Psychology of Women and Equalities Section

Professor Marcia Worrell was an exceptional colleague, mentor, advocate, tutor, and friend to an international community of students, academics and practitioners.

Her commitment to supporting others has inspired all who have worked with her since she began her academic career in 1992.

This award is in recognition of her ongoing impact and presence in the lives and work of the international POWES community, specifically recognising her exceptional capabilities to inspire and mentor others.

We welcome nominations for the award for mentors who:

• Demonstrate sustained engagement with offering feminist support, direction, guidance and supervision to undergraduate or postgraduate students or their fellow colleagues in Psychology
• May be well known for supporting ‘non-traditional’ students. For example, in helping them navigate academia and supporting them in the successful completion of their studies.
• Foster a welcoming atmosphere and culture of inclusion
• Inspires students in their studies and/or professional development

The winning nominee will receive:

• A framed certificate from POWES
• A funded place at the POWES 2023 Annual Conference (05- 07 July 2023) to accept their award. (POWES will reimburse the full conference fee and travel to the conference up to the maximum amount of £150.)
• Additionally, the nomination statement will be published in the POWES journal The Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review (POWER).

How to make a nomination:

• POWES members are eligible to nominate candidates for the award, however the nominee does not need to be a member of POWES or of the BPS. Nominators can be individuals or groups. (The scheme is not open to self-nominations.)
• To nominate a feminist mentor, please provide a nomination statement (maximum 1000 words in doc format) outlining how and why that person is particularly impactful on your life or those of others. We suggest you include examples of specific activities, anecdotes and personal characteristics of the mentor that have been influential in the life and career of others.
• Decisions will be made by a panel of POWES committee members and announced ahead of the POWES conference in July each year.

Submit your nominations here

The deadline for applications is 30 April 2023.

POWES is very keen to promote attendance of students at their annual conferences. To this end, we have set aside funds for a small number of bursaries and concessions to be awarded to students to assist with the costs of attendance. 

We recognise the impact that Covid19 has had on institutional financial support for colleagues to attend conferences, and so this year we also have a limited amount of money available to support academic staff to attend the conference in cases of economic hardship and where there is an absence of institutional funding.

Guidance for applications:

• Bursaries are awarded in the form of a reduction in conference fees
• Applicants presenting at the conference will be prioritised
• The initial deadline for bursary applications is the 25th of June 2021. The set of bursary applications received by that date will be considered shortly afterwards, and applicants contacted with confirmation as to whether they have been successful.
• If the bursaries are oversubscribed, there will be a first-come, first-served policy.
• Potential applicants are welcome to enquire after the deadline about the continuing availability of bursary funding, accepting that the overall Bursary Fund may be depleted.

Postgraduate students who have submitted their thesis this year (2023-24) or within the last three academic years (2020-23) are invited to submit a short article for the POWES and Feminism & Psychology Postgraduate Award.

Criteria

• Submissions can include research from all areas of Psychology and the Social Sciences.
• The article must be clearly related to the research carried out as part of a postgraduate degree and must not have been published previously.
• Articles must make an original contribution to the psychology of women, gender, feminist theory, practice and beyond. For example, articles may explore issues around gender, racism, or gender and other intersecting inequalities. 
• Articles can be up to a maximum of 3,500 words. Word counts do not include abstract, title, references, data extracts or tables. Abstracts can be a maximum of 200 words.

International submissions

POWES is aware of the problematic Western and English language dominance in psychology. We welcome submissions from those not based in the UK and from those who do not use English as their first language. Whilst submissions do need to be written in English, we are happy to provide proof reading support if you are a second language English speaker before you submit your paper. To gain this, please contact [email protected] by the 1st April 2024.

Review process

Every entry will be anonymously reviewed by two members of POWES with relevant knowledge and expertise. Submissions that receive a positive review from both reviewers will go to the judging panel, who will assess, comment on, and score the article based on the criteria for submissions. The panel of judges will make the final decision.

The winner receives

• A funded place at the POWES 2023 Conference (10-12 July 2024)
• The opportunity to present your paper at the Conference 
• A one year subscription to Feminism & Psychology & PoWER
• Invitation to publish your paper in PoWER subject to addressing any feedback from prize reviewers
• Award certificate and £50 voucher

How to apply

Submit application 

Find more information on the Prizes page.

Deadline: 12 April 2024, 23:30

POWES particularly welcomes applications from the following groups of people who are often under-represented: Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, disabled people and people who identify as LGBTQ+.

For enquiries please email [email protected].

Current undergraduate students (2023-24) and those who have submitted their dissertation within the last three academic years (2020-23) are invited to submit a short article for the POWES undergraduate awards.

There are two awards:

POWES: Undergraduate Spotlight Award on racism and race inequalities - we invite submissions for the Spotlight Award for work that centres racism and race-related inequalities.

POWES: Undergraduate Gender Inequalities Award – we invite submissions for the Gender Inequalities Award that focus on gender OR gender AND other intersecting inequalities (e.g. Black women's perinatal experiences, queer women's coming out stories).

Criteria

• Articles can be up to a maximum of 3,000 words. Word counts do not include abstract, title, references, quotes or tables.
• Abstracts can be a minimum of 200 words
• Articles must be clearly related to the research carried out as part of an undergraduate degree and make an original contribution
• Articles must be in Word doc format
• Individual entries and group submissions are both welcomed, but must not have been published previously.
• Submissions can include research from all areas of Psychology and the Social Sciences.

International submissions

POWES is aware of the problematic Western and English language dominance in psychology. We welcome submissions from those not based in the UK and from those who do not speak English as their first language. Whilst submissions do need to be written in English, we are happy to provide proof reading support if you are a second language English speaker before you submit your paper. To gain this, please contact [email protected] by the 1st April 2024.

Review process

Every entry will be anonymously reviewed by two members of POWES with relevant knowledge and expertise. Submissions that receive a positive review from both reviewers will go to the judging panel, who will assess, comment on and score the article based on the criteria for submissions. The panel of judges will make the final decision.

The winner receives

• A funded place at the POWES 2024 Conference (10-12 July 2024)
• The opportunity to present your paper at the Conference
• An award certificate and £50 voucher
• A one year subscription to PoWER
• Invitation for assisted publication of your submission in PoWER subject to standard peer-review process

How to apply

Submit application

Find more information on the Prizes page.

Deadline: 12 April 2024, 23:30

POWES particularly welcomes applications from the following groups of people who are often under-represented: Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, disabled people and people who identify as LGBTQ+.

For enquiries please email [email protected].

POWES Student Prizes

2010: C. Rivas (Queen Mary, University of London)

2009: P. Pinto (University of Minho, Portugal)

2008: L. Lazard (University of Nottingham)

2007: C. Nguyen (London School of Economic and Political Science)

• Discounted registration for the Section’s Annual Conference
• Opportunities to influence and take part in the development of the section
• Opportunity to voice your opinion, either at the Section’s AGM and/or by becoming a member of the section’s committee
• Psychology of Women and Equalities Review
• Regular updates via our membership announcement email list

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