2023 Recipient (Student)

Brady Eisert, M.S., Kansas City Relationship Institute 
"Do Relationship Investment Plans Increase Couples' Commitment to Therapy?"

2023 Recipient (New Professional)

Katelyn Coburn, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln 
"How Nonbinary People Navigate Binary Gender Norms in Interpersonal Relationships: Contextual Factors and Implications for Family Therapists" 

Purpose

Family Therapy Section (FT) paper awards are intended to foster scholarly activity and assist in identifying future leaders.

Award

Recipients will receive a $250 cash award and a certificate. Two awards will be presented - one to a student and one to a new professional. The awards are presented annually at the Family Therapy Section Annual Meeting at the NCFR Annual Conference.

Criteria

The recipient must be:

• a student or new professional within three years of graduation;
• a current member of NCFR and the FT Section when proposal is submitted;
• the first author on paper submitted to section; and
• ready to present paper at the NCFR Annual Conference.

Nomination/application process

Upon acceptance of paper for presentation, students are contacted by a section representative and invited to apply and submit their papers for award consideration.

Deadline

October 1: Application deadline.