Students / Early-Career
Welcome to the
Early-Career Section of the European Association of Psychology and Law
By building bridges between students and professionals in psychology and/or law throughout the world, the EAPL hopes to support the students of today and the scientific community of tomorrow. If you are a motivated student in any field related to Psychology and Law, join us today!
Meet our Team
Early-Career Representatives
The EAPL is offering different funding and award opportunities for students and early-career researchers every year. See below for more information!
Funding
Travel Grants
The EAPL continues to offer valuable travel grants each year to support students and early-career researchers in attending the annual EAPL conference. This includes dedicated funding for those based in lower- to middle-income economies.
For the EAPL 2026 Conference in Bari, Italy, EAPL offered one travel grant of up to €500 alongside three smaller grants of €250 to support student participation.
Applications are now over, and the winners’ details can be found below!
Winners Travel Grants 2026
Ph.D. student, Graduate School of Human Sciences, The University of Osaka
Funding
EXTENDED DEADLINE! Student Presentation Awards
The EAPL-S continued to recognise outstanding student contributions through its Student Presentation Awards at the EAPL 2026 conference in Bari, Italy.
Three awards of €200, €100 and €50 were presented for the most innovative, outstanding and well-presented student presentations. To be eligible, applicants needed to have an accepted oral presentation as first author, be enrolled as a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD student, hold EAPL membership, and submit a pre-recording of their presentation for evaluation.
You can read the full details and eligibility criteria for the 2026 awards.
Meet the 2026 Student Presentation Award winners below!
The Student Presentation Awards will return at next year’s EAPL conference. Students interested in applying are encouraged to plan ahead by becoming an EAPL member and considering an oral presentation as first author. Full details, eligibility criteria and application deadlines for the next awards will be announced closer to the conference.
Winners Student Presentation Awards 2026
University of Padova, Italy
Sofia Cestonaro is a master’s degree student with an academic interest in group psychological abuse. Her work focuses on the Italian translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of four measures assessing abusive group practices, victimisation, perpetration dynamics and related psychosocial difficulties, supporting research and clinical-forensic practice.
Lancaster University, England
Holly Barnett is an EPSRC-funded PhD student. investigating how psychological interventions influence misinformation detection and self-efficacy among older and younger adults. Her research aims to identify effective strategies that enhance people’s ability to navigate misinformation and engage confidently with developing digital technologies.
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Linnea Koponen is a doctoral researcher in psychology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her dissertation research focuses on children’s testimony and interpreter-assisted investigative interviewing. She is also interested in communication and interviewing involving witnesses and victims with diverse communication needs, including communication-related disabilities.
Funding
Student Poster Award
Student research communicated through posters was also celebrated at the EAPL 2026 conference in Bari, Italy, with a €100 Student Poster Award presented for the strongest entry.
Eligible applicants were EAPL student members and first authors of an accepted poster abstract, with judging based solely on the submitted PDF poster. The 2026 award information and eligibility criteria remain available to view.
Discover the 2026 Student Poster Award winner below!
Students hoping to take part next year can prepare by joining the EAPL and considering a poster submission as first author. The next call for applications will confirm the award details, eligibility requirements and relevant deadlines.
Winner Poster Award 2026
Lusófona University, Portugal
Delfina Fernandes is a doctoral student in Applied Psychology. Her research focuses on child victims of sexual crimes, particularly forensic interviewing, victim testimony and interactions with the justice system. She has also conducted research and received specialised trauma-informed training in the United States.
Funding
Research Grant
The research grant is awarded annually to support students and early-career researchers in conducting their research projects in the field of psychology and law. The grant provides financial assistance to help cover research-related expenses. By offering this funding, the EAPL aims to encourage innovative research and support the academic growth of young scholars in the discipline.
Find the 2025/2026 winner below!
Winner Research Grant 2025/2026
Short summary of Jessica Biasin’s research:
This project will examine whether day-to-day lie-telling relates to real-time changes in perceived rewards and threats among undergraduate students. Drawing on the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (Gray, 1970), we will test whether daily experiences of rewards (e.g., praise, inclusion) and threats (e.g., criticism, rejection) predict the frequency and type of lies told, while accounting for opportunities to lie through social interaction frequency.
To better understand when and why people lie, we will recruit undergraduate students to complete brief daily surveys over one week. Participants will report their number and the types of lies they tell, their daily experiences of rewards and threats, as well as their social interactions. We will also measure individual differences in reward and threat sensitivity.
Data will be analyzed using multilevel modelling to examine whether within-person fluctuations in perceived rewards and threats predict daily lie-telling, and whether these associations vary according to baseline reward and threat sensitivity. By examining how daily experiences relate to lie-telling in real time, this research will provide new insight into the motivations behind everyday dishonesty and help clarify why some individuals lie more often than others.
The EAPL regularly organizes events specifically focusing on the needs and interests of our student and early-career members. Feel free to send us an e-mail at eaplstudent@gmail.com if there are any particular topics you’d like to see a workshop on in the future. Any upcoming events will be featured below.
PAST EVENTS
Getting Published Workshop – 10 June 2026
On 10 June 2026, EAPL hosted a free online workshop, Getting Published, led by Dr Dean Fido.
Dr Dean Fido is an Associate Professor of Forensic Psychology at the University of Derby (UK). In addition to supporting postgraduate and doctoral students across a range of publication topics, including domestic abuse, media psychology, and nature connectedness, his primary research focus is image-based sexual abuse. Alongside numerous research publications and textbooks, Dr Fido has contributed to governmental discussions and helped inform policy in this area.
The workshop was attended by EAPL members, including students and early career researchers, and provided practical guidance and insight into:
• Developing research outputs
• Navigating the publication process
• Building confidence in academic publishing
• Responding to reviewers and preparing manuscript submissions
The workshop formed part of EAPL’s ongoing commitment to supporting students and early career researchers in developing their research and publication skills.
Grant Writing Workshop October 9th 2024
The EAPL was thrilled to hold an online workshop on grant writing on October 9th 2024 by Prof. Lorraine Hope.
“In this 2-hour workshop for early career researchers, we’ll talk about turning your research idea into an application for funding, the opportunities and pitfalls in preparing funding bids, how to give your bid the best chance in competition and, importantly, recovering from rejection if it doesn’t work out. Most of the workshop will be a lecture format based on my experience of over 20 years of applying for funding both in the UK and internationally, including some useful resources I’ve encountered along the way. There will also be some individual exercises and, hopefully, plenty of tips and suggestions you can take away from the session. As this session will involve participants from multiple countries, I won’t focus on specific funders or schemes – but the content should be applicable to any opportunity that you decide to go for!”
Our local representatives are a resource for students looking to pursue careers in psychology and law within their allocated country. Do you want to know how to pursue a degree in forensic and legal psychology? Our amazing team of local representatives is here to answer your questions!
You can either get in touch with them directly (see below) or e-mail us with your questions at eaplstudent@gmail.com.
