Student Dissertation Awards

Nomination Deadline: March 10, 2026

Award
Award Amount
Virginia A. Roswell Student Dissertation Award $1,000
Leonard Krasner Student Dissertation Award $1,000
John R. Z. Abela Student Dissertation Award $500
Each award will be given to one student based on his/her doctoral dissertation proposal. Accompanying this honor will be a monetary award (see above) to be used in support of research (e.g., to pay participants, to purchase testing equipment) and/or to facilitate travel to the ABCT convention.

Eligibility requirements for these awards are as follows:

  1. Candidates must be student members of ABCT
  2. Topic area of dissertation research must be of direct relevance to cognitive-behavioral therapy, broadly defined
  3. The dissertation must have been successfully proposed
  4. The dissertation must not have been defended prior to November 2026.

Proposals with at least preliminary results included are preferred. To be considered for the Abela Award, research should be relevant to the development, maintenance, and/or treatment of depression in children and/or adolescents (i.e., under age 18).

Self-nominations are accepted, or a student’s dissertation mentor may complete the nomination. The nomination must include a letter of recommendation from the dissertation advisor.

Email all nomination materials as one pdf document to [email protected] and include candidate’s last name and “Student Dissertation Award” in the subject line.

NOMINATION FORM