Beatrice Edgell Award

In 1901, British psychologist Beatrice Edgell was the first woman to obtain a doctorate from the University of Würzburg. Her doctoral thesis titled ‘Die Grenzen des Experiments als einer psychologischen Methode’ (‘The Limitations of Experiment as a Psychological Method’) was supervised by Oswald Külpe, a pioneer in the field of experimental psychology. After her return to the UK, Beatrice Edgell embarked on a remarkable academic career at the renowned Bedford College, now part of Royal Holloway, at the University of London.

Beatrice Edgell became the first female professor of psychology in the UK (in 1927) and the first female president of various renowned societies and professional bodies for psychologists in the UK, e.g. of the British Psychological Society (in 1930) and the Aristotelian Society (in 1927).

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1) Eligibility requirements:

• Doctorate qualification ‘magna cum laude’ or ‘summa cum laude’; different grading conventions within the respective disciplines will be taken into account
• Publications in the context of the doctoral thesis
• Further publications during doctoral degree (e.g., scientific journal articles, conference contributions, monographs)
• Oral presentations during doctoral degree (e.g., scientific conference contributions)
• Further university commitments (e.g., lectures, seminars, tutorials, third-party funds and donations, academic self-governance)

2) Membership of the Faculty:

• Candidates must be employed at the Faculty of Human Sciences and the first reviewer of their doctoral thesis must be a staff member of the Faculty of Human Sciences.
• The candidates’ future career and development prospects at the Faculty of Human Sciences will be taken into consideration in the selection process.

3) Application requirements:

• Cover letter with a summary of research accomplishments to date (1 page) and outlining future potential for further achievement (1 page)
• Copy of doctorate certificate
• Curriculum vitae with a list of scientific achievements:

1. Publications in the context of doctoral thesis
2. Further publications during doctoral degree (e.g., scientific journal articles, conference contributions, monographs)
3. Oral presentations during doctoral degree (e.g., scientific conference contributions)
4. Lectures, seminars, tutorials held
5. Further university commitments (e.g., collaboration in research projects, third-party funds and donations, academic self-governance)