-published research. Moreover, students who are not considering submitting their work are encouraged to act as reviewers in this competition.

 

OVERVIEW

     The Outstanding Research Award highlights outstanding student research conducted by graduate student members of SPSP. Interested students are asked to submit applications describing their research by October 31st.  Submissions will then be reviewed by student peers.  Five students will be chosen for the award and will receive a travel award of $500 for the SPSP conference (January 26-28, 2012) in San Diego, California. As an additional honor, all winners will be offered the opportunity to meet with a mentor of their choice at some point during the conference. All students, whether pursuing dissertation or pre-dissertation research, are welcome to submit an application.  Students who choose not to submit an application may also benefit from the valuable experience of serving as a reviewer. For information on both, read on below:

  

**********************CALL FOR APPLICATIONS******************************

  AWARD ELIGIBILITY

§  Graduate student member of SPSP

§  First author of a completed* research project within the field of social/personality psychology that is not currently published or in-press.

*(Data collection/analysis must be completed)

§  Please note: Past winners of the Student Poster Award are still eligible. However, past winners of the Outstanding Research Award are NOTeligible

 

 HOW TO ENTER

Applications must be submitted electronically in two parts: part 1 consists of a 400 word abstract to be submitted through the following website: https://yalepsych.qualtrics.com//SE/?SID=SV_d55KmqseCwHy8L. And part 2 consists of a three-page summary to be emailed to sps...@yahoo.com. 

 

HOW TO APPLY:

Your application must include all of the following (see submission website for more details):

 

(1) To be submitted through the website above: contact information (phone, address, e-mail address), school affiliation, and title of research, as well as a list of 5 researchers you would like to meet if you are a winner. We will do our best to match the winner with one of these 5 individuals for a meeting at SPSP (although we cannot guarantee this).

 

(2) An abstract of 400 words or fewer summarizing the research also submitted through the website.  Although there is no minimum word limit, we believe that abstracts which adequately describe the details of research require at least 300 words.

 

(3) Project Summary limited to 3 pages emailed to sps...@yahoo.com. The summary should include the purpose of the research, a brief intro, methodology, results, and discussion/implications sections.

·         Introduction must include a clear, concise and completely justified statement of the hypotheses tested 

·         Discussion/implications should discuss the unique and significant contribution of the work 

·         The summary can include up to 2 tables/figures that are not counted toward the 3 page limit and unlimited references that are not counter towards the 3 page limit.

 

Please:

·         Limit the summary to no more than 3 double-spaced pages (excluding 2 tables/figures, and references). 

·         Adhere to APA format (i.e., 1-inch margins, 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced).  

·         Omit the author's name and school affiliation within the summary and abstract, BUT include the title of the submission in the header of every page.

 

SELECTION PROCESS

An initial screening for 10 finalists will be chosen by graduate student reviewers based on the merits of the abstract. Five winners will be chosen by another group of reviewers based on the merits of the entire application.

  

DEADLINE

A complete application must be submitted by October 31st.  Submissions that do not meet the above eligibility and application requirements will be disqualified. After your complete application is submitted via the submission website, you will receive an immediate on-screen confirmation. Late submissions will not be considered.

 

Questions can be sent to sps...@yahoo.com

 

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

 

**************************CALL FOR REVIEWERS****************************

   

     Student members of SPSP who are not submitting an application for the Outstanding Research Award are eligible, and encouraged, to act as reviewers for this competition. 

 

     Reviewing for this program will provide you with useful experience and allow you to contribute to the scientific community. This position offers you the benefit of adding unique editorial experience to your CV, showing your familiarity with the peer-review process. Lastly, serving as a peer reviewer gives you the chance to be involved in SPSP by offering support and constructive feedback to your peers.

 

 

 

 

     Reviewers MUST be able to commit to reviewing applications during October and be able to adhere to the deadlines given to them for reviewing. The number of assignments to review depends on the number of applications received and the number of reviewers available. Each reviewer will have about 2 weeks to judge approximately 5-10 submissions on the merits of the research, according to a specific scoring system.  It is also expected that the reviewer will provide constructive feedback about the application to the applicant. 

 If you would like to act as a reviewer for the SPSP GSC Outstanding Research Award, please fill out the reviewer application at the following website by October 28^th. https://yalepsych.qualtrics.com//SE/?SID=SV_d55KmqseCwHy8Ly

 

 Questions can be sent to sps...@yahoo.com.

 

 

    Good Luck Everybody!