Sidney W. and Janet R. Bijou Grant Program for Doctoral Student Research

The Sidney W. and Janet R. Bijou Grant is an SABA (Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis) international development grant for doctoral students conducting research on behavioral development using a behavior-analytic framework. For each academic year, the endowment may provide grants of up to US$12,000, with applications for 2027 open from September 2026 until 13 January 2027. Recipients are notified in June 2027. Opportunity at a Glance

- Opportunity name: Sidney W. & Janet R. Bijou Grant

- Organizing body: SABA (Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis), under ABAI (Association for Behavior Analysis International)

- Opportunity type: International Development Grant (for doctoral student research)

- Funding available: Up to US$12,000 per academic year (endowment may provide grants up to this amount)

- Eligible applicants: Doctoral students with relevant faculty supervision and resources for behavioral development research

- Eligible focus areas: Behavioral development in the emergence and progressive change of behavioral repertoires, tied to contextual/organismic/historical variables

- Application period for 2027: September 2026 to 13 January 2027

- Application deadline: 13 January 2027 (time zone not specified in the source)

- Applicants notified: June 2027

- Project/report condition: Recipients must provide a brief report and outline of expenditures due to the SABA Board by April 1 of the following year

About the Opportunity

The Sidney W. and Janet R. Bijou Grant supports doctoral student research conducted according to the natural science framework for development established by Bijou. The grant emphasizes studies where primary data for behavior development are based on observable interactions between an organism and environmental events. The grant focuses on research into the emergence of and progressive changes in and across behavioral repertoires and the function of relevant contextual, organismic, and historical variables. Funding and Benefits

- Grant amount: For each academic year, the endowment may provide grants of up to US$12,000.

- Budget requirement: All expenses must be clearly detailed in the proposed budget statement.

- Funding note: The SABA Board of Directors reserves the right not to award any grant in a given year.

- Public recognition: Recipients will be publicly recognized at:

- the SABA Awards Ceremony at the ABAI Annual Convention, and - in _Inside Behavior Analysis_. - Award reporting condition: Grant recipients must provide a brief report on what the grant was used for, plus an outline of expenditures, due to the SABA Board by April 1 of the following year. Who Is Eligible? Eligible applicants must meet the following criteria (as stated by the opportunity): - Time remaining in program: Applicants must demonstrate they have sufficient time to complete the project after disbursement of grant funds—at least six months remaining in the program.

- Doctoral enrollment/acceptance: Applicants must be enrolled in or accepted into a doctoral program in a department of:

- psychology, - education, - behavioral science, or - an allied discipline,

where there is:

- a sufficient number of behaviorally oriented faculty members to supervise the proposed research in child development, and - a sufficient environment to carry out the work with appropriate supervision. - Research fit and application quality: The primary criteria are the quality of the application and the applicant’s commitment to the study and research of development from a behavior analytic perspective.

- One-per-year restriction: Applicants may not apply for a Bijou Grant and an Innovative Student Research Grant in the same year.

- Scholarly rigor: The project must be of sufficient rigor to be submitted for publication upon conclusion, contributing to the literature on behavioral development. Ineligible costs The grant does not cover the following: - Indirect costs (facilities and administrative costs/overhead) charged by the institution - Research staff salaries/wages, including personnel costs supporting general research infrastructure - Renting, renovating, or maintaining research space or other general research facilities - Professional travel, including conferences/meetings/workshops, except travel to the ABAI Annual Convention for the purpose of presenting research - General research infrastructure costs that are not direct expenses of conducting the proposed research Ineligible applicant details (not specified) The source does not specify any citizenship or country restrictions for applicants. Not specified in the source. Eligible Activities or Priority Areas The grant supports doctoral research focused on behavioral development using a behavior analytic perspective, particularly: - Emergence and progressive change in and across behavioral repertoires - Functional relations involving contextual, organismic, and historical variables - Direct relevance to or informing child development - Inclusion of basic animal processes relevant for neurotypical development - Intervention and between-group design research may be appropriate, but the primary research questions must focus on identifying behavioral processes involved in: - cognitive, - social, - emotional, and - language development of the individual The source also provides examples of relevant topics, including (not limited to): - Derived relational responding - Social referencing - Bidirectional naming - Interdependence of verbal operants - Skill acquisition - Joint attention - Behavioral cusps Basic or translational research with nonhumans is appropriate if the primary purpose is to address behavioral mechanisms of development. Disallowed focus

The grant will not consider:

- Interventions/designs/treatments for any particular disorder (the source states that interventions/designs and not [intervention] or treatments for any particular disorder will not be considered). Why This Opportunity Matters This grant is designed to support rigoro