Amount: $100 & a commemorative certificate
Deadline: June 12, 2025
Information: Graduate students conducting research in environmental psychology should consider applying for the Robert Sommer Memorial Award from the environmental psychology section of the Canadian Psychological Association.
Award submissions should consist of 1000-word extended abstracts of original research for which the student is the first author. The submissions need not be papers submitted for presentation at a CPA convention but may be graduate-level thesis work, journal articles, or research presented at other conferences.
Graduate students enrolled at a Canadian university (or recent graduates applying within one year of graduating) are eligible for the award. Applicants must have been a student when the research under consideration was completed.
The award recipient will receive a $100 prize and a commemorative certificate.
Application procedure: To Apply: If you would like their work to be considered for the award, then please create a submission that includes the following:
1. A cover letter addressed to the section Chair indicating interest in being considered for the award.
2. A letter from the student’s supervisor confirming that the applicant’s work on the project merits first authorship.
3. A 1000-word extended abstract for committee review (please include an exact word count in the application) using the following headings:
• Title
• Area (briefly state the relevant research area in environmental psychology)
• Context (put the submission in context by providing adequate background information on relevant scholarly literature, including references)
• Methods (state the research design, the size and characteristics of the sample, procedure, materials, and statistical tests employed)
• Results (key findings)
• Conclusions and Implications
• References (using APA 7th edition conventions) *not counted toward word limit
4. Two copies of the abstract should be submitted—one with the author’s name(s) and institution included, and one without this information.
All materials may be e-mailed to the section Chair with the subject line “Graduate Robert Sommer Memorial Award” on or before May 1.
Amount: $50 & a commemorative certificate
Deadline: June 12, 2025
Information: Undergraduate students conducting research in environmental psychology should consider applying for the Undergraduate Student Award from the environmental psychology section of the Canadian Psychological Association.
Award submissions should consist of 1000-word extended abstracts of original research for which the student is the first author. The submissions need not be papers submitted for presentation at a CPA convention but may be honours thesis work, journal articles, or research presented at other conferences.
Undergraduate students enrolled at a Canadian university (or recent graduates applying within one year of graduating) are eligible for the award. Applicants must have been a student when the research under consideration was completed.
The award recipient will receive a $50 prize and a commemorative certificate.
Application Procedure: To Apply: If you would like their work to be considered for the award, then please create a submission that includes the following:
1. A cover letter addressed to the section Chair indicating interest in being considered for the award.
2. A letter from the student’s supervisor confirming that the applicant’s work on the project merits first authorship.
3. A 1000-word extended abstract for committee review (please include an exact word count in the application) using the following headings:
• Title
• Area (briefly state the relevant research area in environmental psychology)
• Context (put the submission in context by providing adequate background information on relevant scholarly literature, including references)
• Methods (state the research design, the size and characteristics of the sample, procedure, materials, and statistical tests employed)
• Results (key findings)
• Conclusions and Implications
4. Two copies of the abstract should be submitted—one with the author’s name(s) and institution included, and one without this information.
All materials may be e-mailed to the section Chair with the subject line “Undergraduate Robert Sommer Award” on or before May 1.