2026 Heritage Dissertation Research Award

About this opportunity

Apply by April 20, 2026, 11:59 PM PT Full details live on the official award page: https://spsp.org/membership/awards/student-awards/heritage-dissertation-research-award Eligibility Applicants must be graduate students in personality and/or social psychology in good standing with their university. Applicants must be enrolled full-time (or working on their dissertation research for an equivalent of full-time enrollment, regardless of actual registration status). Applicants must be student members of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology at the time they apply for the award. Applicants must have had their dissertation proposals approved by their dissertation committees prior to application, with an expected defense date no earlier than December of the application year. Each depar...