Awards and Grants

Division 34 offers several awards and grants in support of the environmental, population, and conservation psychology community.

Career Awards

  • Early Career Achievement Award
    This award recognizes the exceptional contributions and achievements of an early career scholar working within the division’s interest areas of environmental, population and/or conservation psychology.

  • Newman-Proshansky Career Achievement Award
    The Newman-Proshansky Career Achievement Award is offered annually to recognize the achievements of an individual who has made significant lifetime contributions to the fields of environmental, population and/or conservation psychology.

Student Awards

  • Graduate Student Research Award
    The Division 34 Graduate Student Research Award recognizes outstanding original research conducted by a graduate student on any topic in environmental, conservation or population psychology. 

  • Undergraduate Student Research Award
    The Division 34 Undergraduate Student Research Award recognizes outstanding original research conducted by an undergraduate student or team of undergraduate students on any topic in environmental, conservation or population psychology.

Travel Award

  • Carol Saunders Travelship Award
    The Division 34 Carol Saunders Conservation Psychology Scholar Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of conservation with an award for conference travel.  


Committee chair: Meaghan Guckian

Grants-in-Aid

Grants-in-aid are provided to support Division 34 members in three areas:

  • Community Impact Grant
    The goal of this grant program is to support applied work on topics of core interest to Division 34 that are done in partnership with a nonprofit, community, or government organization. The division strongly encourages applications from scholars and practitioners who otherwise have limited access to institutional resources and/or applications that benefit under-resourced populations, communities, or organizations. Applicants must currently be enrolled in a doctoral program or be within 10 years of receiving a PhD or PsyD.

  • Research Grant
    This grant supports members who have limited access to institutional resources for research activities. Applicants must currently be enrolled in a doctoral program or be within 10 years of receiving a PhD or PsyD. 

  • Teaching Grant
    This grant provides under-resourced instructors funds to develop teaching activities that advance educational outcomes related to environmental, population, or conservation psychology. Applicants must have obtained either a master's or doctoral-level degree.

Committee chair:  The Grants-in-aid are administered by the past president.

Division Fellows

Each year, the Division supports the nomination of APA Fellows. Fellow status is an honor bestowed upon APA members who have shown evidence of unusual and outstanding contributions or performance in the field of psychology. Fellow status requires that a person's work has had a national impact on the field of psychology beyond a local, state or regional level. See APA’s website for more information or contact the division past president if you would like to be nominated as a Division Fellow.