Note: As of 2016, this award is no longer offered.

2015 Outstanding Graduate Student Research Paper

James Kale Monk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Veteran Couples Retreats: Interventions for Military Veterans and Their Relational Partners" (co-authors Brian Ogolsky and Victoria Bruner)

2015 Outstanding Undergraduate Student Research Paper

Hannah Newman, Samford University

"The Relationship Between Parental Conflcit Tactics and Sibling Conflict Tactics"

Award

There are two awards each year, one for a graduate student paper and one for an undergraduate student paper. The graduate student paper winner will receive $250 and a plaque. The undergraduate student paper winner will receive $100 and a certificate.

Criteria

Graduate Student Outstanding Paper

• Must be a graduate student
• Must be a member of NCFR
• Must be a member of a student, state, or regional affiliate council

Undergraduate Student Outstanding Paper

• Must be an undergraduate student
• Must be a member of a student, state, or regional affiliate council

Nomination/Application Process

While students may submit their papers to NCFR on their own, if we receive multiple submissions from within one affiliate it's possible that we'll send the submissions back to the local affiliate's board/officers to choose the strongest entry/ies (regional affiliates will be permitted one paper per state in the region).

We encourage affiliate boards to have an affiliate-level vetting or selection process before submissions are sent to NCFR.

• Nominees must include completed application form (below)
• Paper must be in APA format (double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins)
• Paper must be no longer than 30 pages, including references, tables, and figures
• An abstract of no more than 120 words must be included
• Students submitting papers must be the sole or first author of the work
• Papers already published or presented at a national conference are not eligible

All papers submitted will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• Uniqueness of research question (topic must be relevant to families)
• Degree to which findings contribute to the field
• Clarity of writing
• Application of family theory
• Inclusion of comprehensive literature review, building upon previous work
• Use of sound research methodology (empirical or meta-analytical)
• Application for practitioners and/or promotion of further research

Deadline for Applications

Application deadline is June 1. All materials may be emailed to Allison Wickler. The winner will be notified by July 31.