PBS Departmental Student Awards 2020

PBS Departmental Student Awards 2020

Call for Nominations – due March 25

Note:  This email does NOT include nominations for all spring awards. Information on other awards will be sent by the people/areas overseeing those awards. Feel free to contact me, and I can direct you to the appropriate contact person.   Award amounts vary based on availability of funds.

 Undergraduate Awards 2020:

The awards listed below require only one nominating letter (sent to jheeb@iu.edu ) from a faculty member or mentor.  Upon receipt of a nomination letter, The PBS awards committee will consider the nominee for all awards listed below.

J.R. Kantor Prize in Psychology

One annual award ($$) is given to the outstanding senior in psychology.  J. R. Kantor was a well-known and influential member of the Department of Psychology at IU.  He was known for his development of interbehaviorism, a view that stressed that observations and descriptions of psychological events always occurred in specific contexts.

James A. Dinsmoor Award

One annual award ($$) is given for outstanding undergraduate research.  James Dinsmoor was a well-known behaviorist and long-time faculty member in the Department of Psychology at IU.  He may be best known for his research that served to unmask the cognitivist interpretation of conditioned reinforcement.

Cheryl Burnham Buhler Award

One annual prize ($$$) awarded to an outstanding senior psychology major, in memory of Cheryl Burnham Buhler.  Cheryl Buhler received a BA in Psychology with honors from the department in June 1967 and was admitted to the Graduate School in the fall of 1967 in pursuit of a PhD.  She died in October of that year.

Brehm Excellence in Research Award

Five awards ($) given to graduating seniors who have excelled in an independent research project.

Graduate Awards 2020:

Kantor Award

This award is for current, advanced graduate students who passed their qualifying exams. The award recognizes excellence or distinction in research, but excellence in teaching and service can also be considered.  Award amount varies, but is generally a maximum of $3000 for one awardee or $1500 for two. Please note that recipients are expected to write a thank you letter to the donor. 

 To nominate, send the following materials to jheeb@iu.edu:

1)      Nomination Letter (include why the student should receive award, nature of accomplishments, rank relative to other students at the same point in their education, an explicit statement regarding  whether or not the student previously won a graduate Kantor award and, if so, for what topic of research)

2)       Student’s CV

3)      One-page abstract (written by the student) describing his/her research. 

The Student Awards Committee selects the recipient.

Estes Summer Research Award

This award is given to current graduate student(s) conducting  outstanding research in mathematics/computational modeling to support their summer research. Award amount and number of recipients varies ($$$$). Nominations should include a letter of recommendation from the faulty mentor and a CV and an abstract submitted by the nominee. Submits all materials to jheeb@indiana.edu.

The Student Awards Committee selects the recipient.

Saltzman Award

This award is for former graduate students who have received their PhD within the last three years and recognizes excellence or distinction in research, but excellence in teaching and service can also be considered.  The Saltzman award averages a maximum of $1300 or a maximum of $650 if two people are selected. Please note that recipients are expected to write a thank you letter to the donor. 

To nominate, send the following materials to jheeb@iu.edu:

1)      Nomination Letter

2)      Nominee’s CV

3)      One-page abstract (written by nominee) describing his/her research. 

The Student Awards Committee selects the recipient.

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA)

This award ($) is given to a graduate student for outstanding performance as a TA.

Send nomination letter to jheeb@iu.edu.

The Assistantship Committee selects the recipient.

 Heller Summer Research Award

This award is given for outstanding research to an underrepresented minority first - fourth year graduate student.  Award amount varies ($$$)

Faculty should send nomination letter to jheeb@iu.edu. 

The Diversity Advancement Committee selects the recipient.

Young Summer Research Award

In memory of Richard D. Young, PBS offers summer support ($$$) to graduate students who are interested in the psychological problems of children, adolescents, and families, or in problems associated with alcohol use. This award is for students who do not have other support for their research in the summer. It would not include those who are already on 12-month support. This fellowship would exempt those on T.A. support from summer teaching.

Faculty mentors can send nomination emails directly to batesj@indiana.edu. They should be relatively brief--but please be sure to mention how the student's interests include child/youth/family or alcohol issues, and please include the student's vita, by March 25^th.  Jack will then forward the material to the rest of the committee.