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Supporting Students

The VB SIG Student Research Grant Award provides monetary support to conduct empirical research in verbal behavior led by a graduate or undergraduate student. Eligible proposals may be relevant to any topic in verbal behavior (e.g., private events, rule-governed behavior, assessment, second language acquisition, primary or secondary verbal operants) and may include work with non-human animals. 

The VB SIG Student Paper Competition provides monetary awards for research papers in verbal behavior led by a graduate or undergraduate student. A submitted paper must be original research/work in the area of verbal behavior with an undergraduate or graduate student as the first author.

You can donate to fund a student award or grant here!

2025 Professional Awards and Grants

The VB SIG strives to promote the research and clinical excellence in the practice of verbal behavior and supervision and teaching of other professionals in the field. We are pleased to announce that we will be accepting nominations for 4 professional awards in 2025. Specifically, the Early Career Researcher in Verbal Behavior Award recognizes an early career researcher (within 10 years of doctoral degree) with outstanding contributions to verbal behavior research, the Clinical Supervisor in Verbal Behavior Award recognizes one supervising clinician who is implementing assessment and treatment based on Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior, the Jack Michael Award recognizes one individual for their outstanding contributions to the advancement of the study of verbal behavior, and the John Mabry Research Grant (deadline extended to March 15th) supports an early career researcher in their empirical work.

You can donate to fund a professional award here!

Past Professional, Student Award, and Grant Winners

2024 Clinical Supervisor Award in Verbal Behavior

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Dr. Sarah Connolly, Ph.D., BCBA-D

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Munroe-Meyer Institute

2024 Excellence in Teaching Verbal Behavior Award

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Dr. Dave Palmer, Ph.D.

Western New England University

2024 Student Grant

1st Place Winner: Karina Zhelezoglo
Grant Project Title:
Assessment of the Prerequisite Skills Necessary for Demonstration of a Bidirectional Naming Repertoire
Affiliation: Endicott College
Advisor: Dr. Caio Miguel

2nd Place Winner: Armando Angulo
Grant Project Title:
The Use of the Go/No-Go Successive Matching-to-Sample Procedure to Compare Sequential and Simultaneous Bilingualism
Affiliation: California State University, Sacramento
Advisor: Dr. Caio Miguel

2nd Place Winner: Grace Lafo

Grant Project Title: Using BST to Train Clinicians to Conduct AAC Modality Assessments​
Affiliation: Southern Illinois University–Carbondale
Advisor:
Dr. Lesley Shawler

3rd Place Winner: Michelle Castillo
Grant Project Title:
Investigating the Role of Topic Shifts in the Analysis of Conversation Skills Among Adults with Autism
Affiliation: University of North Texas
Advisor: Dr. Karen A. (Toussaint) Rader

2024 Student Paper

1st Place Winner: Elizabeth Sansing
Paper Title: An Assessment and Intervention Model for Establishing Observational Learning During Tact Trials
Affiliation: University of North Texas
Advisor: Dr. Karen (Toussaint) Rader

2nd Place Winner: John R. Wooderson
Paper Title: More is Not Always Better: The Testing Effect on Retention of Emergent Korean Vocabulary
Affiliation: University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Advisor: Dr. Kirsty Young

2nd Place Winner: Rachel R. Thomas
Paper Title:
So, Like, You Want to Be a Presenter, Yeah? Using Clicker Training to Increase Public Speaking Skills
Affiliation:
Caldwell University
Advisor: Dr. Sharon Reeve

3rd Place Winner: Becky Furry
Paper Title: Teaching Mands for Information Using “Where” and “Who” to Children with Autism
Affiliation: Lindenwood University
Advisor: Dr. Robbie Hanson

Click here for a list of all grant and award winners since 2009!

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