Leslie W. Joyce and Paul W. Thayer Graduate Fellowship in I-O Psychology

The Leslie W. Joyce and Paul W. Thayer Graduate Fellowship in I-O Psychology provides financial support to doctoral students in I-O psychology who have a special interest in talent management and who plan to have a career as an I-O practitioner. The Fellowship was established to honor the exceptional mentoring relationship between Dr. Leslie Joyce and Dr. Paul Thayer—one that began in graduate school and continued through Dr. Joyce’s subsequent career.

Two $15,000 Fellowships will be awarded in the current award cycle.

Application Procedure

Applicants for the Joyce-Thayer Fellowship must submit:

• An electronic copy of their graduate transcript.
• A self-statement of their graduate program goals and career aspirations. Previous recipients of this Fellowship should also include in this statement a description of how the Fellowship was used to advance their program goals and prepare them for a career as an I-O practitioner.
• A summary of their master’s thesis or summary of other completed research not to exceed 10 pages* (12-point font, 1” margins, double spaced); the summary must adhere to APA formatting guidelines.
• A curriculum vitae that includes work assignments, paid or unpaid, related to I-O psychology.
• Letters of support (at least 1 and not more than 3) from graduate faculty and/or supervisors in applied work settings.

*NOTE: Figures or tables may be included only if they can be incorporated into the 10-page limit. A list of references should be included with the summary; references will not be included in the 10-page maximum. Summaries should be double-spaced, 12-point font, with 1” margins.

All documentation must be submitted online by the applicant and must be either a Word document or a .pdf file.

When submitting application materials, applicants will also be asked if they are being investigated, or have been found responsible, for misconduct prohibited in SIOP’s Anti-Harassment Policy and to provide a brief explanation if this is the case.

Award Administration

Based on their review of all applicants, the Joyce-Thayer Fellowship Subcommittee will identify Fellowship recipients. The subcommittee reserves the right to recommend that the Fellowship be withheld if a suitable candidate does not apply.

Although a student can apply for multiple SIOP scholarships/fellowships, he or she cannot win multiple scholarships/fellowships in the same year. If an individual is recommended to receive a scholarship/fellowship by two different subcommittees, the Awards Chair for grants and scholarships will make the determination of which award the individual will receive.

Fellowship funds will be distributed to the student in a single payment and may be used for graduate school expenses (without additional restriction). The student will have two options regarding the award stipend: (a) to receive the stipend directly; or (b) to have the stipend placed in a “professional development” account at the recipient’s university, contingent upon the regulations and policies of the recipient’s university. The award recipient will be liable for any tax payments associated with the stipend.