Dissertation Award
Please read the full instructions below before starting your application.
Effective as of the 2026 Awards Cycle
Dissertation Award applications are submitted online through the Cadmium platform.
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After you press "save application" upon completing all components of the application, please click the "submit" button at the top right of the screen to move your application from Active to Completed status. The action of clicking "submit" will prompt the system to email the applicant a confirmation of the submitted application. Clicking "submit" is the final step to submit your award application for consideration. Award nominees with a sponsor will be required to invite their sponsor to certify the nomination in Cadmium prior to final submission.
The Dissertation Award recognizes the completion of an outstanding dissertation by an Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) doctoral student member (dissertation must have been completed between January 1 and December 31, 2025). The recipient receives a check for $1,000, a waived AASP Annual Conference registration fee in the year of the award, and a plaque provided during the conference.
AASP invites student members to submit applications for the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation award. Applicants for the AASP Dissertation Award must meet the following criteria:
- Completed a dissertation on a topic related to sport, exercise, and/or health psychology between January 1 and December 31 of the application year
- Applicants must be a current member of AASP and have been a member of AASP at least one additional year preceding the application
Submission Guidelines
- Submit one copy of the entire dissertation.
- Provide one original and one blind (no reference to author or affiliation) copy of a long abstract (recommended length is 2.5 to 3 pages, single-spaced to provide a comprehensive explanation of the dissertation). The abstract should include a title, study purpose, method, results, and discussion.
- Include a letter of support (two pages maximum) from the chairperson/co-chair of the dissertation committee (or the student's supervisor/advisor or approved research officer).
- Include a copy of the signed and dated final submission document (used by universities to indicate the receipt and approval of the final, completed doctoral dissertation).
- The Cadmium submission platform requires that the file uploads be in PDF format.
*Deadline for this award: April 15 of each year.
Please note. The deadline is based on the completion of one's dissertation. Students on licensure-based programs who are working on their doctoral internships may need to apply prior to the completion of their doctoral internships if their dissertation was completed between January 1 to December 31, 2025.
