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APA Student Travel Award

American Psychological Association

This annual travel award is sponsored by APA's Science Directorate to benefit psychology graduate students. The purpose of this award is to provide financial assistance for students travel to the annual APA convention in Toronto to present their research. Applicants must be full-time students in a graduate program in psychology and must be student affiliates or associate members of APA.

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Eligibility Requirements

  • Age/Grade Level:
    The purpose of the travel award program is to help psychology graduate students travel to the annual APA convention to present their research.
  • Financial Need:
    Not Mentioned
  • Other Academic Requirements:
    Applicants must be enrolled full-time and be in good standing in a graduate program in psychology.
  • College:
    Applicants must be enrolled full-time and be in good standing in a graduate program in psychology at a regionally accredited university or college located in the United States or Canada.
  • Major/Career:
    In a graduate program in psychology
  • Organization:
    Applicants must be student affiliates or associate members of APA (graduate student affiliates are automatically members of APAGS)
  • Miscellaneous:
    - Students who are not affiliates must apply for affiliation when submitting materials for the travel award.- Research papers or posters must already have been accepted by an APA division for presentation.- Each psychology department (i.e., not individual programs within a department) may endorse no more than three students per year for the travel award.

Application Details

  • Judging Criteria:
    Award selection will be based on the quality of the submitted information.
  • Transcript:
    Not required
  • Resume/Activity List:
    Not required
  • Other Materials:
    - A completed online application.- A one-page maximum typed cover letter describing your research interests and experience, as well as career plans.- A two-page maximum summary of the research to be presented. Please do not submit a list of references with your summary (although you may choose to include citations in the text).- A two-page maximum curriculum vitae including scientific publications and presentations (the curriculum vitae may contain only highlights and may not be a complete version).- One copy of the letter of convention paper/poster acceptance from the sponsoring APA division.

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