Student awards


The division offers three student awards annually including the SPP Student Research Award Competition, the Student Poster Awards, and the SPP/CDC Injury Prevention Student Research Award

  • SPP Student Research Award Competition    

SPP encourages and rewards quality research on issues related to pediatric psychology and health care of children. All research must have been completed while the candidate was a student. The student must be the primary (first) author. An award of $500 is available.

  • Student Poster Awards    

Student Poster awards are available for SPP student members who are first author of a poster to be presented during the Pediatric Psychology National Conference and the Division 54 poster session at the APA Convention. Deadlines will be announced via the Division 54 listserv. For more information, contact Paul Robins.

  • SPP/CDC Injury Prevention Student Research Award

SPP and the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control jointly announce a new Student Research Competition to encourage and reward quality research on issues related to unintentional injury prevention in children and adolescents. An award of $1,000 is available, contingent upon funding. The individual selected will be named a SPP/CDC Injury Prevention Fellow.

Deadline for all grants and awards is October 1, 2012, with the exception that the Deadline for the Student Poster Award be announced via division 54 email list.

Send all award applications electronically to:
Paul Robins, PhD

Additional information.