AP-LS Awards, Grants and Funding

The following awards and grants are sponsored by Div. 41

Grants and Fellowships

Access Path to Psychology and Law Experience (AP) Program
Students
Undergraduate
Graduate
Diversity
BRIDGE Committee

Provides finanical support to students from groups currently underrepresented in the field of psychology and law.
Diversity in Psychology and Law Research Awards
Students
Undergraduate
Graduate
Grants-in-Aid
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
BRIDGE Committee

Supports student research on psycholegal issues related to diversity or conducted by individuals from underrepresented groups.
Grants-in-Aid for Early Career Professionals
Early Career Professionals
Grants-in-Aid

Support (up to $5,000) for early career professionals in conducting research related to psychology and law.
Grants-in-Aid for Graduate Students
Students
Graduate
Research
Grants-in-Aid

Small grants (up to $2,000) to support empirical graduate student research that addresses psycholegal issues.
Grants-in-Aid for Graduate Students MacArthur Award
Students
Graduate
Research
Grants-in-Aid

Additional funding from the MacArthur Foundation to fund promising research in the area of criminal competence.
Grants-in-Aid for Undergraduate Students
Students
Undergraduate
Research
Grants-in-Aid

Small grants (maximum of $1,000) to support empirical undergraduate research that addresses psycholegal issues.
Research to Enhance the Impact and Diversification of Psychology and Law Research
Research

Small/seed grants ($1,000-$5,000) and large grants ($15,000-$50,000) for interdisciplinary research that addresses understudied topics in psychology and law.
The Early Career Professionals Practitioner Grant
Early Career Professionals
Practice

Support ($500) for early career professionals who practice primarily as practicioners.
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Awards and Recognition

Lawrence S. Wrightsman Book Award
Book

The American Psychology-Law Society Lawrence S. Wrightsman Book Award is given for a scholarly book devoted to psychology and law issues. The award is intended to recognize…
Dissertation Awards
Students
Graduate
Dissertation

These awards supports students who complete dissertations involving basic or applied research in psychology and law.
Distinguished Contributions to Psychology and Law
Distinguished Career

Honors one who has made distinguished theoretical, empirical, and/or applied contributions to the field of psychology and law.
Distinguished Service Award
Distinguished Career

Recognizes members that have contributed exceptional meritorious professional service to the Society and/or the field of legal/forensic psychology.
AP-LS Fellows
APA
Fellowship

Recognizes unusual and outstanding contributions to psychology and law and to AP-LS. is an honor valued by many members. Fellow nominations are made by a division to which…
AP-LS Mid-Career Award
Distinguished Career

Recognizes members whose work has substantially contributed to the fields of forensic and legal psychology.
Outstanding Practitioner Mentoring to Eliminate Racial, Ethnic and Cultural (REC) Disparities Award
Early Career Professionals
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Practice
Mentoring

Recognizes the substantive contributions of clinical mentors who educate and support emerging clinicians in psychology and law with a lens towards the elimination of REC…
Saleem Shah Early Career Award
Early Career Professionals
American Academy of Forensic Psychology

Recognizes early career excellence and contributions to the field of psychology and law with a focus on forensic practice, research, or public policy.
Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in the Field of Psychology and Law
Teaching
Early Career Professionals

Recognizes teaching and mentoring excellence in the field of psychology and law.
AP-LS Award for Best Undergraduate Paper
Students
Undergraduate

Recognizes an outstanding undergraduate research paper focused on the interdisciplinary study of psychology and law.
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