BPS Developmental Section - Neil O'Connor Research Award in Developmental Disability

[Carmel Houston-Price]

Dear Colleagues,

The BPS Developmental Section Committee invites applications for the
Neil O'Connor Award 2012. This annual award, a cash prize of £300, plus
up to £300 towards attendance at the BPS Developmental Section
conference, is for published research on cognitive disabilities that
appear in development and persist throughout life.

The late Neil O'Connor was one of the UK's foremost experimental
psychologists, and a pioneer in applying experimental methods to the
study of developmental disabilities. Friends, relatives and former
colleagues have contributed to a trust fund that allows this award to be
made annually.

The award will be made for a research publication in the field of
developmental disability. Disabilities may include (but are not confined
to) deafness, blindness, learning disabilities, dyslexia, language
disorder, aphasia, Williams syndrome, Down syndrome, autism, Turner
syndrome.

Criteria for eligibility:
* The publication must be in a peer-refereed journal bearing the date
2010, 2011 or 2012 or be in press (official confirmation of this must be
provided).
* The award is aimed primarily at anyone studying for a PhD or who is
not more than 10 years post-PhD.
* The candidate must be either the sole author or the main author of the
article concerned.
* There is no geographic restriction, but submissions must be in English.
* The author of the winning paper will be presented with a certificate
and issued with an invitation to present a paper on his or her research
at the BPS Developmental Section conference (5-7 Sept 2012, University
of Strathclyde).

Exceptionally, the award may be given to a more senior researcher in a
non-tenured position, who may also be retired. In the case of multiple
authors, the relative contribution of different authors must be
outlined. The prize and the invitation to speak will be offered to the
main author.

Applicants can either nominate themselves or they can be nominated by a
colleague. Heads of Department and senior faculty members are
particularly encouraged to nominate eligible colleagues. Unsuccessful
applicants from previous years are eligible to re-apply, and are
encouraged to do so. Nominations should submit the publication itself, a
CV and a current mailing address (four copies of everything).

The Section Committee will appoint a specialist award sub-committee to
adjudicate submissions. Further details of the award may be obtained
from the Chair of the Developmental Psychology Section (Professor
Charlie Lewis, Psychology Department, Fylde Building, Lancaster
University, Lancaster LA1 4YF, e-mail: c.lewis at lancaster.ac.uk) by whom
submissions must be received no later than April 30th 2012. Candidates
will be notified of the outcome by the end of May 2012.

For details of the BPS Developmental Conference 2012, see
http://http://www.bps.org.uk/events/developmental-section-annual-conference-2012 

and
http://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/research/bps2012/introduction/

Carmel Houston-Price

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Dr Carmel Houston-Price
Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology
Director of Teaching & Learning, Psychology
School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences
University of Reading
Earley Gate, Whiteknights
Reading RG6 6AL

Email: c.houston-price at reading.ac.uk
Tel: 0118 378 5378
Fax: 0118 931 6715


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