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Each year we offer a range of awards to our members. Become a member to be eligible to apply!

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Research Awards

Thomas Coleman III Graduate Student Research Award

Thomas Coleman III Graduate Student Research Award

Thomas Coleman III Graduate Student Research Award

Award of $2,000 for 1 graduate student conducting research on the psychology of religion and spirituality with demonstrable passion, dedication, and the surmounting of odds, akin to the namesake of this award.

Graduate Student Research Awards

Thomas Coleman III Graduate Student Research Award

Thomas Coleman III Graduate Student Research Award

Award of $2,000 for two (2) graduate students ($2,000 each) conducting research on the psychology of religion and spirituality.

Undergraduate Student Research Award

Thomas Coleman III Graduate Student Research Award

Broadening the Landscape Research Award

Award of $1,000 for undergraduate research on the psychology of religion and spirituality.

Broadening the Landscape Research Award

Early Career Psychologist Research Award

Broadening the Landscape Research Award

Award of $3,000 for research centered on promoting the psychology of religion and spirituality related to underrepresented and marginalized groups. Open to students and faculty.

Early Career Psychologist Research Award

Early Career Psychologist Research Award

Early Career Psychologist Research Award

Award of $5,000 to support and stimulate Early Career Faculty and postdocs (i.e., less than 10 years post terminal degree, e.g., PhD) to conduct research on the psychology of religion and spirituality.

Mid-Career Faculty Research Award

Early Career Psychologist Research Award

Early Career Psychologist Research Award

Award of $5,000 to support and stimulate Mid-Career Faculty (i.e., 10 or more years as a faculty member) to conduct research on the psychology of religion and spirituality.

Research awards are administered each spring. All applicants must be members of Division 36. It is hoped that recipients of awards will present their work in Division 36 programming at a future conference, such as at the annual APA conference or the Division 36 Midyear Conference. Funds will not include conference travel costs. There will, however, be a few travel stipends available to select student awardees.


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Leadership Awards

Applied Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Award

Applied Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Award

Applied Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Award

This award will be presented annually to recognize an outstanding investigator in research or implementation of psychology of religion/spirituality in applied areas (e.g., clinical or counseling psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, educational psychology).

Distinguished Service Award

Applied Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Award

Applied Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Award

This award is offered to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to Division 36 through service and leadership.

Margaret Gorman Early Career Award

Applied Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Award

Margaret Gorman Early Career Award

This award is offered to an individual whose innovative research in the psychology of religion is marked by scholarly excellence and has implications for theory, practice, or further research.

Virginia Sexton Mentoring Award

Virginia Sexton Mentoring Award

Margaret Gorman Early Career Award

This award is offered to individuals who have contributed to the psychology of religion by mentoring individuals who themselves have become active in the field.

William C. Bier Award

Virginia Sexton Mentoring Award

William C. Bier Award

This award honors an outstanding contribution through publication and professional activity to the dissemination of findings on religious and allied issues or who has made a notable contribution to the integration of these findings with those of other disciplines, notably philosophy, sociology, and anthropology.

William James Award

Virginia Sexton Mentoring Award

William C. Bier Award

Rewards outstanding contributions through publication and professional activity to basic research and theory in the psychology of religion.

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