SPSSI Awards

Please note: SPSSI does not provide any tuition support, scholarships, or financial aid.

Below are links to SPSSI's paper awards and research grants. Click on the link for more details about each award/grant. Unless otherwise noted, the awards are appropriate for graduate-level academic work. Applicants to the Applied Social Issues Internship Program must be college seniors or above and have project proposals.

Applied Social Issues Internship
For research that is conducted in cooperation with a community or government organization, public interest group or other not-for-profit entity that will benefit directly from the project.

Clara Mayo Grants Program
In support of masters' theses and pre-dissertation research on sexim, racism, or prejudice.

Grants-in-Aid Program
In support of scientific research in social problem areas related to the basic interests and goals of SPSSI and particularly those that are not likely to receive support from traditional sources.

Gordon Allport Prize
An award is given to the best paper or article of the year on intergroup relations.

Louise Kidder Early Career Award
To recognize social issues researchers who have made substantial contributions to the field early in their careers.

Michele Alexander Early Career Award
Awarded in recognition of early career excellence in scholarship as well as in service.

Otto Klineberg Award
An award is given to the best paper or article of the year on intercultural or international relations.

Outstanding Teaching & Mentoring Awards (Graduate and Undergraduate)
For outstanding teaching/mentoring in areas related to the pscyhological study of social issues.

Kurt Lewin Award
Presented annually for "outstanding contributions to the development and integration of psychological research and social action."

Social Issues Dissertation Award
For doctoral dissertations in psychology (or in a social science with psychological subject matter).

SAGES Grants Program
For retired members age 60 and over to apply their knowledge to helping solve social problems or to assist policy makers to solve social problems.

New! SPSSI's 2009 Funding Initiative
A one-time initiative to fund up to three special projects consistent with SPSSI's priorities.

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For more information about our awards please send an email to awards@spssi.org.   

The American Psychological Foundation (APF) provides financial support to graduate students and psychologists for innovative research and programs that enhance the power of psychology to elevate the human condition and advance human potential both now and in generations to come. For information about grants available through APF, visit their website at www.apa.org/apf.