Members of the Community Psychology Section are invited to apply for the Community Psychology Collaborative Action Project Prize.

The aim of the prize is to encourage collaborative action-oriented community psychology praxis, the Community Psychology Section will be awarding up to three prizes for collaborative action projects.

There will be up to three prizes for a community psychology collaborative action project. 

• Download the criteria and timescales (member only)

Each successful collaboration will:

1. be able to share their work with other Section members via one of the Community Psychology Section’s electronic newsletters
2. have an opportunity to present their work at a forthcoming Community Psychology Section event in 2019/20
3. receive a Certificate of Achievement awarded by the Chair of the Community Psychology Section to each partner

Applications will be accepted until Tuesday 30 April 2019 at 5pm. 

Applicants will be informed of the result of their application by 5pm on Friday 31 May 2019.

• Submit an application

The Community Psychology Section will award up to three awards for student research projects. 

1. Postgraduate degrees (e.g. MPhil, PhD, Professional Doctorates)
2. Taught postgraduate research (e.g. MA, MSc, PGDip, MRes)
3. Undergraduate research

The purpose of the prizes is to encourage community psychology research among early career researchers, the Community Psychology Section will be awarding up to three prizes for student research projects.

• Download the criteria and timescales (member only)

Each successful prize-winner will:

1. be able to share their work with other Section members via one of the Community Psychology Section’s electronic newsletters
2. have an opportunity to present findings from this work at a forthcoming Community Psychology Section event in 2019/20
3. receive a Certificate of Achievement awarded by the Chair of the Community Psychology Section

Applications will be accepted until Tuesday 30 April 2019 at 5pm. 

Applicants will be informed of the result of their application by 5pm on Friday 31 May 2019.

• Submit an application

The Community Psychology Section is able to provide limited support to Section members who wish to attend events that either/or:

• Contribute to the members’ community of psychological professional development

• Spread understanding of community psychology to a wider audience

Criteria

• All applications must be accompanied by a short letter of support from a Manager or Tutor.
• Applications for awards will be assessed by the BPS Community Psychology Section Committee, whose decision will be final. Feedback will be available for unsuccessful applicants on request form the Chair of the Committee.
• Applicants will be expected to write a 500 – 1000 word log for the Section web page and NING site following the event.
• Funds will be paid either in advance via official invoice or in arrears subject to the submission of an official claim form.
• Members seeking support should complete the online application form and submit it at least two months prior to the event.
• Section support will normally take the form of paying registration fees for the event and it is expected that applicants will have secured funding from elsewhere for associated costs.
• The availability of the Awards will be at the discretion of the BPS Community Psychology Section Committee and will be advertised to members as and when available.
• There will normally be maximum of £250 per person per event and applicants may only apply for one event in a 12 month period.

The purpose of the awards is to enable people to attend events who do not have recourse to funding on a regular basis. Please bear this in mind when making an application. If we have a lot of applications, priority will be given to those who do not have access to CPD budgets (such as students, members with dependants and not in work, members who don’t have secure employment).

Criteria for assessment of applications

• Evidence of attempts to secure funding from elsewhere
• Likelihood that community psychological understanding will be spread or potential for contributing to applicants’ community psychological professional development.
• Value for money within available fund

How to apply

• Submit a grant application