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Students Research Award – 2013

Students Research Award – 2013 

This Award is an initiative of the Singapore Psychological Society to support young researchers, facilitate dialogue and maintain professional interactions between members and non-members.

Date: 19 Oct 13 (Saturday)

Participants: Students and recent graduates of Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges located in Singapore.

To participate

• Students should send the abstracts (up to 300 words) to secretariat@singaporepsychologicalsociety.org  stating in the email subject “SRA-2013”.
• Deadline: 31 Aug 12
• The abstracts will be subjected to blind review.
• Notification of acceptance will be sent by 15 Sept 13.
• Authors of accepted works will be required to send the full papers (1500 words) by 1 Oct 13 and should be ready to present their papers in case of being the Award nominee, or prepare a poster presentation.

All papers will be published in the Student Research Award Book.

Note: group work may be also presented.

Participation fee

SPS members: Free

Non-SPS members (students, individual works): S$25

Non-SPS members (group papers/per submission): S$50

Non-students (attendees): S$35

Note: Payment can be provided by the institutions as well.

All the participants will

• get free admissions to the talks and workshops provided on the day of Award,
• receive certificates of attendance and electronic version of Student Research Award Book – 2013. 

Format Requirement for Abstract

• Title
• Name of Author(s)
• E-mail
• Main abstract body: practical or scientific problem, goals, hypothesis, methodology, results, and conclusion. References should not be included in to the abstract.

Format Requirement for Full Paper

• Title,
• Name of Author(s)
• E-mail
• Institution
• Abstract
• Key words
• Introduction: practical or scientific problem, theoretical background goals, hypothesis.
• Methodology: participants, recruitment, methods
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• Reference list (not included in word count).

Note: paper should be written in APA format

Nominations are in 5 categories

1. The Best individual work

2. The Best group work

3. The Best B.A. undergraduate research

4. The Best Specialist Diploma undergraduate research

5. Public Award (online voting)

Systemic Psychology and Family Therapy: Milan Approach

Date: 7 May 2013

Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Venue: 51 Merchant Rd, Seminar Room 1.

Raffles College of Higher Education

Participation fee:

SPS members – free of charge

Non-SPS participants –  10 SGD

To register: send your name, and contact number to secretariat@singaporepsychologicalsociety.org

Register is due on 6^th of May to secure your seat; walk in attendance is subject to seat availability.

Singapore Psychological Society Annual General Meeting 2013

The 2013 Singapore Psychological Society Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on 30^th March 2013, Saturday, at Rendezvous Grand Hotel at no. 9 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189559 at 1.00 pm. Kindly be informed that this annual general meeting is the election year to nominate and vote in council members. Each council’s term is for 2 (two) years. The incoming council members will serve from March Year 2013 – 2015.

The programme for the day is as follows:

AGM documents can be found on our website at

- Proposal for resolutions forms

- Membership updating forms

If you have any items to add into the agenda, please forward them to the Council at
secretariat@singaporepsychologicalsociety.org by 15th February 2013.

Similarly, if you like to make a nomination for office bearers and members, please complete the nomination form and forward to the secretariat by 28th February 2013 .

Lastly, kindly RSVP your attendance by 15th February 2013 via the online form; or alternatively you can email to us at secretariat@singaporepsychologicalsociety.org and/or mailing to us by filling in this form and sent it to the following address:

The Secretariat
Singapore Psychological Society
Block 531 Upper Cross Street
#03-51 Hong Lim Complex
Singapore 050531