Call for Nominations for the British Psychological Society Cognitive Psychology Section Award 2021

The BPS Cognitive Psychology Section Award recognises outstanding published contributions to research in the area of Cognitive Psychology.

Eligible publications are limited to scientific journal papers reporting novel observations and providing significant theoretical insight into human cognition.

The Award Panel will give greater consideration to studies with broad appeal and widespread implications, particularly studies that address longstanding problems and that advance conceptual understanding in unexpected or counterintuitive ways.

Criteria

Nominated publications for the 2021 award should have a publication date of 2019, 2020 or 2021 and should not have been nominated for the award previously.  'Online first' articles with a DOI which can be downloaded as full published text are also eligible.

The majority of the work should have been conducted in the UK and at least one of the authors of the paper should currently be based in the UK, but they need not be a member of the BPS.

It is customary for a UK-based winner of the award to present a keynote address at the Annual Cognitive Section Conference, which in 2021 will take place virtually run by Oxford Brookes 2-3 September. 

All eligible, nominated publications will be considered by the Award Panel, comprising a subgroup of the Cognitive Psychology Section Committee in consultation with expert assessors, if necessary.

An electronic copy of the relevant publication should be submitted, along with a supporting statement of not more than 500 words from a nominator (which might be one of the authors).

It is the responsibility of the nominator to ensure that the authors consent to their work being considered for the award and that the authors are available to present the keynote address at the conference.

This award is open to members and non-members of The British Psychological Society. The deadline has now passed. 

Guidance for nominations

You will need the following information:

Nominee(s):

1. Name
2. Title
3. Organisation/affiliation
4. BPS membership number (if applicable)
5. Email address

Nominator(s):

1. Name
2. Title
3. Organisation/affiliation
4. BPS membership number (if applicable)
5. Email address

You will also need to provide:

• a nomination statement (maximum 500 words in narrative format)
• supporting documentary evidence (an electronic copy of the relevant publication)
• How to apply
• For any queries relating to this award please contact [email protected] 

The Allan McNeill Postgraduate Poster Prize is awarded during the annual conference. 

The Undergraduate Project Prize recognises outstanding research conducted by undergraduate students in the area of Cognitive Psychology. Eligible projects should report novel observations and provide theoretical insights into cognition. The work must have been conducted in the UK. As we did not run this prize in 2020, we are accepting nominations of projects by students who graduated in both 2020 and 2021.

Criteria

Projects must be nominated by supervisors. An electronic copy of the project abstract should be submitted, along with a supporting statement of not more than 500 words from the research supervisor. It is the responsibility of the supervisor to ensure that the student consents to their work being considered for the prize. There should be no more than one submission from a psychology department per academic year (maximum of two). The nominee does not need to be a member of the Society or Section.

Nominated projects will be considered by the Award Panel, comprising a subgroup of the Cognitive Psychology Section Committee in consultation with expert assessors, if necessary. The winner of the prize will be invited to present a poster at the Annual Cognitive Section Conference. Conference registration will also be offered free of charge to the prize winner. It is the responsibility of the supervisor to ensure that the student is available to present the poster at the conference.

Guidance for nominations

You will need the following information:

Students:

1. Name
2. Organisation/affiliation
3. BPS membership number (if applicable)
4. Email address

Supervisors:

1. Name
2. Organisation/affiliation
3. BPS membership number (if applicable)
4. Email address

You will also need to provide:

• a nomination statement (maximum 500 words in narrative format)
• supporting documentary evidence (an electronic copy of the project abstract)
• Which cohort the student is in (2020 graduate or 2021 graduate)

Deadline for submissions is 5pm on Monday 5th July 2021

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Annual Award

Allan McNeill Postgraduate Poster Prize

Undergraduate Project Prize

• Allan McNeill

PG Poster Prize

2020

• Clodagh Towns (UCL)

Group biases influence neurotypical adults' ability to take the autistic perspective

The BPS Cognitive Psychology Section aims to provide some financial assistance to help UK cognitive psychology postgraduates continue their research in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The maximum value of awards is £400 per applicant.

This Grant is intended to help postgraduate researchers manage changes in research projects due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We therefore anticipate that grants will cover the costs associated with conducting research online, for example for participant payment via online recruitment sites e.g. Prolific, Gorilla. However, we will also consider applications for other expenses incurred by the applicant in running their empirical studies, for example equipment, software etc. that are needed, so long as a good justification is provided.

It is expected that grants will cover the full costs required. If the sum requested will not cover the full cost of the proposed activity, you will need to specify in your application any other source of funding. In such circumstance’s grants will only be released once a letter of confirmation has been received to indicate that the other funds have been awarded.

Although the maximum award is £400, applicants should only apply for the amount needed. For example, if your power analysis shows that you need 100 participants, you should only bid for enough money to cover 100 participants. This will allow us to support as many projects as possible.

Awardees will be required to submit expense claim forms (provided by the BPS) along with receipts in order to claim the award.

• Closing date for applications is 12th March 2021

Eligibility

This Grant is open to postgraduates registered for research degrees at any UK institution. To apply, postgraduates must be members of the BPS Cognitive Psychology Section. To apply, postgraduates must be conducting research within the field of cognitive psychology.

Guidance for applications

To apply, you will need to submit the following information

Student Applicant

1. Name
2. Email address
3. Organisation/affiliation
4. BPS Membership Number
5. Are you a member of the Cognitive Section of the BPS?
6. PhD title (this does not have to be the final title of your thesis, just the working title)
7. Justification of funds (i.e. a statement outlining what the grant will be used for within your research degree and why the Grant is needed. Priority will be given to applications who do not have other resources from their own department or external funding agency so please address this in your statement)
8. Details of the funding required (i.e. how much you are applying for with itemised costings to a maximum of £400)
9. Anticipated claim date (please state the date by which you anticipate claiming the funds)

 Supervisor

1. Name
2. Email address
3. Organisation/affiliation
4. Supporting statement (within this statement please confirm the availability of other sources of funding from your own institution or external funding agency)

All complete application forms that meet the eligibility criteria will be entered in to a lottery and funds will be allocated based on a random lottery draw.

Further conditions

A condition of the Grant is that all successful applicants write an 800-word report for the Cognitive Psychology Bulletin. Reports should provide a summary of how the Grant was or will be used within your research. For example, you might briefly report the research aims, methods and interim results if you have them. The final date for submissions is Friday 29th October 2021. The Bulletin is published once a year, is edited and has an ISBN. All Grant recipients must make their supervisors aware that they are accepting the funding on these grounds.

Finally, whilst we will try to include all of the reports in the Cognitive Psychology Bulletin, we cannot guarantee that all reports will be published. 

Applications submitted by the applicant without a statement from their supervisor will not be considered.

Retrospective applications will not be considered. The number of Grants available will depend on resources and award of a Grant cannot be guaranteed even if all requirements for eligibility have been met. 

Decisions will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into regarding unsuccessful applications.

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