AWARDS
- Park Jung-heun and Jung Tae-gon Young Scholar Awards
The Park Jung-heun Young Scholar Award was established to provide financial travel assistance for young Asian psychologists to attend the Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology. Jung Tae-gon Young Scholar Award supports young scholars from economically developing countries to participate in the AASP conference. The recipients of the Young Scholar Award will receive a plaque, certificate, $500 to cover travel expenses to attend AASP conference, and the cost of registration. The awards will be given during the biennial conference of AASP.
Park Jung-heun Young Scholar Award will be given to two young scholars from Asia. Jung Tae-gon Young Scholar Award will be given to two young scholars from economically developing countries in Asia (excluding Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore).
How to apply for the Park Jung-heun and Jung Tae-gon Award
Applicants should have completed or be near completion of their doctoral dissertation and should be below the age of 40. The winning papers will be considered for the publication in the AASP publication entitled, Progress in Asian Social Psychology.
Interested applicants should submit the following:
- A 5-page summary (1,500 words) of their dissertation or research paper to a selection committee comprising four AASP past-presidents.
- A Curriculum Vitae, and
- A letter of recommendation.
Deadline for submission for the Park Jung-heun and Jung Tae-gon Award is June 30, 2009. Applicants will be notified of the final decision by July 31, 2009.
Enquiries and/or applications should be submitted to:
Prof. Uichol Kim
College of Business Administration
Inha University, 253 Yonghyun-dong Nam-gu
Inchon, 402-751, Korea
Tel: 8232) 860-7815 FAX: 8232) 876-7815
E-mail: uicholk@yahoo.com or uicholk@chol.com
KS Yang Travel Award history
Professor Kuo-shu Yang is the founder of indigenous Chinese psychology. He has worked his entire career promoting the development of psychology indigenous to Asia, and set up this fund through generous contributions from individuals in Taiwan.
In recognition of the huge range of conditions facing social psychologists across different countries in Asia, Professor Yang established an endowment to enable young scholars in economically developing countries to attend the AASP conference.
Hence, the KS Yang Travel Award is administered by AASP to provide financial assistance for deserving young scholars from developing countries to attend the biennial conference.
KS Yang Travel Award Grant
AASP has designated the KS Yang travel award to provide financial assistance for deserving young scholars from developing countries to attend the AASP Conference.
How to apply for the KS Yang Travel Award
Applicants of less than 40 years of age from any developing nation are eligible.
In addition to the normal procedure of submitting an abstract for the conference, KS Yang award applicants should also supply
- their Curriculum Vitae (CV) detailing their publications and teaching activities,
- a full copy of the paper they intend to present, and
- a letter of recommendation from a more senior colleague.
The length of this paper should be between 4,000-6,000 words.
Winning papers may be considered for publication in 'Contributions to Asian Social Psychology' (AASP's conference proceedings).
Deadline for submission for the Eighth Conference of the AASP is 30 June 2009. Applicants will be notified of the final decision by July 31 2009.
Enquiries and/or applications should be submitted to the conference organizer.
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