The Psychology Poster Award, sponsored by the Department of Psychology, will recognize excellent poster presentations in the field of Psychology. Judging will be performed by psychology researchers (i.e., Psychology faculty, post docs, graduate students, and research associates affiliated with the UO).
Eligibility Criteria: Open to current UO undergraduate students who are conducting research in a lab run by a psychology department faculty member. A PDF version of the digital poster must be submitted directly to the Psychology Award Committee to be eligible for judging.
*NOTE: Candidates who self nominate for this award, may not also self-nominate for the CAS Dean's Poster Award in Natural Sciences.
Award Amounts: One (1) Grand Prize $300 Award; One (1) $100 Innovation Award; One (1) $100 Methodological Excellence Award. The Innovation Award will be given to a poster demonstrating a particularly novel research question, methodology, and/or application; and the Methodological Excellence Award will recognize exemplary practices in replicability, transparency, and/or open science.
Current Recipients
Leo Bordeaux '24
Major: Psychology
Project: "Examining the Inclusivity of Gender Diversity in Online Mental Health Resources"
2024 $100 Methodological Excellence Award
Lainey Costa '25
Major: Neuroscience
Project: "Memory Effect of Event Boundaries Caused by Spatial Change"
2024 $300 Grand Prize Award
Alexa Wright '24
Major: Psychology
Project: "Ketamine does not alter correlated plaque load and gap detection in Alzheimer's model mice"
2024 $100 Innovation Award
Prior Recipients
Serena Agterberg '22
Major: Psychology, Sociology
Project: "Perceptions of Risky Sexual Behaviour"
2022 $300 Grand Prize Award
Nayantara Arora '24
Major: Neuroscience
Project: "Does the breathing cycle modulate the orientation of our attention?"
2022 $100 Innovation Award
Bridgette Bammann '21
Major: Psychology
Project: "Who are these Virtue Signalers Anyway?: Answers from a Sustainable Transportation Survey"
2021 $100 Award
Youri Benadjaoud '21
Major: Psychology
Project: "Disentangling neural activation to self and others using structural connectivity"
2021 $100 Award
Trevor Bissert '21
Major: Psychology
Project: "Differential Functional Connectivity of Anterior and Posterior Hippocampus"
2021 $300 Grand Prize Award
Anastasia Browning '21
Major: Psychology
Project: "Leveraging Evidence-Based Messaging to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19"
2021 $100 Award
Sage Rezner '22
Major: Psychology
Project: "The Effect of College Attendance on Personality Development Trajectories"
2022 $100 Methodological Excellence Award