• Professional Member:  Professional membership is for individuals who are engaged in the study, the practice, or the marketing of psychomotor learning, motor control, motor development or sport psychology but are not currently enrolled in training related to the field. Academic faculty and other professional fall into this category.
• Trainee Member: Trainee membership is for individuals who are enrolled or in training full or part time at a recognized university in a program of study in psychomotor learning, motor control, motor development, or sport / exercise psychology. Current undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows fall into this category.

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Society, please visit the Become a Member page.

The application must include the following:

• One brief cover letter indicating (i) materials submitted, (ii) the current professional status of the applicant (iii) a brief chronological history of student status, and (iv) details regarding the submitted paper including: the relationship of the submitted paper to the student’s overall thesis and the state of submission regarding the submitted paper. With respect to the latter this includes the journal title of any intended or submitted work. Eligible papers can have been published up to 12 months preceding the Franklin Henry Young Scientist Award application deadline (so papers published in the last calendar year are eligible for consideration for the  Franklin Henry Young Scientist Award).
• One curriculum vitae. The CV should conform to the five headings below:
  1. Demographic information pertaining to post-secondary education, including dates and supervisor name.
  2. Any awards (related to education and research) related to graduate study.
  3. Publications (including submitted and in-press) along with indications of contribution to the paper (i.e., whether this was part of your PhD, Masters, or other RA work). This information is especially important on multi-authored papers.
  4. Conference presentations.
  5. Other relevant research and/or extracurricular activities (e.g., visiting researcher, organizer of conference workshops, knowledge translation activities, USport athlete, volunteer or clinical experience).
• One copy of the scholarly paper. The page limit for the submitted scholarly paper is 25 double spaced pages excluding tables, figures, and references. (Note: manuscripts that have been submitted or accepted for publication at the time of award submission which fit outside of this 25 page limit will be permitted). Preferably, the paper will follow APA guidelines (7^th edition), although for published/submitted work, adherence to journal guidelines will be accepted. All submissions should include an abstract (max 300 words). The submitted paper must be part of the student’s thesis and representative of current work (i.e., either not published or if published, published in the year preceding the application for the YSA).
• Data previously presented or submitted to a journal can be used in the scholarly paper.
• Papers that do not adhere to the submission criteria will not be reviewed.

Application

For the 2023 competition, please upload a single PDF file containing all application materials to the appropriate portal: (1) Sport Psychology; (2) Exercise and Health Psychology; or (3) Motor Learning/Control. You can only submit to one of these three areas. Applicants will be notified of decisions by June 17, 2023. Applicants not chosen for the award are encouraged to resubmit their abstracts as part of the regular conference program. For questions, please contact the Director of Sport and Exercise Psychology (Dr. Jessica Fraser-Thomas; jft@yorku.ca) or the Director of Motor Learning and Control (Dr. Heather Neyedli; hneyedli@dal.ca).

Award Adjudication

The award will be judged both on the student’s CV (50%) and the quality of the submitted paper (50%) as evidence of thesis-related work.

The reviewers will be considering the quality of the submitted Scholarly Paper based on the following criteria:

• Scientific/methodological rigor (e.g., strong design, appropriate to the research question addressed, appropriate sample size).
• Innovative/originality (e.g., uses a new methodology, has novel implications, focuses on an underserved population, poses an original research question).
• Scientific merit/contribution (e.g., provides insight into conceptualization of theory or construct, advances understanding, clear potential application).
• Clarity of presentation (e.g., well-written, grammatically correct).

The Curriculum Vitae will be judged on impact of work and scholarly promise as evidenced by the following:

• Journal publications (quantity, quality, and contribution).
• Academic awards.
• Conference participation (quantity, diversity, and leadership roles).
• Any other relevant information pertaining to research-relevant training and excellence.

Past Recipients

Nomination Guidelines

The SCAPPS conference has been an outstanding knowledge dissemination forum since 1969. More importantly, SCAPPS has showcased Franklin Henry Young Scientist Award winners, who are outstanding research trainees. Many more outstanding trainees have benefited from the rich scholarly environment provided by the SCAPPS conference. These outstanding students have been trained by excellent mentors and supervisors. As a result, the SCAPPS Executive would like to recognize faculty members, who have provided their students with exceptionally good supervision and mentoring. These supervisors and mentors may have positively influenced their trainees through research training and/ or other efforts that enhanced the career paths of the trainees. As a result, the trainees are moving onto a productive career and exhibiting high quality work. The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding supervisors and mentors who have helped SCAPPS trainees develop. The number of faculty members to be recognized each year should be equal to or less than 2.5% of the number of Professional SCAPPS members on that given year. A Professional SCAPPS member can only receive the award once and must be present at the Annual General Meeting to formally receive the award.

The process to nominate a supervisor/ mentor requires filling a nomination ballot (see attached) accompanied by two (2) support letters from former trainees. The nominee must accept the nomination, provide a short CV that includes a list of trainees (including details regarding SCAPPS presentation), register for the conference, and attend the conference, including the Annual General Meeting. The nomination package should be sent to the SCAPPS Past-President at least 6 weeks before the first day of the annual conference.. The Past-President will ask at least two (2) reviewers to assess the applications and adjudicate the appropriate number of awards.

Each SCAPPS Graduate Supervisor Award will include a plaque/ certificate as well as a formal letter of recognition. The SCAPPS Graduate Supervisor Awards will be made public at the Annual General Meeting.

Application

Click here to download the nomination form.

Inaugural Recipients