This award is for graduate students interested in learning more about becoming involved with and pursuing student leadership opportunities in APAGS and APA.
The American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) is pleased to announce the APAGS Convention Travel-Mentorship Award for the 2012 APA Convention in Orlando, FL. APAGS will award five psychology graduate students $500 to fund convention expenses and promote graduate students' leadership development within APA/APAGS. The $500 award will fund convention registration costs and other travel/convention related expenses.
Eligibility
All candidates must be:
Current APAGS members
Graduate students within their first four years of their graduate training in psychology
In good academic standing
Note: APAGS Committee and subcommittee members are not eligible for this award.
How to Apply
Award Expectations
In order to promote professional networking and leadership development, award recipients must agree to:
Attend 3 APAGS programs at the 2012 APA Convention in Orlando, FL.
Attend 2 APAGS social hours at the 2012 APA Convention in Orlando, FL.
Participate in a mentorship meeting with one member of the APAGS committee at the convention at the 2012 APA Convention in Orlando, FL.
Participate in pre- and post-convention mentorship email communication with respective APAGS committee mentor.
After convention, award recipients must complete a brief reflection of their experience at the convention (e.g., 500-1,000 word article, 3-5 minute YouTube clip) that APAGS can use in future recruitment/advertising initiatives (e.g., APAGS Campus Bulletin; gradPSYCH). Reflections must be emailed to APAGS and are due no later than September 18th, 2012. Additionally, each award recipient must submit receipts for convention-related expenses totaling at the least the amount of the award.
Application Materials
Cover letter (750 word maximum) that outlines your interest in becoming involved as a leader within APAGS and APA and describes your interest in attending the APA convention. Please answer the following questions in your cover letter:
Why are you interested in attending the convention?
What opportunities and programs are you most looking forward to?
How would the convention contribute to your professional development?
How do you hope to utilize your APAGS mentor?
What information do you hope to learn from him/her?
An abbreviated 2-page curriculum vita
A letter of recommendation from a faculty member (1 page maximum)
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.
Submission Deadline
Application materials must be emailed by 11:59 a.m. ET on the day of the deadline. Application materials should be submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF formats. Please email your cover letter and CV to APAGS. Your faculty member should also email her/his recommendation letter to the same email address. Please include in the email subject line "APAGS Leadership and Convention Travel Award".
For questions about the award, please contact Jessica Kholunov.
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.
