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A Research Award in Developmental Disability
Call for Applications 2008This annual award, a cash
prize of £300, plus up to £200 towards attendance at the BPS
Developmental Section conference, is for published research on
cognitive abnormalities that appear in development and persist
throughout life.
The late Neil O'Connor was one of the UK's foremost experimental psychologists, and a pioneer in applying experimental methods to the study of developmental disabilities. Friends, relatives and former colleagues have contributed to a trust fund that will allow this award to be made annually.
Such disabilities may include (but are not confined to) deafness, blindness, learning disabilities, dyslexia, language disorder, aphasia, Williams syndrome, Down syndrome, autism, Turner syndrome.
• The publication must be in a peer-refereed journal bearing the date 2006, 2007, or 2008 or be in press (official confirmation of this must be provided).
• The award is aimed primarily at anyone studying for a PhD or who is not more than 10 years post-PhD.
• The candidate must be either the sole author or the main author of the article concerned.
• There is no geographic restriction, but submissions must be in English.
• The author of the winning paper will be presented with a certificate and issued with an invitation to present a paper on his or her research at the BPS Developmental Section conference.
Exceptionally, the award may be given to a more senior researcher in a non- tenured position, who may also be retired. In the case of multiple authors, the relative contribution of different authors must be outlined. The prize and the invitation to speak will be offered to the main author.
Applicants can either nominate themselves or they can be nominated by a colleague. Unsuccessful applicants from previous years are eligible to re-apply, and are encouraged to do so. Nominations should submit the publication itself, a CV and a current mailing address (four copies of everything).
The BPS has appointed a specialist award sub-committee to adjudicate submissions. Further details of the award may be obtained from the Chair of the Developmental Psychology Section (Professor Christine Howe, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8PQ, e-mail cjh82@cam.ac.uk) by whom submissions must be received no later than April 30th 2008. Candidates will be notified of the outcome by the end of May 2008.
For details about previous winners please click here.
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