There are five SASP awards on offer at SASP-ACPID 2025. To be eligible, applicants must be members of SASP. Details about SASP membership can be found at https://sasp.org.au/membership-join/.
Please reach out to SASP secretary, Liz Summerall, for any enquiries about 2025 SASP awards.
Outstanding Career Award
The SASP Outstanding Career award recognises an exceptional scholar who has made a significant contribution to social psychology in Australasia. Candidates are SASP members selected by a committee of the past president, current president, and president-elect of SASP. The recipient of the the Outstanding Career Award is invited to provide an address at the annual SASP conference.
Early Career Award
The SASP Early Career Award is awarded to an emerging scholar who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of social psychology in Australasia. The recipient of the award is invited to present their work at the SASP-ACPID 2025 Conference in Melbourne.
Congratulations Dr. Kelly Kirkland, 2025 SASP Early Career Award recipient.
Kelly’s research aims to advance understanding of how social and moral processes shape collective behaviour.
Read more about Kelly’s research here and get in contact with Kelly at .
Further details about the SASP Early Career Award can be found here.
Outstanding Postgraduate Research Award (OPRA)
The Outstanding Postgraduate Research Award (OPRA) highlights outstanding student research conducted by postgraduate student members of SASP. On the merits of the entire application, finalists are chosen to present their research at the SASP-ACPID 2025 conference in Melbourne in a special OPRA symposium. This year, three awards will be given out: one First Place award ($500), one Runner-up award ($250), and a People’s Choice award ($250).
Congratulations to the following four finalists!
Zoe Bertenshaw (University of Auckland)
“The Dark Duo: Exploring change and tokenism in colonial ideologies”
Yuang Cheng (Australian National University)
“The siren’s call: How social media influencers are using identity leadership to shape diagnostic label identification and self-care intentions”
Charlie Pittaway (University of Queensland)
“The future under threat: Climate change as a problem for the present and future self through the lens of temporal orientation”
Kian Jin Tan (La Trobe University)
“Minority stress and resilience at the intersection of gender and ethnocultural background within the trans community in Australia”
Further details about the SASP Outstanding Postgraduate Research Awards can be found here.
Postgraduate Travel Award
To assist postgraduate students with their travel costs to the SASP-ACPID 2025 conference in Melbourne, SASP is pleased to offer 10 x $500 awards Margaret Foddy Postgraduate Travel Awards.
Congratulations to the 2025 Margaret Foddy Postgraduate Travel Award Winners!
- Hashini Madarasinge
- Aron Pamoso
- Mohsen Tabar
- Oksana Voznyuk
- Yuang Cheng
- Olivia Nop
- Sue Ji
- Terise Broodryk
- Oliver Draper Griffiths
- Dora Zhang
Further details about the Margaret Foddy Postgraduate Travel Awards can be found here.
Honours Travel Award
SASP is pleased to offer 2 x $500 awards to Honours students to assist with their travel costs to the SASP-ACPID 2025 conference in Melbourne. These awards are intended to provide financial assistance to students in their Honours year who wish to attend SASP conferences to present their Honours research.
Congratulations to the 2025 SASP Honours Travel Award Winners!
- Antonia Scoufis
- Charles Durkin
Further details about the SASP Honours Travel Award can be found here.