Scholarships and Grants
Dissertation Grant | Student Research Grant | Student Scholarship | Diversity Scholarship | Early Career Scholarship | Scholarship Winners
If you are planning on applying or if you have already applied for a scholarship DO NOT register for the 2023 SPA Convention until notifications have been sent out in early December. If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact our office at info@personality.org.
ALL Scholarships and Grants are now CLOSED until next year!
SPA Dissertation and Research Grants will be evaluated on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) on the following domains:
- Overall Quality of the Proposal
- Proposal is clear and well-written
- Proposal provides a clear rationale for the project with appropriate citations
- The method described in the proposal is clear and appropriate for the proposed project
- Feasibility of the Project
- The project is feasible based on the timeline and budget provided
- Potential to Contribute to the Field of Personality Assessment
- The proposed project will significantly contribute to the field of personality assessment and/or advance the field of personality assessment
A successful proposal will be well-written, provide a clear and compelling rationale for the project, the methods described are clear and appropriate for the proposed project, the project is feasible within the time and budget proposed, and the project has the potential to significantly contribute to and/or advance the field of personality assessment.
Annual Dissertation Grant
Closed on October 17, 2022
The Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) will be making grants to support dissertation research in the area of personality assessment. These awards of up to $800 dollars must have an approved dissertation proposal before applying for the grant. Although not required at time of application, to receive the grant, the student must hold an active student membership for the 2023 calendar year. It is expected that the findings of the dissertation will be presented at a forthcoming Annual Convention of SPA.
2023 Dissertation Grant Winners
| Ali Yunus Emre Akca | When it is Fake and When it is Flawed: The Impact of Biases and Sterotypes in Professionals' Decision Making About Fabricated Symptoms |
| Edleen De Jesus-Sanchez | An Examination of MMPI-3 Score Patterns of Sex Trafficked Women |
| Alana Gallagher | Hierarchical Structure of Posttraumatic Cognitions and Complex PTSD in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence |
| Callie Jowers | Do Dimensions of Object Relations Mediate the Relationship between Pathological Traits, Defenses, and Coping? |
| Julianne Lawson | Killing Two Birds with One Phone: Attachment, Technology-Interference, Relationship Satisfaction within Daily Couple Interactions |
| Gillian Moloney | Convergent and Discriminant Validity of the PAI-A Antisocial Features Scale |
| Kathleen Tully | The Role of Narcissism in Instragram Consumption |
Student Research Grant
Closed on October 17, 2022
2023 Research Grant Winner
| Lauren Allen | Roles of Informants' Well-Being in Evaluative Bias: Effects on Informant Ratings |
| Jen Ying Zhen Ang & Aakriti Prasai | Understanding Counselor Trainee Experiences with the Wright-Constantine Structured Cultural Interview |
| Matthew Chapman | A Qualitative Examination on Adult Male Sex Offenders and Their Adverse Childhood Experiences |
| Christine Hujing | Interpersonal Projection of Right-Wing Authoritarianism |
| Casey Lee | Use of Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) with Diverse Populations: Exploring Trainee Psychologists' Experiences |
| Paige MacQueen | Associations between Perceiver Bias on Informant-Report Personality Measures and the Informant's Personal Attitudes toward Mental Illness |
| Courtney Phillips | Examining the Predictive Power of Criterion A of the Alternative Model for Personality |
| Benjamin Poag | The Invasive Workplace: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Traits and Work-Related Technology Use |
| Tabea Springstein | Measuring Emotion Regulation Success in Daily Life and Evaluating Nomothetic and Idiographic Associations with Strategies and Situations |
Student Scholarship
Closed on November 30, 2022
In an effort to encourage training of students and promote student participation in research and scholarly presentation in the area of personality assessment, SPA has created scholarships opportunities to attend the 2023 SPA Convention and Workshops. This $430.00 scholarship award includes a complimentary member early-bird rate registration and one night hotel. International applicants may be awarded an additional travel stipend of up to $400 depending on the stated need and the number of applications received.
- Provide complimentary member early-bird rate registration and one night in the hotel.
- International applicants may be awarded an additional travel stipend of up to $400 depending on the stated need and the number of applications received.
Diversity Scholarship
Closed on November 30, 2022
As part of its overall commitment to diversity, SPA is now offering diversity scholarships of up to $1,100.00 to support diverse professionals or students involved in personality assessment who seek to attend the 2023 SPA Convention and Workshops. This scholarship award includes a complimentary member early-bird rate registration, one night hotel, and up to $500 for reimbursable expenses (travel, additional registration fees, additional hotel, food). Additional funds for expenses may be given if registering at a lower rate.
- Provide complimentary member early-bird rate registration, one night in the hotel, and up to $500 in reimbursable expenses (travel, additional registration fees, additional hotel expenses, food expenses).
Early-Career Scholarship
Closed on November 30, 2022
In an effort to encourage early career participation in the practice, research, and scholarly engagement in the area of personality assessment, SPA has created scholarships opportunities to attend the 2023 SPA Convention and Workshops. This $650.00 scholarship award includes a complimentary member early-bird rate registration and one night hotel. International applicants may be awarded an additional travel stipend of up to $800 depending on the stated need and the number of applications received.
- Provide complimentary member early-bird rate registration, one night in the hotel, and up to $150 in reimburseable expenses (travel, additional registration fees, additional hotel expenses, food expenses).
- International applicants may be awarded an additional travel stipend of up to $800 depending on the stated need and the number of applications received.
2023 Early Career Scholarship Winners
2023 Student Scholarship Winners
2023 Diversity Scholarship Winners
View All Previous Scholarship Winners Below
Early Career Scholarship Winners
| 2022 | Francesca Ales, Miles Philip Broadbery, Emily Ann Dowgwillo, Adam Paul Natoli, Jared Ruchensky. |
| 2022 |
Michael Ahrenholtz, Jen YZ Ang, Emily Barni, Grace Boland, Youn Ji Grace Choi, Alison Concannon, Emily Crew, Dominique Ghirardi, Sarah Gottlieb, Natalie Guggino, Keefe Maccarone, Julianna Nails, John Thomas Rucker, Brooke Tompkins, Lisa Rose Vassiliadis, Enrico Vitolo, Rachel Wagner, Allison Warner, Megan Rose Whitman, and Leila Z. Wu. |
| 2021 |
| 2022 | Dalal Alhomaizi, Isra Dar, Raja M. David, Hilary Lea DeShong, Whitney Erby, Amanda Flake, Ashmista Ghosh, Sarah Hernandez, Saba Masood, Ruam Pimentel, Manizeh Raza, Chloe Rodriguez, Vanessa Shafa, Ryan Van Fossen, Shelby Cheyanne Vaughn, Alicia Wilhelmina Villanueva van den Hurk. |