Funding Opportunities
COGDOP Graduate Student Scholarships
The purpose of this scholarship program is to assist graduate students of psychology with research costs associated with the master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation. APF awards 21 annual scholarships for graduate student research.
The purpose of this scholarship program is to assist graduate students of psychology with research costs associated with the master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation. APF awards 21 annual scholarships for graduate student research:
- $5,000 Harry and Miriam Levinson Scholarship
- $3,000 William and Dorothy Bevan Scholarship
- $5,000 Charles and Carol Spielberger Scholarship
- $5,000 Peter and Malina James & Dr. Louis P. James Legacy Scholarship
- $3,000 Ruth G. and Joseph D. Matarazzo Scholarship
- $2,500 William C. Howell Scholarship
- $2,000 Clarence J. Rosecrans Scholarship
- $2,000 Raymond K. Mulhern Scholarship
- $2,000 Dr. Judy Kuriansky Scholarship
- 12 additional $2,000 scholarships
Eligibility
APF encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds with respect to age, race, color, religion, creed, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, gender, and geography.
Graduate students enrolled in an interim master’s program or doctoral program are eligible to apply. If a student is currently enrolled in a terminal master’s program, the student must intend to enroll in a PhD program. Students at any stage of graduate study are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be enrolled in the graduate program at the time grants are awarded.
The purpose of the scholarship program is to assist graduate students of psychology with research costs associated with the master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation.
Each graduate department of psychology that is a member of COGDOP may submit nominations. To verify if your department is a member of COGDOP, please check in with your institution. You may also contact COGDOP. APF does not have a list of COGDOP members.
The number of candidates that each member department is allowed to nominate depends upon the total number of doctoral students enrolled in the graduate program. Departments that have 100 or fewer students enrolled in their graduate programs may nominate one (1) candidate; departments that have 101-200 graduate students enrolled may nominate up to two (2) candidates; and departments that have more than 200 graduate students enrolled may nominate up to three (3) candidates.
NOTE: nominees must be currently enrolled in the graduate program at the time scholarships are awarded.
Application Instructions
Application Materials:
- brief proposal of thesis or dissertation project (even if in progress – 10 pages max, not including references)
- department endorsement
- CV
- transcript (an unofficial/student copy is acceptable)
Evaluation Criteria:
The major criteria are related to the research proposal. Proposals will be rated on the description of the context for the research (a brief literature review), the clarity and comprehensibility of the research question, the appropriateness of the research design, the general importance (theoretical, applied) of the research and the use of requested funds (with preference given for funds to actually conduct the research as opposed to tuition, travel, books and journals). Secondary criteria are related to the student’s background, including previous publications or presentations at conferences, awards won at the student’s institution, the endorsement from the Department chair / Director of Graduate Studies, breadth of courses taken and grades in courses.
Please be advised that APF does not provide feedback to applicants on their proposals.
Please review our Program FAQs for important details on the application process.
Recent Recipient
Sonakshi Negi
University of Kansas
“Help for Overcoming Problem Eating” (HOPE): A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Single Session Intervention for Binge Spectrum Eating Disorders”
Past Recipients
2024
Kendall Poovey, University of South Florida
“Investigating Gastrointestinal Interoception in the Daily Maintenance of Restrictive Eating Disorders”
Ramya Ramadurai, American University
“Controlled Pilot Testing of a Novel Single-Session Emotion Intervention for Black Women: Examining Effects on Clinical Outcomes and Psychotherapy Utilization”
Elliott Botelho, University of Alabama at Birmingham
“A Short Measure of Gender Minority Stress and Resilience: Development and Validation of the Brief GeMS-R”
Minerva Rodriguez, The University of Texas at El Paso
“Vicarious Defeat Stress: A New Preclinical Model to Study Juvenile Depression”
Reina Kiefer, University of Rhode Island
“Assessing State Emotion and Acute Alcohol Intoxication on Sexual Assault Risk Perception”
Sonakshi Negi, University of Kansas
“Help for Overcoming Problem Eating” (HOPE): A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Single Session Intervention for Binge Spectrum Eating Disorders”
Naomi Gancz, University of California, Los Angeles
“Physiological Links Between Stress and the Oral Microbiome: Implications for Mental Health”
Que Anh Pham, University of Massachusetts Boston
“Episodic Memory Supports Episodic Future Thinking for the Self and Others: A Behavioral and Electroencephalography Study”
Jennifer Meigs, The Catholic University of America
“Exploring Real-Time Sleep-Irritability Dynamics: The Potential Role of Emotion Dysregulation”
William Rayo, Oregon State University
“Language, Cultural Identity, and Cognition: a Psychometric Network Analysis of Bilinguals”
Shannon Shaughnessy, University of Miami
“Frustrative nonreward and cognitive control across development: Examining the Frustration AX-Continuous Performance Task (FAX-CPT) in adolescents”
Jordan Dejoie, Adelphi University
“The effect of social rejection on risk attitudes as a function of physiological indices of emotion and facial expression.”
David Cenkner, University of California, Irvine
“Objectively Measured Sleep as a Predictor of Suicidal Thoughts and Psychotherapy Skill Use among Treatment-Seeking Adults: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study”
Kayden Stockwell, University of Virginia
“A Novel Investigation of Social Regulation in Nonspeaking Autistic Adults”
Riley McDanal, Stony Brook University
“Helping Young Adults Cope with Distressing Emotions: A Randomized Trial of an Online Single-Session Emotion Regulation Intervention”
Emily Diamond, University of Michigan
“Forming Relationships Through Synchronous Interactions: A Dyadic, Prospective Study”
Nandita Mathur, Long Island University, Brooklyn
“Painfully Bored: Evaluating the Influence of Interoceptive Sensibility and Self-Criticism on Self-Administered Painful Stimuli”
Haley Wang, University of California, Los Angeles
“Multivariate neurobiological features of symptomatology in adolescents and young adults with early psychosis”
Julie Pham, Southern Methodist University
“Comparing Gains and Losses: Examining the Effects of Incentives on Working Memory Capacity and Motivational Processes in Older Adults”
Wesley Meredith, University of California, Los Angeles
“Experience-dependent inhibitory control neurodevelopment in adolescents”
Jasmine Lewis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
“Longitudinal Changes in DNA Methylation Following Child Maltreatment: Exploring Associations with Depression and Protective Role of Parenting”
2023
Katherine Chang, University of Rochester
Minjae Seo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Louisa Kane, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Krutika Rathod, University of Maine
Peiyi Wang, University of California, Irvine
Alex Silver, University of Pittsburgh
Slaton Freeman, University of Colorado Denver
Ashley Bautista, University of Houston
Ellen Carroll, University of Arizona
Solangia Engler, Texas A&M University
McKenzie Miller, University at Albany, State University of New York
Fiona Horner, Carnegie Mellon University
Kristen Pasko, Rowan University
Kathleen Little, University of Miami
Ariel Snowden, Utah State University
Andrea Davis, doctoral student at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Gavin Rackoff, The Pennsylvania State University
Sophia Holmqvist, Temple University
Heather Anderson, University of Oregon
Elizabeth Espinal, Drexel University
Oya Pakkal, Brock University
2022
Iris Ka-Yi Chat, Temple University
Megha Nagaswami, University of California, Los Angeles
Sharanya Rao, George Washington University
Daneele Thorpe, Stony Brook University
Abhishek Saxena, University of Rochester
Megan Schultz, University of Washington
Emily Padrutt, University of Minnesota
Andrea Wiglesworth, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Mariajosé Paton, University of South Carolina
Kevin Summers, University of Denver
Kathryn Kemp, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alessandra DallaVecchia, University of California, Los Angeles
Jessica Huntt, St. John’s University
Dana Glenn, University of California, Riverside
Johanna Chajes, University of Virginia
Marisol Meyer, University of Miami
Violet Brown, Washington University in St. Louis
Margaret Baer. University of Toledo
Jordan Schueler, Texas A&M University
Sean Devine, McGill University
Sofia Uribe, Southern Methodist University
2021
Danielle Abel
Jennifer Bertollo
Sarah Curci
Catherine Dion
Andrea Fields
Madelyn Frumkin
Ilana Gratch
Debrielle Jacques
Sarah Jessup
Erin Kaseda
Sophie Kerr
Roberto Lopez
Samantha Margherio
Stephanie McManimen
Okeoma Nwakanma
Juan Pena
Giovanni Ramos
Ariana Rivens
Razia Sahi
Elisabeth Webb
2020
Alena Borgatti
Jasmin Brooks
Anna Farmer
Michael Granovetter
Lauren Haliczer
Gerald Higginbotham
Laura Janakiefski
Tao Jiang
Ashley Jones
Brittany King
P. F. Jonah Li
Rachel Mis
Daniel Moriarity
Gold Okafor
Daniel Snook
Stassja Sichko
Karen Tang
Lisa Taxier
Michelle Thai
Erika Trent
Amy Violante
2019
Amanda Arulpragasam
Anita Schmalor
Annamarie Defayette
Ava Fergerson
Caitlyn Edwards
Cara DiClemente
Cara McClain
Chloe Huelsnitz
Eva Stelzer
Grace Kennedy
Han Tran
Lauren Henry
Leslie Gaynor
Nadia Bounoua
Nathaniel Eckland
Nelson Zounlome
Patricia Pehme
Rachel Ouellette
Rebecca Cipollina
Seigie Kennedy
2018
Joseph Carpenter
Tommy Ng
Po-hun Chou
Sara Westbrook
Natasia Adams
Nathan Hager
Christopher Zerr
Kiera James
Shirin Bakhshay
Kris Gebhard
Keanan Joyner
Calyn Maske
Zachary Reese
Amanda Russo
Alexandra Sackett
Emily Shih
Sarah Sperry
Naoyuki Sunami
Emily Willroth
Kelsey Clayback
Jessica Blayney
2017
Katherine Adams
Amber Anthenien
Mika Armenta
Shelby Bandel
Nadia Brashier
Kaylie Carbine
Marina Chernikova
Brandon Chuang
Lisa Curry-Pochy
Katie Darabos
Mahsa Ershadi
Anne Fast
Sophie Foss
Helena Rose Karnilowicz
Mary Lear
David March
Heather McDaniel
Meghan Puglia
Laura Quinones-Camacho
Kathleen Stone
Aliona Tsypes
Sylvanna Vargas
2016
Steven Boomhower
Eddie Chong
Rebecca Cox
Marisa Crowder
Christina Di Iorio Karageorgiou
Laura Elenbaas
Travis Evans
Lorra Garey
Leah Halper
Brittany Jakubiak
Esen Karan
Lauren Luther
Colin Mahoney
Elena McDermott
Mona Moieni
Mia Nunez
Irmak Olcaysoy
Yolanda Vasquez-Salgado
2015
Konstantinos Papazoglou
Ashley M. Shaw
Samantha L. Connolly
Lauren L. Long
Allison H. Kalpakci
Elizabeth A. Nick
Joanna Korman
Luis A. Parra
Robert M.G. Reinhart
Brandon M. Fritz
Charles J. Lynch
Vanessa M. Brown
Kevin Haworth
Jolene A. Jacquart
Mark Wade
Pauline Goger
2014
Lawrence Houston
Mary Woody
Victoria Oleynick
Charles Brandt
Erica Coates
Kelsie Okamura
Carey Pulverman
Jamie Cassoff
Craig Speil
Sara Masland
Stephanie Wemm
Adam Putnam
Chelcie Heaney
Stephanie Brewer
Katherine Forney
Matthew Judah
2013
Dylan Gee
Justin Karr
Alexandra Rodman
Karen Pang
Erika Fulton
P. Priscilla Lui
Gary Glick
Jason Oliver
Jonathan Stange
Kathryn O’Toole
Adam Miller
Gabrielle D’Lima
Sunny Dutra
Janie Jun
Adriene Beltz
2012
Amanda Venta
Erin Moran
Timothy Jarome
Erin Ward-Ciesielski
Stephanie Groman
Justin Karr
John Medaglia
Kelly McWilliams
Darya Zabelina
Lisham Ashrafioun
Daniel Kopala-Sibley
Emily Cogsdill
Shayna Henry
Lauren Richmond
Lauren Margulieux
2011
Stephen Becker
Kristy Benoit
Erik Girvan
Courtney Gosnell
Gloria Luong
Jessica Keeney
Molly Walsh
Erin Thomas
Daniel Stout
Ann Johnson
Kevin Zabel
Brandon Warren
Aaron Haas
2010
Konrad Bresin
Aaron Fisher
Kelsie Forbush
Larisa Heiphetz
Nanxin Li
Cecilia Martinez-Torteya
Ian McDonough
Eric Pedersen
Adam S. Smith
Michael K. Scullin
Eva Telzer
Jill Waring
Yung-Jui Yang
2009
Peggy M. Zoccola
Joshua M. Carp
Saul L. Miller
Meghan W. Cody
Christine A. Conelea
Katie M. Edwards
Karim Kassam
Jennifer C. G. Larson
Meghan R. Miller
John J. Panos
Edward A. Selby
Michael T. Treadway
Xiaomeng Xu
2008
Arathi Sethumadhavan
Kristen M. Culbert
Jennifer M. Brielmaier
Melody Manchi Chao
Rachel H. Lucas-Thompson
Melissa J. Mathews
Aimilia Papazoglou
Laura C. Rusch
Brenda Jeanette Salley
Naomi Samimi Sadeh
Julie Maria St. Cyr-Baker
Kimberly Allison Van Orden
Laura M. Widman
2007
Danielle Knatz Bello
David B. Portnoy
Robin L. Aupperle
Ethan H. Beckley
Leigh C. P. Botley
Whitney E. Botsford
Adam D. Brown
Kristin E. Flegal
Donna A. Kreher
Carissa A. Low
Sita G. Patel
Heather L. Rogers
Jennifer L. Wright
2006
Laura E. Knouse
Sarah A. Palyo
Lisa M. Christian
Sarah Frenkiel-Fishman
Matthew C. Hocking
Katherine H. Karlsgodt
Jeffrey D. Karpicke
Meghan D. McAuliffe
Beth Mechlin
Ilke Oztekin
Elizabeth J. Rahn
Lisa M. Sontag
Jenny C. Su
2005
Jillian Holm-Denoma
Jennifer Mohawk
Deann Atchley
Debbie Talmi
Eric D. Jackson
Julia Dmitrieva
Nina Kaiser
Karen M. Rodrigue
Kristen M. Kennedy
Emily Kuhl
Ryan Bogdan
Sara Chiara Haden
Simine Vazire
2004
Michael Cohen
Susan M. Kiene
Derek Evan Nee
Andrea B. Burns
Erik Chihhung Chang
Hsin-Chin Chen
Kara Dyckman
Jessica Lord Bean
Qian Lu
Leh Woon Mok
John V. Petrocelli
Michael Pitts
Erin Costanzo
2003
Dana Byrd
Stewart Shankman
Adam Brickman
Sherrie Delinsky
Stephen Gillaspy
Michael Himle
Jia Liu
Dominique Morisano
Elizabeth Podniesinski
Kalynn Schulz
Jessica Tracy
Lauren Warren
2002
Amanda Bolbecker
Kara Bopp
Jennifer Dysart
Tanya Goyal
Emily Impett
William Lamb
Jill Levitt
Jean Pretz
Alan Scoboria
Indre Viskontas
Molly White
Jennifer Wildes
John Petrocelli
Robin Edelstein
2001
Elizabeth Flanagan
Moria Smoski
Kristen Weede Alexander
Erika Bauer
Livia L. Gilstrap
Cynthia Huang-Pollock
Timothy C. Justus
Helen J. Kaczmarek
Angela Krom Fournier
Tamar Mendelson
Vinuta Rau
Donald J. Seyler
Oshin A. Vartanian
2000
Gilad Chen
Alexander J. Schut
Jennifer A. Block
Noel A. Card
Angela M. Carter
Amy N. Cohen
Michael J. Crowley
David A. Gallo
Elizabeth D. Krause
Matthew P. Martens
David J. Rademacher
Rocio Rivadeneyra
Jennifer W. Sutton