Applications for Primals Research
The University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center has announced the Primals Research Student Awards for PhD students and post-doctoral trainees.
According to the university, primals—also called “primal world beliefs”—are basic perceptions of the world’s general character, such as beliefs that the world is overall safe (vs. dangerous), enticing (vs. dull), and alive (vs. mechanistic). Through the program, grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded to support new empirical research exploring how primals are formed, maintained, change, or influence nontrivial outcomes or psychological processes. Proposals are welcome from any psychology subdiscipline (clinical, personality, etc.) and any other discipline (philosophy, history, etc.) as long as the research is empirical, and the focus is one or more primals.
To be eligible, principal investigators must be either students enrolled in a degree-granting PhD program or hold a postdoctoral research position at an accredited college or university between September 1, 2022, and August 31, 2023. To access awarded funds, an institutional affiliation must be active (funds will be disbursed through the awardee institution).
Two-page submissions are due May 27, 2022, and should be emailed as PDF attachments to Rive Cadwallader, Primals Project Manager (rcad@sas.upenn.edu).
For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center website.
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