Patty Van Cappellen, a postdoctoral fellow in Social Psychology, is the recipient of a 2014 research grant from UNC Chapel Hill’s Positive Psychology Science Fund. The Positive Psychology Science Fund seeks to support leading-edge basic and translational science to meet … Read more

Brett Major, a graduate student in Social Psychology, is the recipient of a 2014 Mind and Life 1440 Award. The Mind and Life Institute, through a partnership with the 1440 Foundation, awards the 1440 Awards to young investigators who promote … Read more

Kent Lee, a graduate student in Social Psychology, recently received an honorable mention for the 2014 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Award. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recognizes outstanding graduate students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.

Erin Cooley, a graduate student in Social Psychology, was awarded the 2014 UNC Dissertation Completion Fellowship. Dissertation Completion Fellowships, awarded by UNC Chapel Hill Graduate School, support doctoral students in the final year of their dissertation. Each fellowship enables a … Read more

Erin Cooley, a graduate student in Social Psychology, is the recipient of the 2014 Baughman Dissertation Research Award. The Department of Psychology at UNC offers the Earl and Barbara Baughman Dissertation Research Award annually to two of the top researchers … Read more

Dr. Kurt Gray, an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, is the recipient of the 2014 Association for Psychological Science Janet Taylor Spence Award. The Janet Taylor Spence Award recognizes transformative early career contributions to psychological science and award promsing investigators … Read more

Dr. Sara Algoe, an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, is the recipient of a grant by the John Templeton Foundation. She received this grant for her project, “Picture This: Bringing Joy into Focus and Developing Healthy Habits of Mind.”

In 2011, the Distinguished Scientist Award was established by the Behavioral and Integrative Neuroscience Program. This student-led award was developed as part the T32 Predoctoral Training Grant on Addiction Science. Each year, trainees in Behavioral and Integrative Neuroscience select and … Read more

Katie Savage, a junior in Psychology, is the recipient of the 2013 UNC Undergraduate Student Diversity Award. This award is sponsored by the UNC Office of Diversity and Multicultural Awards to recognize people and/or groups that make significant contributions to … Read more

James McGinley, a graduate student in Quantitative Psychology, recently received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award. The Kirschstein NRSA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award is to enable promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding … Read more