Listed below are a compilation of awards and annual funding opportunities available to students in law and psychology.
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AP-LS Grants in Aid for Graduate Students
The Division 41 Grants-in-Aid Committee is accepting proposals for small grants (maximum of $1,500) to support empirical graduate research that addresses psycholegal issues.
Deadlines: Sept. 15 and Jan. 15
New! AP-LS Grants in Aid for Undergraduate Students
The Division 41 Undergraduate Research Grants in Aid Committee considers proposals for small grants (maximum of $1,000) to support empirical undergraduate research that addresses psycholegal issues. This award is limited to undergraduate students who are student affiliate members of AP-LS. Award submissions are reviewed and awarded in the fall and spring of each academic year starting January 2021.
Deadlines: Sept. 15 and Jan. 15
The Grant in Aid for Students MacArthur Award
This award offers additional funding from the MacArthur Foundation to fund promising research in the area of criminal competence.
Deadlines: Sept. 15 and Jan. 15
Diversity in Psychology and Law Research Award
This award promotes diversity within the American Psychology-Law Society by supporting student research on psycholegal issues related to diversity as well as research by students from underrepresented groups.
Deadline: Rolling
Access Path to Psychology and Law Experience (AP)
Do you know a promising student from an underrepresented group who is interested in psychology and law, but not currently involved in research? Recruit him or her into AP-LS’s APPLE program. The goal of the program is to increase diversity within psychology and law by increasing the pipeline of competitive graduate school applicants from groups who currently are underrepresented in the field, including racial and ethnic minorities, first-generation college students, LGBTQ individuals and physically disabled students.
Deadline: Dec. 1
The Division 41 Grants-in-Aid Committee is accepting proposals for small grants (maximum of $1,500) to support empirical graduate research that addresses psycholegal issues.
Deadlines: Sept. 15 and Jan. 15
New! AP-LS Grants in Aid for Undergraduate Students
The Division 41 Undergraduate Research Grants in Aid Committee considers proposals for small grants (maximum of $1,000) to support empirical undergraduate research that addresses psycholegal issues. This award is limited to undergraduate students who are student affiliate members of AP-LS. Award submissions are reviewed and awarded in the fall and spring of each academic year starting January 2021.
Deadlines: Sept. 15 and Jan. 15
The Grant in Aid for Students MacArthur Award
This award offers additional funding from the MacArthur Foundation to fund promising research in the area of criminal competence.
Deadlines: Sept. 15 and Jan. 15
Diversity in Psychology and Law Research Award
This award promotes diversity within the American Psychology-Law Society by supporting student research on psycholegal issues related to diversity as well as research by students from underrepresented groups.
Deadline: Rolling
Access Path to Psychology and Law Experience (AP)
Do you know a promising student from an underrepresented group who is interested in psychology and law, but not currently involved in research? Recruit him or her into AP-LS’s APPLE program. The goal of the program is to increase diversity within psychology and law by increasing the pipeline of competitive graduate school applicants from groups who currently are underrepresented in the field, including racial and ethnic minorities, first-generation college students, LGBTQ individuals and physically disabled students.
Deadline: Dec. 1
Student Presentation Awards
The AP-LS Student Committee sponsors various student presentation awards at the annual AP-LS conference. Awards are sponsored for Outstanding Student Papers, Outstanding Student Posters, Outstanding Student Presentation in Legal Research, Outstanding Student Presentation in Novel-Topic Research, and Outstanding Student Presentation in Corrections Research.
Annual deadline: Late Feb.
AP-LS Award for Best Undergraduate Paper
The AP-LS Award for Best Undergraduate Paper is awarded to an outstanding undergraduate research paper that is focused on the interdisciplinary study of psychology and law.
Annual deadline: June 30
Dissertation Awards
The award supports students who complete dissertations involving basic or applied research in psychology and law, and the winners will be invited to present their research at the annual AP-LS conference.
Annual deadline: Dec. 31
Diversity Travel Awards
As part of an initiative to increase diversity within AP-LS, the Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) will provide travel awards to students from underrepresented groups who are presenting research at the annual American Psychology-Law Society Conference.
Deadline: Dec. 18, 2016
AP-LS Conference Student Travel Awards
To be considered for one of these student travel awards, you don't have to do anything besides ensuring your current student affiliate dues are paid. Awards are based on reviewer ratings; students with the highest reviewed submissions receive the awards. Only student first authors are eligible; second authors are not considered. The AP-LS Conference Student Travel Awards are coordinated by the Conference Advisory Committee.
The AP-LS Student Committee sponsors various student presentation awards at the annual AP-LS conference. Awards are sponsored for Outstanding Student Papers, Outstanding Student Posters, Outstanding Student Presentation in Legal Research, Outstanding Student Presentation in Novel-Topic Research, and Outstanding Student Presentation in Corrections Research.
Annual deadline: Late Feb.
AP-LS Award for Best Undergraduate Paper
The AP-LS Award for Best Undergraduate Paper is awarded to an outstanding undergraduate research paper that is focused on the interdisciplinary study of psychology and law.
Annual deadline: June 30
Dissertation Awards
The award supports students who complete dissertations involving basic or applied research in psychology and law, and the winners will be invited to present their research at the annual AP-LS conference.
Annual deadline: Dec. 31
Diversity Travel Awards
As part of an initiative to increase diversity within AP-LS, the Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) will provide travel awards to students from underrepresented groups who are presenting research at the annual American Psychology-Law Society Conference.
Deadline: Dec. 18, 2016
AP-LS Conference Student Travel Awards
To be considered for one of these student travel awards, you don't have to do anything besides ensuring your current student affiliate dues are paid. Awards are based on reviewer ratings; students with the highest reviewed submissions receive the awards. Only student first authors are eligible; second authors are not considered. The AP-LS Conference Student Travel Awards are coordinated by the Conference Advisory Committee.
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For additional up-to-date information about grants and funding opportunities, the AP-LS Student Committee Experimental Liaison maintains a grants database listing funding opportunities likely to be of interest to students involved in AP-LS.
We depend on student submissions to ensure the database is as comprehensive as possible. If you are aware of a funding opportunity relevant to psych-law research missing from the database, please help us out by adding to it. |
Student affiliates are also often competitive for non-AP-LS funding opportunities, including the American Academy of Forensic Psychology Dissertation Grants in Applied Law/Psychology.
APAGS has also compiled a listing of all of the student-focused grants that each of the various divisions of APA offer.
APAGS has also compiled a listing of all of the student-focused grants that each of the various divisions of APA offer.
