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2010 Awards & Grants Survey
1.
Have you ever applied for a Psi Chi grant as a graduate student?
Yes
No
2.
Would you like to see Psi Chi offer scholarships for graduate study?
Yes
No
3.
Would you like to see Psi Chi offer scholarships for graduate study if it caused fewer research grants and awards to be offered?
Yes
No
4.
If a scholarship was offered, please rank the importance of each element from the most to least important factor that should influence the reviewers' application rankings.
Most Important
Neutral
Least Important
Academic Achievement (GPA)
Letters of Recommendation
Program of Study
Service to Psi Chi
Financial Need
Minority Status
Other
5.
Please enter any comments or suggestions about scholarships that you would like the Board to consider.
6.
Would you like for Psi Chi to increase the number of graduate research awards offered?
Yes
No
7.
De research awards need to have a cash prize to be attractive (as opposed to recognition and a plaque)?
Yes
No
8.
Do you prefer a research contest with one winner receiving a larger prize or with several places so that more students are recognized?
One place
Multiple places
9.
What do you feel is an appropriate cash prize for a research contest?
less than $500
$500-$999
$1,000-$1,499
$1,500-$2,000
over $2,000
10.
Do you currently travel to present papers and/or posters at conferences and/or meetings?
Yes
No
11.
Does lack of funding ever prevent you from traveling to present at conferences and/or meetings?
Yes
No
12.
How many times have you had a paper and/or poster accepted for presentation and had to withdraw due to lack of funding to attend the conference?
0
1
2
3
4 or more
13.
If Psi Chi offered travel funding for graduate students to attend any psychological conference, how far in advance of travel would you be able to apply for funding?
0-3 months
3-6 months
6-9 months
9-12 months
14.
How much total travel funding is needed to attend a conference?
$0-$249
$250-$499
$500-$749
$750-$999
$1,000 or more
15.
Would you like to see more awards or grants offered for collaboration with Psi Beta chapters? (Psi Beta is the psychology honor society for 2-year colleges.)
Yes
No
16.
How many Psi Chi awards and grants program applications have you submitted?
0
1
2
3
4 or more
17.
If you have not submitted an application for the Psi Chi awards and grants program, what was the main reason?
Do not know about them
Forgot the deadline
Too complicated
Feel like there is no chance of winning
Programs offered don’t fit what I need
Recipient responsibilities make it not worth applying
Amount of award or grant is too small to be useful
Other (please specify)
18.
If you have not submitted, please select all the reasons that you have not applied (Select all that apply).
Do not know about them
Forgot the deadline
Too complicated
Feel like there is no chance of winning
Programs offered don’t fit what I need
Recipient responsibilities make it not worth applying
Amount of award or grant is too small to be useful
Other (please specify)
19.
Which organizations would you like to see Psi Chi develop programs with? Please do not list abbreviations by completely spell out the organization’s name (for example, Society for Research on Child Development, Psychonomic Society).
20.
Do you find it objectionable for Psi Chi to use corporate sponsors for its programs?
Yes
No
21.
Do you find it objectionable for Psi Chi to use non-psychology affiliated sponsors for its programs?
Yes
No
22.
Please enter any comments here that you would like to Board of Directors to know about the current awards and grants program.
23.
What is your current status?
Undergraduate student
Graduate student (both masters and doctoral candidates)
Faculty
Alumni (currently not enrolled as a student and currently not faculty)
