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APF Offers $1,000 Public Policy Dissertation Award
Apply for the $1,000 Annette Urso Rickel Foundation Dissertation Award for Public Policy, which supports dissertation research on public policy that has the potential to improve services for children and families facing psychosocial issues. Examples of eligible topics include, but are not limited to, issues with at-risk populations; prevention of child abuse; services for youth in the criminal justice system; effectiveness of school programs for children with psychological issues; using psychology in public policy to improve math and science education; and promoting healthy parenting.
Applicants must be graduate students in psychology enrolled full-time and in good standing in a graduate program in psychology at a regionally-accredited university or college located in the United States or Canada. Applicants must also have approval of their dissertation proposal by the dissertation committee prior to application and no record of having received either an APA or APF dissertation award.
To apply, submit a dissertation summary, including a brief description of the research design and budget (three-page limit, font size no smaller than 11); letter of recommendation from a faculty advisor; and current CV online at http://forms.apa.org/apf/grants/ by November 1, 2007. For more information, visit www.apa.org/apf/.
Nominate a Colleague for Millon Award
The Theodore Millon Mid-Career Award in Personality Psychology will be conferred annually through 2008 to an outstanding mid-career psychologist engaged in advancing the science of personality psychology including the areas of personology, personality theory, personality disorders, and personality measurement. The recipient will receive $1,000 and a plaque at the APA convention in Boston, MA.
Nominees should be no less than 10 years and no more than 20 years post doctoral degree. Nominations should include a cover letter outlining the nominee’s contributions to the science of personality psychology and an abbreviated CV. Self-nominations are permitted, and letters in support of the nomination are encouraged.
Send nomination materials to Diane J. Willis Ph.D., c/o Lynn Peterson, Division of Clinical Psychology, PO Box 1082, Niwot, CO 80544-1082. The deadline is October 1, 2007.
Nominate a Clinical Psychologist for Blau Award
APF and APA Division 12 are accepting nominations for the APF Theodore H. Blau Early Career Award for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Clinical Psychology. This $2,000 award honors a clinical psychologist who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession by promoting the practice of clinical psychology through professional service; innovation in service delivery; novel application of applied research methodologies to professional practice; positive impact on health delivery systems; development of creative educational programs for practice; or other novel or creative activities advancing the service of the profession.
Nominees should be no more than 10 years post doctoral degree. Nomination packages should include a cover letter outlining the nominee’s contributions to clinical psychology, an abbreviated CV, and up to two supporting letters of recommendation. Self-nominations will be accepted.
The deadline is October 1, 2007. For more information, contact Division 12 or (+1/303) 652-3126.
Apply for Koppitz Child Psychology Fellowship
Graduate students are encouraged to apply for one of five $25,000 APF Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowships in child psychology. The Koppitz fellowships aid child psychology scholarship on topics such as: developmental psychopathology, child-clinical, school, pediatric, developmental, and educational psychology. Consideration will be given to psychological research that breaks new ground or creates significant new understandings that facilitate the development and/or functioning of children and youth.
The 2008 awards will include travel costs to attend pre-conference workshops for Koppitz graduate fellows in conjunction with APA’s 2008 and 2009 annual conventions and other conferences as funds allow. APF will also award $4,000 travel stipends to runners-up.
Graduate students who have achieved doctoral candidacy are eligible to apply. Students can apply before having passed their qualifying exams, but proof of having advanced to doctoral candidacy is required before funding will be released.
The selected fellows’ institutions must provide a tuition waiver. Institutions may nominate only one applicant each year (APF will not accept nominees from separate departments or programs within the same university). Financial support will extend from September 1, 2008, to August 31, 2009. Results of the research should be presented at the pre-convention workshop.
Applications are due November 15, 2007. For complete application guidelines, visit the APF website at www.apa.org/apf/koppitz.html.
Apply for LGB Family Psychology and Therapy Grant
APF is accepting applications for the Roy Scrivner Research Grants, which encourage the study of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) family psychology and LGB family therapy.
APF will award one postdoctoral grant of $10,000 and two $1,000 graduate student grants. Preference will be given to dissertation candidates for the student awards. Researchers from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences are encouraged to apply.
Post-doctoral applicants and any co-investigators must hold a doctoral degree. Student applicants must be graduate students and must include a letter of support from their supervising professor. All research involving human subjects must have been approved by an Institutional Review Board prior to application submission.
The deadline is November 1, 2007. For more information on eligibility requirements and application procedures, visit www.apa.org/apf/scrivner.html or contact Idalia Ramos at (+1/202) 336-5814.
Nominate a Colleague for $50,000 Cummings PSYCHE Prize
The 2008 Cummings PSYCHE Prize will recognize a psychologist whose career has expanded the role of the psychologist as a primary care provider working side-by-side with primary care physicians in organized systems of healthcare delivery.
Nominees for the $50,000 prize must be licensed practicing psychologists with a minimum of ten years of experience. They must work in an integrated primary care setting and be involved in a comprehensive medical setting rather than in a specialized program dealing with one disease or issue. Nominees must demonstrate a record of past accomplishment as well as future plans to expand the acceptance of psychologists as behavioral care providers working directly with physicians in primary healthcare systems.
The deadline for nominations is December 1, 2007. To apply, submit the following materials online at http://forms.apa.org/apf/grants: letter of nomination, including the individual’s mentoring experience, training and development of other psychologists in the field; 1-2 page statement of accomplishments; letter, written by the nominee, indicating plans for the next five years; and a current CV. Self nominations will be accepted.
The prize is made possible by a generous gift to APF from the Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Foundation.
Nominees Sought for Teaching Excellence
APF invites nominations for its 2008 Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award. The award honors a career contribution to the teaching of psychology and is named after Charles L. Brewer, PhD, whose career-long devotion and contributions to the teaching of psychology embody the purpose of the award.
Nominees must demonstrate:
- Exemplary performance as a classroom teacher
- Development of innovative curricula and courses
- Development of effective teaching methods and/or materials
- Teaching of advanced research methods and practice in psychology (and/or) Administrative facilitation of teaching
- Research on teaching
- Training of teachers of psychology
- Evidence of influence as a teacher of students who become psychologists
The winner receives a plaque, $2,000, and an all-expense paid round trip to APA’s 2008 Annual Convention in Boston, MA, where the award will be presented (coach round-trip airfare and reasonable expenses for accommodations and meals will be reimbursed).
The nomination deadline is December 1, 2007. Nomination materials should include APF’s application form (available online at www.apa.org/apf/brewer.html), a description of how the nominee fulfills the award qualifications, the nominee’s cv and bibliography. Letters in support of the nomination are welcome. Send complete nomination materials to the Foundation or mail to APF Teaching Award, at the APA Address.
Gold Medal Nominations Being Accepted
APF is currently accepting nominations for its 2008 Gold Medal Awards, which recognize life achievement in and enduring contributions to psychology. Awards are presented in four categories:
- Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology
- Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology
- Life Achievement by a Psychologist in the Public Interest
- Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology
All awardees receive a gold medal, $2,000 donated by APF to the charitable institution of the recipient’s choice, and an all-expense paid trip to APA’s 2008 Annual Convention in Boston, MA, where the award will be presented (coach round-trip airfare and reasonable expenses for accommodations and meals will be reimbursed).
Eligibility is limited to psychologists 65 years or older who reside in North America. Nominations should indicate the specific award for which the individual is nominated, a nomination statement that traces the nominee’s career, a cv and bibliography. Letters in support of the nomination are welcome. All nomination materials should be coordinated by a chief nominator and sent in one package. There is no nomination form.
The nomination deadline is December 1, 2007. Send nominations to the Foundation or mail to APF Gold Medal Awards, at the APA Address. For more information, visit www.apa.org/apf/gold.html.
Request for Proposals: Wayne F. Placek Large Grants
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is a nonprofit, philanthropic organization that advances the science and practice of psychology as a means of understanding behavior and promoting health, education, and human welfare.
The Wayne F. Placek Large Grants encourage research to increase the general public’s understanding of homosexuality and to alleviate the stress that gay men and lesbians experience in this and future civilizations.
Goals of the Program:
To encourage research that addresses the following topics:
- Heterosexuals’ attitudes and behaviors toward lesbians and gay men.
- Family and workplace issues relevant to lesbians and gay men.
- Special concerns of sectors of the lesbian and gay population that have historically been underrepresented in scientific research.
Amount:
Two grants of up to $65,000 are available.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be doctoral-level researchers affiliated with a educational institutions or a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization.
Proposal format:
All applications must have one-inch margins, and be single-spaced with font no smaller that 12-point.
Applications may only include all of the following sections:
- Description of problem, background, conceptual framework, and methods (10 pages maximum)
- A detailed budget with justification
- Time line for completing the work
- A bibliography, in APA format
- An explanation of the project’s relevance and likely applications to meeting the Placek Fund goals
Submit a proposal and CV of the project leader online at http://forms.apa.org/apf/grants/ by March 9, 2008. For more information, visit www.apa.org/apf.
Questions about this program should be directed to Idalia Ramos, Program Director, via Email.
Call for Nominations: Harry and Miriam Levinson Award
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is a nonprofit, philanthropic organization that advances the science and practice of psychology as a means of understanding behavior and promoting health, education, and human welfare.
APF is seeking nominations for the Harry and Miriam Levinson Award for Exceptional Contributions to Consulting Organizational Psychology. This annual award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated exceptional ability to integrate a wide variety of psychological theory and concepts and to convert that integration into applications by which leaders and managers may create more effective, healthy, and humane organizations.
Amount:
$5,000
Eligibility:
- Applicants must be members of the American Psychological Association
- Mid-career professionals and academics are eligible
Nomination Materials:
- A letter of nomination addressing the nominee’s record of accomplishment
- A current curriculum vitae.
Self-nominations will be accepted.
To Apply:
Submit materials online at http://forms.apa.org/apf/grants/ by March 15, 2008. For more information, visit www.apa.org/apf/levinson.html.
Questions about this program should be directed to Idalia Ramos, Program Officer, via Email.
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