IACFP Student Awards

2026 Student Research Award Winners!

Join us in congratulating this year’ Student Research Award Winners!

Dominic Drummond – Research Excellence Award

• Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
• “Locked Away Twice: The Role of Minimisation and Denial of Childhood Trauma in Prison Rehabilitation”

Natasha Maltais – Research Excellence Award

• Carleton University, Canada
• “Intimate Partner Violence Risk and Escalation: A Multi-Wave Retrospective Longitudinal Study of Static and Dynamic Factors in a Community Supervision Setting”

Alexis Klemm – Research Operations Award

• Arizona State University, United States
• “The Role of Lived-Experience in Prison Program Model Design”

Calvin Cressman – Research Operations Award

• York University, Canada
• “Developing Efficient Indicators of Emotional Identification with Children for the SSPI-2”

Student Research Award Applications

The application cycle for 2026 is currently CLOSED.

However, each year IACFP Student Members who are full-time students are eligible to apply for the IACFP Student Research Award. Two types of awards are available:

1. The Research Excellence Award for those who demonstrated excellence in research that has already been completed.
2. The Research Operations Award to support operational costs to carry out planned research activities.

Evaluation criteria include:

• Contribution of the research to the literature and/or practice
• Alignment with the vision and goals of IACFP
• Research that enhances practitioner practices and outcomes through innovative methods or programs
• Research that enhances the well-being of practitioners working in applied forensic and correctional psychology settings
• If applicable, operational expenses required to facilitate data collection and analysis (e.g., participant payment, fieldwork expenses, statistical software)

Questions regarding the process and eligibility should be addressed to executive.director@myiacfp.org.