How many CPs do you give for a single session?

[beaumont sebos]

I make my PCs compete for CPs.

One character will get 5, one chatacter will get 7, the rest will get 6 (this is for a 4-hour session).

At the end of the session, I have them tell me what they did to deserve CPs. On very rare occassions, if they all did really well, I'll hand out bonus CPs, but never more than 7.

I also do this for FPs. Only one person will ever gain an additional FP per session (although this is not a given, most times they do not gain FPs at all). At the end, they tell my why they FP use warrants an additional FP. This encourages them to use FPs at the appropriate time.
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Beaumont Sebos

"Saving the multiverse, one Gamorrean Ale at a time."

[Jedi Skyler]

I can see that. It also forces them to LOOK for the appropriate moment, as well as making sure that "appropriate" is defined the same by all...

[KageRyu]

Me, I use somewhat of a formula for handing out CP, but it varies so wildly I would have a hard time saying how much to give. I try to base it something like this:
1-3 Participation Award - This is for showing up for the game, and the exact number is based on the length. A short session (3 hours) gets 1, while an average session gets 2.
1-5 Difficulty Award - This is for how easy or difficult I perceive the adventure as being. A difficult adventure with many clues and layers, with plenty of oportunities to miss chances, would be worth around 5. A simple adventure that just fills time or leads the players by the nose might be worth one.
1-5 Tension & Conflict Award - This award is for the battles fought and their relevant importance. For battles that are un-nescessary or are extremely one sided in favor of the players, there might be 1 point. For large conflicts, or squarring off with major villains, or a significantly dramatic or challenging fight, then there might be as many as 5 CP.
1-3 ea. Individual Obsticle Awards - These are CP awarded for overcoming specific, plot orriented obstacles crucial to survival or the campaign. Also awarded for figuring out major plot points. These are awarded to specific characters for a specific acomplishment. A 1 point award represents a dificulty around 2-3 times the characters die code in the related skill (i.e. a 15 for demolitions when a character has 5D). 2 points is for a difficulty 4-5 times the related die code, and 3 points for any difficulty above that.
These are the base awards, and tend to average 5-10 points per adventure, with each adventure being around 7 hours. Then I award the role playing and group awards suggested in the book seperately, netting the players an average of 12-15 per game session.
I run a more dramatic and sweeping campaign than most, high on the cinematics, so I allow slightly more leeway in increasing skills. I allow any player to increase any skill that was used heavily in an adventure up to 1 full D. Any other skills the character must justify the increase to me, and can be raised more than 1 pip.