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The Singapore Psychological Society Student Research Awards (SPS SRA) is back for another year to celebrate our students’ excellence in research! Since its inception in 2004, the Student Research Awards has been acknowledging and celebrating psychological research conducted here in Singapore, and of relevance to the Singaporean community.

Submissions from students currently studying psychology or undertaking psychological research at any educational institution in Singapore are welcomed. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their research at the Student Research Awards in December 2025, which will be held virtually.

Awards conferred upon winners includes the prestigious Fred Long Award for the overall best presentation. Keep your eyes peeled on SPS social media platforms for more information.

Expression of Interest: You may indicate your interest to submit a paper by 4 September 2025 through this Expression of Interest form . You may indicate your interest through the form before finalising your topic and submission. Submitting an Expression of Interest will allow us to connect and provide timely reminders directly via email, and help us with the overall planning of the Student Research Awards. If you do have an initial interest, filling up the form will be most helpful!

*Please kindly note that Expression of Interest is not the actual submission to the Student Research Awards. If you intend to submit eventually, please follow the instructions stated below.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Research has been conducted in Singapore and/or with Singaporean populations in the past year.
• Authors are studying Psychology at an educational institution in Singapore.
• Research methodology is qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, or systematic review. Literature reviews and meta-analyses are also accepted.
• Individual and group submissions are accepted.
• If your submission is shortlisted, you need to be available to attend the Student Research Awards on 13 December 2025 (Saturday, held in the afternoon). Please email us if you have any concerns so we can advise you as soon as possible.
• If it is an experimental study, it needs to be approved by the IRB in your respective educational institutions.
• Submissions will only be accepted for review if the above criteria have been met.

Submission information:

• Abstracts and research papers should be in APA style, 7th edition.
• Word count should be within 3000, 5000, and 5000 words +/-10% (not including references) for diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate papers respectively. An allowance of +/- 10% of the word count for each category will be accepted. Submissions with word counts beyond the allowance may not be accepted.

To submit:

• Complete this checklist to accompany your submission.
• Ensure your paper is anonymised i.e. there is no way of identifying the authors on the paper itself.
• Send your submission and checklist to research-team@singaporepsychologicalsociety.com. The email subject heading should be as follows: SRASubmission_Name of first author e.g. SRASubmission_Bob Chan.
• If your research paper is co-authored, please ask co-authors to email us at to research-team@singaporepsychologicalsociety.com to confirm they have given permission for you to submit the research paper.
• You are encouraged to submit your submission as early as possible.

The deadline for submissions is 23:59, 28th September 2025.

For further information, see our FAQs  or contact us at research-team@singaporepsychologicalsociety.com

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