1. James McKeen Cattell Fund awards are available to psychologists who are faculty members at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, and are eligible, according to the regulations of their own institutions, for a sabbatical leave or its equivalent.
2. Candidates are eligible for a Cattell Award if they are currently tenured or will have formal University or College confirmation that they will be tenured by March 1, following our December 1 submission deadline.
3. Candidates are eligible for a Cattell Award if they have not had a leave with pay for the 5 years preceding the requested sabbatical leave (medical or pregnancy leaves are considered exceptions).
4. Prior recipients of a Cattell Fund Award are not eligible.

Recipients are requested to submit to the Secretary/Treasurer a brief report of their activities as soon as possible after the end of their sabbaticals.
Candidates for Cattell awards submit their applications to the Secretary/Treasurer of the Fund. The deadline for submission is December 1 of the year preceding that in which the applicant expects to be on leave. For a sample application form, click here. In addition to the application, the Secretary/Treasurer must receive by December 1 supporting letters from two references (see memo to referrees), and a form completed by the applicant's department chair or dean, certifying the applicant's eligibility for a leave (see Institution Certification Form). Applicants receive a notification of the Trustees' decisions by about March 1.