SSCP will be piloting having our formal programming at ABCT rather than APS during 2024 and 2025, with this decision being made based on member feedback on which conferences they attend.

A call for the 2025 SSCP Student Poster Award will go out in summer 2025. Poster Abstracts are limited to 2800 characters. Multiple awards will be given for the SSCP Student Poster winners and distinguished contributions, respectively. Students can be considered for one of three poster awards and will be asked to indicate which they wish to be considered for and to submit their poster as a PDF for review prior to the conference. 

• General SSCP Student Poster Award - The general SSCP student poster award submission can deal with any area within scientific clinical psychology (e.g., the etiology or correlates of psychopathology, assessment/diagnosis, clinical judgment, psychiatric classification, psychotherapy process or outcome, prevention, psychopharmacology). 
• SSCP Diversity Student Poster Award - Applicants for the SSCP diversity student poster award submission may be a member of a diverse group (broadly defined), be presenting on diversity-related scientific clinical psychology research (e.g., research on any underrepresented or marginalized visible or invisible identity), or both. Members of all underrepresented and marginalized groups are encouraged to apply.  Within the SSCP Diversity Student Poster, there is a subcategory of the SSCP Global Mental Health Student Poster Award which is given to the top poster conducting research — empirical or review — set in a low-and-middle-income country.
• SSCP Aspiring Researcher Poster Award. This poster award is a category for students who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate, postbaccalaureate, master’s, or other program, including individuals employed as post-baccalaureate research assistants or project coordinators. Please note that students currently enrolled in doctoral programs are not eligible for this award. The SSCP Aspiring Researcher Poster Award can focus on any area within scientific clinical psychology (e.g., the etiology or correlates of psychopathology, assessment/diagnosis, clinical judgment, psychiatric classification, psychotherapy process or outcome, prevention, psychopharmacology). 

To be eligible to submit an SSCP poster, the first author of the poster must be an undergraduate or graduate student or postbaccalaureate and must be a member of SSCP at the time of submission. Research should be original and not previously published or submitted. The research and analyses presented in the poster submission must be completed at the time of abstract submission.  

If you have any questions about the SSCP Student Poster Competition, please contact Rosanna Breaux at rbreaux@vt.edu. Please put “SSCP Poster” in the subject line to ensure your question is answered promptly.