The Divisions are pleased to announce the 2026 Student Paper Competitions and Outstanding Scholarship Awards.
To be considered for any of the Student Paper Competitions, applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Applicants must be students at the time of submission.
- Papers must be submitted through the Annual Meeting Call for Papers. This ensures that winning papers are both designated and included in the Annual Meeting program.
- Papers are not eligible if they have been published or accepted for publication before submission.
- Papers are not eligible if they have been presented previously at SSSP or presented or accepted for presentation at other professional meetings, unless substantially revised with new data, findings, or theoretical contributions.
- Papers must be student authored or student co-authored and cannot be co-authored with a faculty member.
- Students may submit to only one division.
PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE
The submission deadline for the Call for Papers and the Student Paper Competitions is 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on January 31, 2026.
Previous awards winners and winning student paper abstracts can be found here.
