Funding Opportunities

COGDOP Graduate Student Scholarships

APF awards 21 annual scholarships for graduate student research.

Deadline: June 26, 2024
Amount: Up to $5,000
Sponsors: APF

The purpose of this scholarship program is to assist graduate students of psychology with research costs associated with the master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation. APF awards 21 annual scholarships for graduate student research:

  • $5,000 Harry and Miriam Levinson Scholarship 
  • $3,000 William and Dorothy Bevan Scholarship 
  • $5,000 Charles and Carol Spielberger Scholarship 
  • $5,000 Peter and Malina James & Dr. Louis P. James Legacy Scholarship 
  • $3,000 Ruth G. and Joseph D. Matarazzo Scholarship 
  • $2,500 William C. Howell Scholarship
  • $2,000 Clarence J. Rosecrans Scholarship
  • $2,000 Raymond K. Mulhern Scholarship
  • $2,000 Dr. Judy Kuriansky Scholarship
  • 12 additional $2,000 scholarships

Eligibility

APF encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds with respect to age, race, color, religion, creed, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, gender, and geography.

Graduate students enrolled in an interim master’s program or doctoral program are eligible to apply. If a student is currently enrolled in a terminal master’s program, the student must intend to enroll in a PhD program. Students at any stage of graduate study are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be enrolled in the graduate program at the time grants are awarded.

The purpose of the scholarship program is to assist graduate students of psychology with research costs associated with the master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation. The American Psychological Association Science Directorate administers the granting of the scholarships.

Each graduate department of psychology that is a member of COGDOP may submit nominations. The number of candidates that each member department is allowed to nominate depends upon the total number of doctoral students enrolled in the graduate program. Departments that have 100 or fewer students enrolled in their graduate programs may nominate one (1) candidate; departments that have 101-200 graduate students enrolled may nominate up to two (2) candidates; and departments that have more than 200 graduate students enrolled may nominate up to three (3) candidates. NOTE: nominees must be currently enrolled in the graduate program at the time scholarships are awarded.

Application Instructions

Application Materials:

  • brief proposal of thesis or dissertation project (even if in progress – 10 pages max, not including references)
  • department endorsement (requested through application portal) 
  • CV 
  • transcript (an unofficial/student copy is acceptable)

Evaluation Criteria:

The major criteria are related to the research proposal. Proposals will be rated on the description of the context for the research (a brief literature review), the clarity and comprehensibility of the research question, the appropriateness of the research design, the general importance (theoretical, applied) of the research and the use of requested funds (with preference given for funds to actually conduct the research as opposed to tuition, travel, books and journals). Secondary criteria are related to the student’s background, including previous publications or presentations at conferences, awards won at the student’s institution, the endorsement from the Department chair / Director of Graduate Studies, breadth of courses taken and grades in courses.

Please be advised that APF does not provide feedback to applicants on their proposals.

Please review our Program FAQs for important details on the application process.

Recent Recipient

Ellen Carroll

University of Arizona

“Combatting White Individuals’ Reactance to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives With an Actionable Procedural Justice and Social Identity Framework”

Past Recipients

2023

Katherine Chang, University of Rochester

Minjae Seo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Louisa Kane, University of North Carolina at Chapel

Krutika Rathod, University of Maine

Peiyi Wang, University of California, Irvine

Alex Silver, University of Pittsburgh

Slaton Freeman, University of Colorado Denver

Ashley Bautista, University of Houston

Ellen Carroll, University of Arizona

Solangia Engler, Texas A&M University

McKenzie Miller, University at Albany, State University of New York

Fiona Horner, Carnegie Mellon University

Kristen Pasko, Rowan University

Kathleen Little, University of Miami

Ariel Snowden, Utah State University

Andrea Davis, doctoral student at University of Alabama at Birmingham

Gavin Rackoff, The Pennsylvania State University

Sophia Holmqvist, Temple University

Heather Anderson, University of Oregon

Elizabeth Espinal, Drexel University

Oya Pakkal, Brock University

2022

Iris Ka-Yi Chat, Temple University

Megha Nagaswami, University of California, Los Angeles

Sharanya Rao, George Washington University

Daneele Thorpe, Stony Brook University

Abhishek Saxena, University of Rochester

Megan Schultz, University of Washington

Emily Padrutt, University of Minnesota

Andrea Wiglesworth, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Mariajosé Paton, University of South Carolina

Kevin Summers, University of Denver

Kathryn Kemp, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Alessandra DallaVecchia, University of California, Los Angeles

Jessica Huntt, St. John’s University

Dana Glenn, University of California, Riverside

Johanna Chajes, University of Virginia

Marisol Meyer, University of Miami

Violet Brown, Washington University in St. Louis

Margaret Baer. University of Toledo

Jordan Schueler, Texas A&M University

Sean Devine, McGill University

Sofia Uribe, Southern Methodist University

2021

Danielle Abel

Jennifer Bertollo

Sarah Curci

Catherine Dion

Andrea Fields

Madelyn Frumkin

Ilana Gratch

Debrielle Jacques

Sarah Jessup

Erin Kaseda

Sophie Kerr

Roberto Lopez

Samantha Margherio

Stephanie McManimen

Okeoma Nwakanma

Juan Pena

Giovanni Ramos

Ariana Rivens

Razia Sahi

Elisabeth Webb

2020

Alena Borgatti

Jasmin Brooks

Anna Farmer

Michael Granovetter

Lauren Haliczer

Gerald Higginbotham

Laura Janakiefski

Tao Jiang

Ashley Jones

Brittany King

P. F. Jonah Li

Rachel Mis

Daniel Moriarity

Gold Okafor

Daniel Snook

Stassja Sichko

Karen Tang

Lisa Taxier

Michelle Thai

Erika Trent

Amy Violante

2019

Amanda Arulpragasam

Anita Schmalor

Annamarie Defayette

Ava Fergerson

Caitlyn Edwards

Cara DiClemente

Cara McClain

Chloe Huelsnitz

Eva Stelzer

Grace Kennedy

Han Tran

Lauren Henry

Leslie Gaynor

Nadia Bounoua

Nathaniel Eckland

Nelson Zounlome

Patricia Pehme

Rachel Ouellette

Rebecca Cipollina

Seigie Kennedy

2018

Joseph Carpenter

Tommy Ng

Po-hun Chou

Sara Westbrook

Natasia Adams

Nathan Hager

Christopher Zerr

Kiera James

Shirin Bakhshay

Kris Gebhard

Keanan Joyner

Calyn Maske

Zachary Reese

Amanda Russo

Alexandra Sackett

Emily Shih

Sarah Sperry

Naoyuki Sunami

Emily Willroth

Kelsey Clayback

Jessica Blayney

2017

Katherine Adams

Amber Anthenien

Mika Armenta

Shelby Bandel

Nadia Brashier

Kaylie Carbine

Marina Chernikova

Brandon Chuang

Lisa Curry-Pochy

Katie Darabos

Mahsa Ershadi

Anne Fast

Sophie Foss

Helena Rose Karnilowicz

Mary Lear

David March

Heather McDaniel

Meghan Puglia

Laura Quinones-Camacho

Kathleen Stone

Aliona Tsypes

Sylvanna Vargas

2016

Steven Boomhower

Eddie Chong

Rebecca Cox

Marisa Crowder

Christina Di Iorio Karageorgiou

Laura Elenbaas

Travis Evans

Lorra Garey

Leah Halper

Brittany Jakubiak

Esen Karan

Lauren Luther

Colin Mahoney

Elena McDermott

Mona Moieni

Mia Nunez

Irmak Olcaysoy

Yolanda Vasquez-Salgado

2015

Konstantinos Papazoglou

Ashley M. Shaw

Samantha L. Connolly

Lauren L. Long

Allison H. Kalpakci

Elizabeth A. Nick

Joanna Korman

Luis A. Parra

Robert M.G. Reinhart

Brandon M. Fritz

Charles J. Lynch

Vanessa M. Brown

Kevin Haworth

Jolene A. Jacquart

Mark Wade

Pauline Goger

2014

Lawrence Houston

Mary Woody

Victoria Oleynick

Charles Brandt

Erica Coates

Kelsie Okamura

Carey Pulverman

Jamie Cassoff

Craig Speil

Sara Masland

Stephanie Wemm

Adam Putnam

Chelcie Heaney

Stephanie Brewer

Katherine Forney

Matthew Judah

Read about the 2014 winners

2013

Dylan Gee

Justin Karr

Alexandra Rodman

Karen Pang

Erika Fulton

P. Priscilla Lui

Gary Glick

Jason Oliver

Jonathan Stange

Kathryn O’Toole

Adam Miller

Gabrielle D’Lima

Sunny Dutra

Janie Jun

Adriene Beltz

Read about the 2013 winners

2012

Amanda Venta

Erin Moran

Timothy Jarome

Erin Ward-Ciesielski

Stephanie Groman

Justin Karr

John Medaglia

Kelly McWilliams

Darya Zabelina

Lisham Ashrafioun

Daniel Kopala-Sibley

Emily Cogsdill

Shayna Henry

Lauren Richmond

Lauren Margulieux

Read about the 2012 winners

2011

Stephen Becker

Kristy Benoit

Erik Girvan

Courtney Gosnell

Gloria Luong

Jessica Keeney

Molly Walsh

Erin Thomas

Daniel Stout

Ann Johnson

Kevin Zabel

Brandon Warren

Aaron Haas

Read about the 2011 winners

2010

Konrad Bresin

Aaron Fisher

Kelsie Forbush

Larisa Heiphetz

Nanxin Li

Cecilia Martinez-Torteya

Ian McDonough

Eric Pedersen

Adam S. Smith

Michael K. Scullin

Eva Telzer

Jill Waring

Yung-Jui Yang

Read about the 2010 winners

2009

Peggy M. Zoccola

Joshua M. Carp

Saul L. Miller

Meghan W. Cody

Christine A. Conelea

Katie M. Edwards

Karim Kassam

Jennifer C. G. Larson

Meghan R. Miller

John J. Panos

Edward A. Selby

Michael T. Treadway

Xiaomeng Xu

Read about the 2009 winners

2008

Arathi Sethumadhavan

Kristen M. Culbert

Jennifer M. Brielmaier

Melody Manchi Chao

Rachel H. Lucas-Thompson

Melissa J. Mathews

Aimilia Papazoglou

Laura C. Rusch

Brenda Jeanette Salley

Naomi Samimi Sadeh

Julie Maria St. Cyr-Baker

Kimberly Allison Van Orden

Laura M. Widman

2007

Danielle Knatz Bello

David B. Portnoy

Robin L. Aupperle

Ethan H. Beckley

Leigh C. P. Botley

Whitney E. Botsford

Adam D. Brown

Kristin E. Flegal

Donna A. Kreher

Carissa A. Low

Sita G. Patel

Heather L. Rogers

Jennifer L. Wright

2006

Laura E. Knouse

Sarah A. Palyo

Lisa M. Christian

Sarah Frenkiel-Fishman

Matthew C. Hocking

Katherine H. Karlsgodt

Jeffrey D. Karpicke

Meghan D. McAuliffe

Beth Mechlin

Ilke Oztekin

Elizabeth J. Rahn

Lisa M. Sontag

Jenny C. Su

2005

Jillian Holm-Denoma

Jennifer Mohawk

Deann Atchley

Debbie Talmi

Eric D. Jackson

Julia Dmitrieva

Nina Kaiser

Karen M. Rodrigue

Kristen M. Kennedy

Emily Kuhl

Ryan Bogdan

Sara Chiara Haden

Simine Vazire

2004

Michael Cohen

Susan M. Kiene

Derek Evan Nee

Andrea B. Burns

Erik Chihhung Chang

Hsin-Chin Chen

Kara Dyckman

Jessica Lord Bean

Qian Lu

Leh Woon Mok

John V. Petrocelli

Michael Pitts

Erin Costanzo

2003

Dana Byrd

Stewart Shankman

Adam Brickman

Sherrie Delinsky

Stephen Gillaspy

Michael Himle

Jia Liu

Dominique Morisano

Elizabeth Podniesinski

Kalynn Schulz

Jessica Tracy

Lauren Warren

2002

Amanda Bolbecker

Kara Bopp

Jennifer Dysart

Tanya Goyal

Emily Impett

William Lamb

Jill Levitt

Jean Pretz

Alan Scoboria

Indre Viskontas

Molly White

Jennifer Wildes

John Petrocelli

Robin Edelstein

2001

Elizabeth Flanagan

Moria Smoski

Kristen Weede Alexander

Erika Bauer

Livia L. Gilstrap

Cynthia Huang-Pollock

Timothy C. Justus

Helen J. Kaczmarek

Angela Krom Fournier

Tamar Mendelson

Vinuta Rau

Donald J. Seyler

Oshin A. Vartanian

2000

Gilad Chen

Alexander J. Schut

Jennifer A. Block

Noel A. Card

Angela M. Carter

Amy N. Cohen

Michael J. Crowley

David A. Gallo

Elizabeth D. Krause

Matthew P. Martens

David J. Rademacher

Rocio Rivadeneyra

Jennifer W. Sutton