APAGS Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) Grant Program

These grants support efforts to increase the membership and participation of ethnic minority graduate students within APAGS, advertise education and training opportunities for ethnic minorities, and enhance the recruitment and retention efforts for ethnic minority students in psychology.

Deadline: December 7, 2011

Sponsor: APAGS

Description
Eligibility
How to Apply
Past Recipients

Description

APAGS-CEMA awards up to two $1,000 grants for each spring semester, and up to three $1,000 grants each fall semester for projects that recruit, retain, and/or enhance the training of ethnic minority graduate psychology students. Examples include, but are not limited to: workshops, conferences, speaker series, mentorship programs, and the development of student organizations with a focus on multiculturalism or ethnic minority concerns.

Eligibility

APAGS scholarships are available to graduate student members of APAGS who are enrolled at least halftime as a student in good standing at a regionally accredited university. If you are a student affiliate of the American Psychological Association (APA) and are in a masters or doctoral program, you are automatically a member of APAGS. Undergraduates are not eligible for these scholarships, nor are APAGS officers, subcommittee, or task force chairs. Previous recipients of each award are not eligible to apply again for a period of five years.

How to Apply

Application Materials

Title page that includes name of the program proposed, contact information for applicant (name, mailing address, phone number, email), university, expected graduation date, APA membership number.
Summary of the proposed projects (not to exceed two pages, single-spaced).
Anticipated speakers: (if applicable) includes the names, professional titles, and affiliations of all speakers (not to exceed one page, single-spaced).
Evaluation: explain any evaluations or handouts that will be disseminated at the end of the program (not to exceed two pages, single-spaced).
Organizational profile: provide general information about the organization or individual hosting the event, and any co-sponsoring organizations or individuals. Names of supporting faculty should also be included (not to exceed two pages, single-spaced).
Appendix: (if applicable) provide copies of any brochures or advertisements to publicize the program or event (not to exceed one page, single-spaced).

If you are not an APAGS member at the time of submission, you may send a copy of the receipt you get when you join APAGS/APA electronically as proof of membership.

You may submit materials electronically or by mail. Application materials must be emailed by 12:00 p.m. ET on the day of the deadline.

Mail Submissions

APAGS Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) grant program
American Psychological Association of Graduate Students
750 First St. NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242

Confirmation

Once APAGS has received your application, you will receive an email confirming receipt of your application. If you apply earlier than 1 week of the deadline, you may expect to receive that email confirmation within 1 week of your submission. If you submit within the last week before the deadline, please allow up to 2 weeks after the deadline to receive your email confirmation. If you do not hear from APAGS after that time frame, please contact APAGS to confirm that your application has been received.

Past Recipients

2010

Spring
Chris Alvarado, Alliant International University-Fresno
"Latino Education & Advocacy Day"

Joanna Wu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"All Our Hats: Developing Purpose and Maintaining Identities in the Pursuit of Excellence"

Fall
Candice Crowell, Kelechi Anyanwu, Ricardo Phipps, Sarah Johnson, Howard University
"Counseling Students of Color Workshop Series"

Amileah Davis, Dawn Bates, New Mexico State University
"Friday Lecture Series on Borderland Wellness"

Hanako Shishido, Jennifer Hsia, Daniel Fung, The University of South Dakota
"The Building Bridges Conference"

2009

Patton Garriott, University of Missouri

2006

Department of Psychology, New School for Social Research
Cross-Cultural Conference for Students, California Psychological Association

2005

CP Squared: Community, Purpose & Passion, University of Iowa
Association of Black Psychologists, Regent University
Ethnic Minority Association of Grad Students, Nova Southeastern University
Development of a Multicultural Library, George Fox University
Black Students in Psychology, University of Louisville

2004

Elana Lopez, University of South Florida
Tracy K. Nishida, University of Virginia
Rose Zayo, Ayorkor Gaba, Said Shehadeh & Christopher Daood, Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology

1998

Erica King-Toler & Heather Holtman, Interfaith Medical Center
Manuel Paris, Pily Rouco, Maria Random & Jyothi Vayalakkara, Nova Southeastern University
Michi Fu & Maria Gonzales, California School of Professional Psychology
Lee Cohen & Shilpa Pai, Oklahoma State University

1997

Lina Sueyoshi & Tamiko Kubo, NYC Multicultural Symposium
Danelle Reed-Inderbitzen & Derrick Gordon, University of South Dakota
Sharon Sicinski-Taylor, Temple University
Katherine Gutierrez Wray & John Schleisinger, Chicago School of Professional Psychology

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