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The K. Anders Ericsson Dissertation Research Grant supports one annual grant for dissertation research in the general area of expertise and skill acquisition, with a preferred focus on applications of the expert performance approach and/or the impacts of deliberate practice in diverse domains of skill. The research priority topic is expertise and skill acquisition, broadly defined, with special interest in proposals that use process tracing methods, the expert-performance approach, or a deliberate practice framework to understand superior skill. This grant provides $11,000 to support graduate students in the process of completing their dissertations in psychology-related fields focusing on expertise development and skill acquisition research.