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APF Half Way to Meeting $20,000 Challenge Grant
APF successfully met the first part of Dr. Barbara Golden’s challenge grant! The Foundation raised $40,000 at the end of 2006, and Dr. Golden gave APF $10,000 for achieving that goal.
Now APF is on its way to meeting her second challenge: If APF raises $30,000 by the end of April 2007, Dr. Golden will give APF an additional $10,000.
Dr. Barbara Golden, a Chicago based psychologist and member of APF’s Advancement Committee, is particularly interested in APF’s work on psychology’s role in violence prevention and intervention. She hopes that her challenge will stimulate donations and continued work in this important area.
Dr. Golden is a philanthropist both inside and outside of psychology. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Raymond F. Kravis Center of the Performing Arts, Inc., in West Palm Beach, Florida. Her generosity ensures APF’s ability to improve human lives through psychology.
For more information, contact Elisabeth Straus, Executive Vice President/Executive Director, via Email.
Nominate a Clinical Health Psychologist
The Timothy Jeffrey Memorial Award was established in 1999, by Louise Jeffrey, Ph.D., to honor her late husband, a clinical health psychologist. The $1,000 award recognizes an outstanding commitment to clinical health psychology by a full-time provider of direct clinical services.
Nominees must typically spend a minimum of 15 - 20 hours weekly in direct, face-to-face patient care, in assessment or therapy, in individual or group settings. Applicants must be fully licensed clinical health psychologists and members of APA and APA Division 38 (Health Psychology). APA Division 38 administers this award.
The deadline for applications is May 1, 2007. Nomination letters should describe the nominee's practice, professional activities, and commitment to the field. Nominations must be accompanied by a curriculum vitae, at least one letter of support from a professional, non-psychologist colleague (letters will not be accepted from students or supervisees), and one letter from a psychologist colleague. Self-nominations are welcome, and a description of a clinical case in which the nominee's work has had a particular impact on an individual, family, or group is encouraged. For more information, visit www.apa.org/apf.
Convention Travel Funds Available for Div. 16 Student Members
Division 16 (School Psychology) and APF are requesting applications for the 2007 Paul E. Henkin Student Travel Award. Up to $1,000 in grants are available to student members of APA Division 16 to attend the 2007 APA Convention in San Francisco, CA in August.
Winners may use the funds to pay for convention registration, lodging, and transportation costs only.
APF and Div.16 will consider the applicant's demonstrated potential to make an outstanding contribution to the field of school psychology, their accomplishments and research, communication skills, community involvement, commitment to working in public schools and evidence of knowledge of the demands of the field of school psychology and the value of continuing professional development.
The deadline for applications is April 15, 2007. Applicants should submit the following materials: application form, letter of recommendation, 500-word essay, and curriculum vitae online at http://forms.apa.org/apf/grants/.
Apply for Neuropsychology Scholarship
Applicants should submit a letter, co-signed by their faculty mentor or director of training, detailing research accomplishments, a budget for the proposed course of study, and the purpose for which the scholarship will be used. Applications should be submitted online at http://forms.apa.org/apf/grants/. The deadline is June 1, 2007.
For more information, visit www.apa.org/apf.
In Memory: Arthur L. Benton, PhD
On December 27, 2006, APF lost a dear friend, Arthur L. Benton, PhD. Benton founded the APF Benton-Meier Scholarships, formerly the APF Henry Hécaen and Manfred Meier Scholarships, and he was the 1992 recipient of APF’s Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology. In 1993, APF established the Arthur Benton Lecture Series on Neuropsychology to honor his contributions to the field. The series was held annually at the APA Convention until 2005.
Dr. Benton obtained his PhD in psychology from Columbia University. In 1946 he became an associate professor of psychology at the University of Louisville, and in 1948 accepted a position as professor and director of graduate training in clinical psychology at the University of Iowa where he remained until his retirement in 1978.
He received the Distinguished Professional Contribution Award from APA in 1978 and was past president of the American Orthopsychiatric Association (1965) and the International Neuropsychological Society (1970).
His family has requested that contributions be sent to the American Psychological Foundation. If you are interested in making a donation, please contact APF Assistant Director Elizabeth Merck via Email or (+1/202) 336-5622.
Proposals Sought for High School Psychology Program
APF seeks proposals for programs that support the science and application of psychological science among high school students. Up to $30,000 is available for projects that
- Reinforce psychology as a science in secondary school curricula
- Expand psychology’s profile as a science to attract talented high school students to the discipline
- Convey psychology as a tool to improve society
- Teach students about career options that apply psychology outside of an academic setting (e.g. NASA, organizational development)
Applicants must be affiliated with an educational institution or nonprofit organization. Preference will be given to proposals focused on supporting the education of talented high school students. For application requirements, visit www.apa.org/apf/highschool.html. The deadline is May 1, 2007.
Funding Available for Violence Prevention Programs
APF will award up to $20,000 in 2007 for innovative community programming aimed at interventions to prevent and reduce violence in society. Proposals from non-PhD holders and non-psychologists will be accepted provided their proposal meets the following program goals:
- Encourages the transfer of psychological science with regard to violence, its prevention, and intervention strategies to programmatic applications within the community
- Supports the implementation of innovative community programs aimed at preventing violence in a number of social settings (e.g. young adult populations, the elderly, domestic partnerships, and others)
- Provides seed money to community-based organizations or funding to established community programs
Applicants must be engaged in research-based program implementation. Special consideration will be given to programs that show promise for broad-based community support. For application information, visit www.apa.org/apf/violence.html. The deadline is June 1, 2007.
$16,000 Available for Graduate Scholarships
In 2007, APF will provide up to $16,000 for graduate research scholarships, which will include 11 $1,000 awards, a $3,000 Ruth G. and Joseph D. Matarazzo Scholarship, and a $2,000 Clarence Rosecrans Scholarship.
Each department of psychology that is a member in good standing of the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (COGDOP) may nominate up to three candidates. Students should contact their psychology department to inquire about the nomination process. Each nomination should include five copies of the application, letter of recommendation from a graduate research advisor, transcript, cv, and a brief outline of the nominee’s thesis or dissertation research project. The deadline is June 15, 2007.
This program is administered by the APA Science Directorate. For more information, contact (+1/202) 336-600 or visit www.apa.org/apf/cogdop.html.
Research Funds Available for Stigma and Mental Illness
APF seeks proposals for the 2007 Violet and Cyril Franks Scholarship for graduate-level scholarly projects that use a psychological perspective to help understand and reduce stigma associated with mental illness.
Applicants for the $5,000 award must be graduate psychology students enrolled full time and in good standing at an accredited university. Proposals should answer the following five questions in five pages or less:
- What is the project’s goal?
- What prior research in the area has been conducted?
- Whom will this project serve?
- What are the intended outcomes and how will the project achieve them?
- What is the total project cost?
Proposals, a letter of recommendation from a faculty advisor, and a cv should be submitted online at http://forms.apa.org/apf/grants/. The deadline is May 15, 2007. For more information, contact Idalia Ramos, Program Officer, via Email or (+1/202) 336-5814.
This scholarship is made possible by the generosity of Drs. Cyril and Violet Franks. Cyril Franks is distinguished professor emeritus of the psychology graduate school of Rutgers University and is co-founder and first president of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy. Violet Franks has been a psychologist in private practice since 1960 and has also served as consultant and director of the psychology department of the Carrier Clinic in Belle Mead, New Jersey.
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