SBN Awards & Scholarships
SBN is devoted to supporting trainees and professionals across the stages of their career by recognizing their clinical and research achievements and providing financial resources to increase access to the field of neuropsychology. We are proud to offer the awards and scholarships below in service of this commitment.
Click below to explore the awards and scholarships available
Internship Scholarships
The Society for Black Neuropsychology (SBN) is accepting applications for our inaugural Internship Scholarship. The goal of this award is to provide financial support to student members of SBN to alleviate the financial burden associated with applying to predoctoral internships in clinical psychology via the APPIC Internship Match. This award was made possible by the generous contributions of several organizations and academic institutions during our inaugural SBN 2022 Symposium.
Two awardees will receive $500 each to subsidize application costs and other related expenses.
Deadline
The deadline to apply is December 16th, 2022. Notification of awards will be distributed in January 2023.
Eligibility
Applicants must be a current student member of SBN who will be applying for the 2022 APPIC clinical internship match. Students must be from an underrepresented background and demonstrate financial need in their application. Students whose doctoral programs pay for their internship application fees are not eligible.
Procedure
Please include the following with your application:
**Signing in to Google Drive will be a requirement to submit your materials. If you do not have a Google account please email materials to soblackneuro@gmail.com with the subject line “SBN Internship Scholarship.” Letters of recommendation must also be sent to soblackneuro@gmail.com**
- CV
- A 1-page statement of purpose specifying (1) career and professional development goals, (2) statement of financial need, and (3) interest or efforts to promote culturally relevant clinical care, health literacy, advocacy, education/training, and/or clinical research in brain health in Black communities
- One letter of recommendation from a faculty, supervisor, or mentor (2 page max)
- Proof of APPIC Match registration (e.g., copy of registration confirmation email)
Travel Awards
The Society for Black Neuropsychology (SBN) is accepting applications for our International Neuropsychological Society (INS) Travel Award. The goal of this award is to provide financial support to student members of SBN in order to alleviate the financial burden associated with travel expenses to the INS meeting, to be held in San Diego, California, February 1-4, 2023. This award was made possible by the generous contributions of several organizations and academic institutions during our inaugural SBN 2022 Symposium.
Two awardees will receive $500 each to subsidize travel costs and other related expenses
Deadline
The deadline to apply is December 16, 2022. Notification of awards will be distributed in January 2023.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be a current student member of SBN who will be attending INS 2023.
- Students must be from an underrepresented background and demonstrate financial need in their application.
- Applicants may be citizens or residents of any country, and their institutions may be located and accredited/recognized in any country.
- Research papers or posters must already have been accepted by INS for presentation at the 2023 convention.
- Students must be the first author on the accepted research paper or poster. Submissions with multiple authors are acceptable, but the student applicant must be the designated presenter of the research. If there are multiple student authors, only the first author may apply for these funds.
- If the student applicant has been accepted to present more than one paper or poster, the student must choose only one paper/poster presentation to use when applying for this award.
- Students who are designated presenters in a sponsored symposium are also eligible to apply for this award.
Procedure
Please include the following with your application:
**Signing in to Google Drive will be a requirement to submit your materials. If you do not have a Google account please email materials to soblackneuro@gmail.com with the subject line “SBN Internship Scholarship.” Letters of recommendation must also be sent to soblackneuro@gmail.com**
- A 1-page statement of purpose specifying: a. 1) career and professional development goals b. 2) statement of financial need c. 3) interest or efforts to promote culturally relevant clinical care, health literacy, advocacy, education/training, and/or clinical research in brain health in Black communities.
- One letter of recommendation from a faculty, supervisor, or mentor (2 page max)
- Abstract of the research to be presented at the INS meeting.
- Copy of notification of INS meeting paper or poster acceptance
Research Scholarships
Will and Mary Montgomery Memorial Scholarship
The Mary L. Montgomery Memorial Dissertation Research Award seeks to provide (4) awards for direct research costs up to $250 to a student of color whose dissertation demonstrates innovative work focusing on cross-cultural issues in neuropsychology that involve black people diagnosed with dementia. Two awards will be awarded in the Fall and two awards will be awarded in the Spring.
Eligibility
Applicants must be active, paid members of SBN.
Procedure
- CV
- Cover letter (1-page max)
- A summary of your dissertation research (2-page max)
- Budget for your dissertation research
- Unofficial transcripts from your doctoral program
- IRB approval letter
- Letter of support from your academic advisor (submitted to soblackneuro@gmail.com)
Career Awards
Luminary Award
The Society for Black Neuropsychology (SBN) is extremely pleased to announce the inaugural Dr. S. Walden Miller Black Luminary Award! This will be granted in honor of Dr. S. Walden Miller, a trailblazer in the field of neuropsychology in promoting brain health as it pertains to the Black community. The award to recognize the applicant’s efforts to promote culturally relevant clinical care, health literacy, advocacy, education/training, and/or clinical research in brain health in Black communities. Nominees’ efforts will be judged commensurate with their professional developmental stage.
Eligibility
- The recipient of this award will have made a distinguished contribution to promoting brain health and neuropsychological health literacy in one or more areas:
- Clinical care
- Teaching
- Community Service
- Advocacy
- Research and Scholarship
- Leadership
2. Nominees must be mid- to late career (>10 years since receiving their doctoral degree)
3. The nominee must be an active member of SBN at the time of the award
Procedure
Please include the following materials in your application:
- Nomination letter/letter of support by a neuropsychologist. Additional letters from mentees/students are encouraged, but optional
- Curriculum Vitae
- At least two supporting documents that provide evidence of your work in promoting brain health in the Black community (e.g., publications, community engagement events, syllabi from courses, comments from patients)
- Headshot/Photo
**Those who are nominating someone for this award are encouraged to work with the nominee to create the most compelling application as possible.**
Applicants and nominees should submit all materials in a single pdf file via email with “Black Luminary Award” in the subject line to Kendra Anderson, PhD, at soblackneuro@gmail.com. The deadline to submit a nomination is 11:59 PM EST on January 8, 2022. Nominees will be notified of their application status in mid-January 2023.
Awardees receive a commemorative plaque and will be interviewed by a member of SBN to share their personal and professional journey in promoting brain health in the Black community. Awardees will also be recognized at the inaugural SBN social/dinner at the annual INS Conference 2023.
Spark Award
Similar to the S. Walden Miller Black Luminary Award, this award is intended to recognize early career neuropsychologist who are building a promising career in promoting culturally relevant clinical care, health literacy, advocacy, education/training, and/or clinical research in brain health in Black communities.
Eligibility
- The recipient of this award will have shown outstanding strides toward a promising career as a neuropsychologist who will be dedicated to promoting brain health and neuropsychological health literacy within the Black community in one or more areas:
- Clinical care/practice
- Community Service
- Advocacy
- Research and Scholarship
- Leadership
- Applicants must be early career (<10 years since receiving their doctoral degree). Postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to apply, as applicant’s efforts will be judged commensurate with their professional developmental stage.
- The applicant must be an active member of SBN at the time of the award
Procedure
Please include the following materials with your application:
- One (1) nomination letters/letters of support by a supervisor, mentor, or mentee in the field of neuropsychology. These letters must come from professionals/mentees in the field of neuropsychology who have knowledge of and can speak directly to your work in one or more of the areas listed above. Additional letters are optional.
- Curriculum Vitae
- Personal statement (1-page maximum) that describes your contribution to the field in one or more of the areas above that exemplify your dedication to promoting brain health in the Black community and/or increasing representation in the field of neuropsychology.
- Headshot/Photo
Applicants should submit all materials in a single pdf file via email with “Black Spark Award” in the subject line to Kendra Anderson, PhD, at soblackneuro@gmail.com. The deadline to submit a nomination is 11:59 PM EST on January 8th, 2022. Nominees will be notified of their application status in mid-January 2023.
Awardees will receive $500 and a commemorative plaque. Awardees will also be recognized at the inaugural SBN social/dinner at the annual INS Conference in 2023.
