The BAPS executive committee (EC) has now made a shortlist for the 2025 Best Master Thesis Award. We received 11 applications (1 UCLouvain, 1 ULiège, 6 KULeuven, 2 ULB, 1 UGent) from a range of subdisciplines in psychology. Four members of the EC from various areas of psychology read the summary of all applications except those from their own universities and those for which there was a COI.

Two applications were shortlisted for the award:

• Yulia Chernyshkova (ULB)
• Ibe Couwels (KULeuven)

The shortlisted applications will now be evaluated by a jury of experts. The winner will be announced during the 2025 BAPS Annual Meeting.

The EC jury members were amazed by the quality of the applications that we received. As an association that promotes psychological science in Belgium, we can only be delighted to see that our master students are demonstrating strong skills to set up scientific research, coherently report on their results and critically discuss their findings.

For more information on the Best Master Thesis award, click here: https://www.baps.be/awards-en-support/best-master-thesis-award