Make a compassionate gift to diversify the field of Personality and Social Psychology by providing convention registration support so that underrepresented students may attend our Annual Convention. Donations help sustain support of additional programs organized by SPSP leadership and the Diversity and Climate Committee (e.g. Diversity Receptions, Community Catalyst Grants, Undergraduate Diversity Mentoring, Graduate Diversity Admired Scholar Meet-up).
Provide the opportunity for graduate students to attend our Annual Convention, many of whom would be unable to present their research and network with crucial experts without your support.
Support the education of 100 pre-doctoral students attending a two-week intensive summer research program to further their education. SISPP allows students to collaborate with one another, make lifelong connections with experts and expand their understanding of personality and social psychology.
Make a gift to honor our discipline’s most distinguished and renowned colleagues, teachers, researchers, and mentors.
Donate to this fund named in memory of UCLA professor Jenessa Shapiro, who thought it was extremely important to promote diversity and inclusion in her lab, at the university, and in the field more generally.
Help sustain our efforts to be at the forefront of cutting-edge research, supporting our students, and providing a professional network for our members. This fund is committed to promoting the valuable science we contribute to social issues and reversing the historic skepticism public representatives have typically held regarding our field.
Directed by our leadership, the Society, and most importantly, you, the Priority Fund focuses on Society goals for the year. The Priority Fund directs attention to sustaining our field’s most cherished programs, such as hosting Free-Form Friday sessions to advance your career, bringing together diverse and underrepresented groups of people through our Community Catalyst Grants, and offering a library of online learning resources on cutting-edge topics to keep you current in the field.
The ARP Tanaka Dissertation Award is presented annually to recognize an outstanding dissertation concerning personality. The award was established to honor the memory of Jeff Tanaka and his numerous contributions to the empirical study of personality.
The ARP Emerging Scholar Award is presented biennially to recognize exceptionally high quality work from emerging personality psychologists. The ARP Executive Board established this award in 2018.
The ARP Early Career Award is presented biannually to recognize exceptional early career accomplishments in personality research.
The ARP Diversity Travel Award supports the participation of graduate students from historically marginalized communities in the ARP conference. These communities include, but are not limited to, ethnic and racial minorities, LGBTQ+ students, first-generation college students, and students with a disability/special needs.