The APS Prize recognises academic excellence in psychology. One annual APS Prize will be offered at each higher education provider that has an APAC-accredited program in psychology of four (4) years duration or an APAC-accredited fourth year program in psychology comprising one (1) year equivalent study, or both.

Successful Candidates for the APS Prize will receive:

• A letter from the APS President that recognizes the excellence of their achievements in studying psychology
• A certificate
• Be offered a one year membership of the Society, for the following twelve (12) month period at no cost.

Recommendations for the APS Prize open each November and are accepted until January of the following year.

Eligibility

• Candidates need not be members of the APS.
• The APS Prize may be awarded to the student who gains first place at the end of either: 
  • an APAC-accredited program in psychology of four (4) years’ duration leading to a single qualification; or 
  • an APAC-accredited fourth year program in psychology comprising one (1) year equivalent of study.
• When two (2) or more students gain first place based on their results for the fourth year, the relevant academic organisational unit is required to select one (1) of these students for the APS Prize, based initially on the mark awarded for the fourth year thesis and, if this does not separate the students, then based upon performance in psychology units in their third year.
• Only students who have completed all work by the end-of-year examination period and whose results have been ratified by the appropriate higher education provider Board of Examiners are eligible for consideration for the APS Prize in that year.

• Email: awards@psychology.org.au