The award is given in recognition of a distinguished contribution to social psychology over the duration of one’s career. Recipients may be of any nationality but must currently be working in a UK institution.

The award is made biennially. Applications have now closed for 2018.

Criteria

• Nominations can only be made by Section members, although nominees do not need to be Section members.
• Nominations should be accompanied by a supporting statement outlining the significance of the nominee’s contribution. This may be from any individual who is able to comment on the contribution of the nominee. The sole exception to this is that the nominee cannot provide a statement in support of their own nomination.  
• Nominators should seek the consent of the nominee before nominating them.  
• Previous recipients of the award are not eligible for nomination.
• Supporting statements should have a clear indication of the name of the person they are nominating.

Judging process

The award will be judged by the Section Committee. Committee members must declare any conflict of interests prior to participating in the decision making process. The Committee’s decision is final.

The Section Committee reserves the right not to make an award in any given year if it judges this to be appropriate.

The Award winner

• will receive a prize and be invited to the 2018 Section workshop to receive the prize
• will receive one day complimentary registration, alongside UK travel expenses and one night accommodation

The award is given in recognition of outstanding research in social psychology by an early-career scholar and is determined by the submission of a single published paper that has stemmed from the nominee’s PhD.   

This award is made annually.

Criteria

• Early Career is defined to scholars awarded their doctorate within 5 years of successful completion of the viva voce examination and any required corrections. We encourage nominations to reflect the diversity of social psychology and under-represented groups and will consider periods of leave (e.g. parental leave) in our consideration of eligibility.
• Nominations should be accompanied by a supporting statement outlining the significance of the nominee’s contribution to research more broadly as well as in the submitted paper. This may be from any individual who is able to comment on the contribution of the nominee, such as an External Examiner of their Ph.D.  
• Nominators must themselves be Section members, although nominees do not need to be Section members.
• Nominators should seek the consent of the nominee before nomination.
• Nominees cannot provide a statement in support of their own nomination. 
• Papers in press and published online in advance of final publication are counted as published for the purpose of the award (pre-prints will not be considered). 
• Previous recipients of the award are not eligible for nomination.
• Recipients may be of any nationality but must have studied for their Ph.D or currently be working in a UK institution. 

Guidance for nominations

You will need the following information

How to apply

• Submit a nomination

Deadline: 11.59pm on Sunday 14 April 2019

Judging process

The award will be judged by the Section Committee. Committee members will declare any conflict of interests prior to participating in the decision making process. The Committee’s decision is final.

The Section Committee reserves the right not to make an award in any given year if it judges this to be appropriate.

The Award winner

• will receive a prize and be invited to the 2019 Section Conference to recieve the prize
• will receive one day complimentary registration, alongside UK travel expenses and one night accommodation.

The award is given in recognition of outstanding research in social psychology by a mid-career scholar.  Recipients may be of any nationality but must currently be working in a UK institution.  Mid-Career is defined loosely and might typically apply to scholars awarded their doctorate between 5 and 20 years ago.

The award is made biennially. Applications have now closed for 2018.

Criteria

• Nominations can only be made by Section members, although nominees do not need to be Section members.
• Nominations should be accompanied by a supporting statement outlining the significance of the nominee’s contribution. This may be from any individual who is able to comment on the contribution of the nominee. The sole exception to this is that the nominee cannot provide a statement in support of their own nomination.  
• Nominators should seek the consent of the nominee before nominating them.  
• Previous recipients of the award are not eligible for nomination.
• Supporting statements should have a clear indication of the name of the person they are nominating.

Judging process

The award will be judged by the Section Committee. Committee members must declare any conflict of interests prior to participating in the decision making process. The Committee’s decision is final.

The Section Committee reserves the right not to make an award in any given year if it judges this to be appropriate.

The Award winner

• will receive a prize and be invited to give a talk at the 2018 Section conference
• will receive one day complimentary registration, alongside travel and one night accommodation

Distinguished Contribution Award

Early Career Award (PhD Award)

Mid-Career Award

The BPS Social Psychology Section awards small grants for the purpose of pump priming and dissemination. The aim of these grants is to enable Section members to organise events which may lead to a larger research project or similar outcome, or the further dissemination of work already conducted. Funds may be requested for the purposes of activities such as the development of a network of potential research collaborators, the organization of workshops, or the organization of public engagement events. Funds cannot be requested for primary research activities (e.g. data collection and analysis). Applicants are encouraged to seek matched funding wherever possible, although it is not a requirement that proposals include matched funding. Whilst there is no theme for this call, the committee will favor applications that prioritize global challenges and those who have interdisciplinary dimension.

Funds may be requested for the purposes of activities such as the development of a network of potential research collaborators, the organization of workshops, or the organization of public engagement events.

Criteria

• Applications should be no more than four sides of A4, and should include the following headings:
  1. Aims & objectives
  2. Anticipated outcomes (e.g. publications; further research proposals; presentations; ‘impact’)
  3. Costings (please be as detailed as possible)
  4. Timeframe (including proposed start and end dates)
  5. Work Planned (this section should take up the bulk of the proposal, and should include the details of the activities planned)
• Applicants are free to decide whether to charge a delegate fee, or to use the funds to make the event free to delegates. A clear justification for this decision must be provided in the proposal. If charging a fee, applicants should bear in mind that different fees can be charged for different grades of Section membership (e.g. full members; postgraduate members; non-members). If costs are to be recovered through delegate fees, the Section would ordinarily expect to be reimbursed up to a maximum of the sum awarded.
• Eligible costs include any costs associated with the project, with two major exceptions:
  1. The Section does not cover costs associated with academic staff time or replacement teaching costs.
  2. The Section does not cover institutional overheads.
• Grant holders are expected to provide a report of around 1000 words (suitable for publication in Social Psychological Review and on the Section’s website), together with a final budgetary report, within three months of the end of the funding period.
• Grant holders must be members of the British Psychological Society, Social Psychology Section (although non-Section members can be co-applicants).
• The maximum grant available under this scheme is £2000, and the duration of projects funded under the scheme is typically no longer than 12 months.  We expect, however, that the bids submitted will be smaller than the max. allowed; unless, you include a special argument for why your bid should be awarded the full available funds.

Guidance for nominations

You will need the following information

How to apply

Deadline: Sunday 16 June 2019 - extended

•  Application for Pump Priming Dissemination Fund

Judging process

• Committee members must declare any conflicts of interest before participating in the decision making process.
• The bid will be considered at the next meeting of the Social Psychology Section Committee.
• The Committee’s decision is final.
• The number and level of awards made in any one year may vary.