Applications for the Diversity Fund Graduate Travel Award are Closed.

The Society for Personality and Social Psychology has established a fund devoted to increasing diversity within personality and social psychology. As part of this initiative, eligible graduate students are invited to apply for travel awards to attend the SPSP annual meeting. Travel awards will cover any meeting-related expenses up to a maximum of $500, including transportation, lodging, food, and meeting registration.

For the 2012 meeting in San Diego, California, SPSP anticipates making 24 travel awards. SPSP is an international organization and will consider applications from students both inside and outside the United States. All applicants should explain how their participation at the meeting advances SPSP's goal of enhancing diversity.

The SPSP Diversity and Climate Committee will also host a reception for award recipients during the meeting (time and location to be announced). Award winners are required to attend this reception, where they will have the opportunity to meet with an admired scholar in social and personality psychology of their own choosing.

Eligibility Requirements

• Preference will be given to currently enrolled students in a Ph.D. graduate program with an emphasis in social/personality psychology.
• Be a member of SPSP for the 2012 calendar year. Your membership will be verified as part of the application process.
• Be a member of an underrepresented group in social/personality psychology (these groups include, but are not necessarily limited to: ethnic and racial minorities; first-generation college students; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered students; and students with a physical disability).
• Not have received an SPSP Travel Award or a Diversity Fund Graduate Student Travel Award from SPSP in the past.

Deadline

All application materials must be received no later than October 24, 2011.

How To Apply

Applications for the Diversity Fund Graduate Travel Award are Closed.

Log in to your SPSP Meeting Account and click the "Apply for Graduate Award" button.

If you do not yet have an SPSP Meeting Account, please Create an Account. This link will direct you to the spsp.org website to establish your membership before being returned to this website to create your SPSP Meeting Account.

Decision Process and Notification

Award recipients will be chosen on the basis of intellectual merit — students do not need to present research at the meeting in order to apply for a travel award.

SPSP will notify all applicants of the award decisions by November 14, 2011. Award winners must accept or decline their award within 48 hours of notification. Award winners are required to submit (via email) a short biographical sketch and a high-resolution photograph of themselves no later than one week after the notification of award (View sample of bios). The award letter will contain complete details on how to document meeting expenses, and it will include further information on the reception for award recipients.

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