American Pyschology-Law Society

AP-LS Awards

AP-LS Award for Best Undergraduate Paper
Deadline June 30, 2009

 

Description:

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.

 

Eligibility:

To be eligible for an award, the student must be the major contributor to a project on a topic relevant to psychology and law (i.e., the student had primary responsibility for initiating and conducting the project even though the project will usually be conducted under the supervision of a mentor).  Data collection should be complete.  Winners will be encouraged to submit their work for presentation at the 2009 AP-LS Conference (as first authors). Students may submit their work during their first post-undergraduate year as long as the work was conducted during their undergraduate career.

 

Nominations/Applications:

Send one copy of each of the following:

 

●        A statement by the student describing their role in initiating, conducting, analyzing and writing the project (150 words or fewer).

●        APA style manuscript or thesis detailing the research to be considered for an award in less than 20 pages of text.

●        Letter of support from the student’s faculty supervisor; this letter must characterize the nature and extent of the student’s contribution to the project.

 

Submissions: 

Submissions must be received either via email (preferred-- in .pdf or .doc formats) or postal mail by the committee chair on or before June 30, 2009.

 

Email: Daniel.Krauss@ClaremontMcKenna.edu

Mail:  Daniel A. Krauss, J.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Claremont McKenna College
850 Columbia Ave
Claremont, CA 91711

 

Nomination Deadline:  June 30 (annually)

 

Decision Made By:

AP-LS Undergraduate Paper Award Committee

 

Proposals will be judged based on independence, originality, contribution to field, soundness of design and analyses, and quality of writing.

 

Awarded:   

Annually at the AP-LS Annual Meeting. First, second, and third place winners will be determined. Award recipients will be strongly encouraged to attend the conference and to present a poster at the poster session in a “Winner’s Circle”.

 

Previous Award Winners:
2006  Hannah Dietrich, 1st time this award was made