Steps to Verify Student Status for Student Membership

 

To qualify for student membership, you must email your TxABA account username or email associated with your account with attached verification of full-time student status to member@txaba.org. Please attach the verification documentation to the same email to reduce delays in verifying your student status.

The following verification documents are acceptable to attach to your email that contains your TxABA account username or email, please select one:

• 1) A copy of the student's unofficial transcript showing you are currently enrolled full-time
• 2) A PDF of an email from a professor or university program admin who knows the student stating they are currently enrolled full-time; please have the email be from a university email
• 3) A PDF of a letter from a professor or university program admin who knows the student stating they are currently enrolled full-time; please have on university letterhead with a valid signature

If you do not have a TxABA Account, please create one before emailing member@txaba.org.

 

Please allow up to 7 business days for your student status to be verified. Once your student status has been verified, you will receive an email confirmation with instructions on how to purchase the $30 student membership on the register page. For more information regarding membership, please visit here.

 

 

 

Student Member Benefits

 

• Discounted conference registration (see 2027 annual conference webpage)
• Free TxABA speaker series webinar registration and CEUs if applicable
• May run for and vote for the student representative position on the TxABA Executive Council
• May serve on various TxABA Committees as a student representative or serve on the TxABA Student Committee
• Eligible to apply for Student Scholarships (see below)
• Eligible to participate in the Student Poster Competition at the TxABA Annual Conference (see below)
• Eligible to volunteer for conference registration at the TxABA Annual Conference (see below)

 

 

TxABA Executive Council Student Representative

 

The Student Representative serves a 2-year term on the Executive Council and leads the TxABA Student Committee. The first year as the non-voting Junior Student Representative and Secretary of the Student Committee. The second year as the voting Senior Student Representative and Chair of the Student Committee. Student Representatives are required to be Texas residents, be Student Members of TxABA, and have at least one year remaining in their master's or Ph.D. program at the time of joining council. The call for nominations generally happens around November each year with voting taking place in February and the council term starting May 1st. Please visit the Executive Council webpage here.

 

 

TxABA Student Committee

 

The purpose of the student committee is to promote engagement, diversity opportunities, and provide resources among TxABA student members. Additionally, the Student Committee shall work with the Student Representative to ensure the perspective of students across the entirety of the state are represented on the council so as to further the growth of the next generation of behavior analysts. For more information, please visit the Committees webpage here. There will be a call for committee members in April with the application closing mid-May.

 

 

 

TxABA Student Member Poster Competition

 

The deadline to submit your poster is TBD. Individuals will be notified of poster acceptance/nonacceptance by TBD

 

Student members attending the TxABA Annual Conference in-person are eligible to compete in the student poster competition during the annual TxABA poster competition. At least 2 judges will be assigned to each student member's poster in the competition and use a scoring sheet during the student's presentation and question answering. The top two highest scores will win the poster competition and be awarded a $200 check at the conference. The 2027 TxABA Annual Poster Session will be held 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm in Champions Foyer at the Royal Sonesta Galleria Houston. Poster presentations will be 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm with the winners of the poster competition announced around 7:45 pm.

 

Poster Submission instructions will be posted by Nov. 6th

 

Please log into your TxABA Account then click here to go to TxABA Members 2027 Annual Conference Submissions webpage, please note that your membership must be current to access the webpage.

 

 

 

TxABA Student Member Scholarships Information

 

The deadline to apply for both scholarships is November 12, 2026. Applicants will be notified by December 17, 2026.

 

Please log into your TxABA Account then click here to go the TxABA Members 2027 Annual Conference Submissions webpage, please note that your membership must be current to access the scholarship submission webpage.

 

Student Members may apply and receive both scholarships.

 

 

James L. Kopp Memorial Scholarship

 

Kopp Memorial Scholarship Informational PDF

 

The James L. Kopp Memorial Scholarship was created to honor the first president of TxABA, who passed away on November 19, 2010. During his 40-year career in Texas, his most prominent contributions to behavior analysis were as a teacher and mentor at the Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington.

 

The purpose of this award is to defray education-related costs or costs associated with attending the ABAI annual conference. Two applicants will be chosen from the submissions to receive a $2,000 scholarship each.

 

The TxABA Student Member must be listed as presenting author in a symposium, paper session, or poster at ABAI, must be a current Student Member of TxABA, and must be registered for the annual TxABA Conference the same year as the ABAI Conference they are presenting at to be eligible.

 

Student Members who are interested in applying for a Kopp Scholarship should prepare to submit by November 12, 2026:

 

• 1) TxABA account username or email associated with your TxABA account, only applications from current TxABA student members will be sent to the Grants & Funding Committee
• 2) Synopsis of research submitted to ABAI (limited to one page, single spaced, 12point, not including graphed data), which should include
• a. Type of study (e.g., experimental analysis, literature review, survey)
• b. Title of study
• c. Purpose of study and rationale, identifying prior research upon which it is based
• d. Description of experimental design (if applicable), data collection procedures, procedures, number of planned participants (if applicable), and current progress with participants (if applicable) or analysis
• e. Brief description of results along with currently collected data
• f. Indication of a poster or an oral presentation at ABAI
• 3) Proof of submission to ABAI (i.e., email confirmation from ABAI)
• 4) A current curriculum vitae

 

Kopp Scholarships will be awarded contingent upon ABAI acceptance. Student Members who receive the Kopp Scholarship must submit proof of acceptance to the ABAI annual conference and any updated documents (e.g., graphs, abstract, title, etc.) by February 1, 2027 to txaba@txaba.org.

 

 

TxABA Student Member Conference Registration Scholarship

 

 

Student Registration Scholarship Informational PDF

 

This scholarship is to provide financial support to full-time student members who would like to attend the annual TxABA conference but are unable to pay conference registration fees due to financial hardship. Recipients of the TxABA Student Scholarship will receive free student registration to the 2027 TxABA Annual Conference.

 

Student Members who are interested in applying for a TxABA Annual Conference Registration Scholarship should prepare to submit by November 12, 2026:

 

• 1) TxABA account username or email associated with your TxABA account, only applications from current TxABA student members will be sent to the Grants & Funding Committee
• 2) Your name, university, academic program, and name of the faculty writing a letter
• 3) A personal statement that includes a description of the need due to financial hardship no longer than 1 page, single-spaced, 12-point
• 4) A letter of support from a faculty at the student's university

 

 

Volunteer at the Annual TxABA Conference

 

TxABA Members (Voting, Affiliate, Student, or RBT) may volunteer at the annual conference to cover part or all of their annual conference registration. For more information and to apply, please visit TxABA Members 2027 Annual Conference Submissions webpage. Please note your membership must be current and you must be logged in to access this webpage.