Make a donation. Support personality science.

The Association for Research in Personality relies on donations to support its awards. These awards recognize the best work being done by researchers at all career stages. Your contribution will help to sustain these awards and ensure a strong future for personality science.

See the links below for more information about each of the donation options.

Unrestricted donations to ARP

Unrestricted donations will serve to fund general operating expenses and new initiatives for ARP. To donate, please contact ARP.

Support the ARP Tanaka Award

The J.S. Tanaka Personality Dissertation Award is presented annually to recognize an outstanding dissertation concerning personality. To make a donation, please donate directly by visiting http://spsp.org/giving/arp-awards and looking for the section titled ARP Tanaka Dissertation Award.

Support the ARP Early Career Award

The ARP Early Career Award is presented biennially to recognize exceptional early career accomplishments in personality research. To make a donation, please donate directly by visiting http://spsp.org/giving/arp-awards and looking for the section titled ARP Early Career Award.

Support the ARP Diversity Travel Award

The Diversity Travel Award supports the participation of graduate students from historically marginalized communities. These communities include, but are not limited to, ethnic and racial minorities, LGBTQ2 students, first-generation college students, and students with a disability/special needs. To make a donation, please donate directly by visiting http://spsp.org/giving/arp-awards and looking for the section titled ARP Diversity Travel Award.

Support the ARP Emerging Scholars Award

The Emerging Scholar Award recognizes exceptionally high quality work from emerging personality psychologists who are graduate students or postdoctoral members of ARP. To make a donation, please donate directly by visiting http://spsp.org/giving/arp-awards and looking for the section titled ARP Emerging Scholars.

Support the ARP Murray Award

Established in 1978, the Henry A. Murray Award recognizes distinguished contributions to the study of individual lives and whole persons. To support the Murray Award, please contact ARP.