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Victor A. Benassi Recognized
for Teaching Excellence
The APF will honor Victor A. Benassi, PhD, with its
2003 award for the Distinguished Teaching of Psychology, at the APA–APF
Awards Ceremony on Friday, August 8, in the ballroom
of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, in Toronto. On the same day, Benassi
will deliver an address, College Students’ Beliefs About Paranormal
Phenomena: Implications for Teaching and Faculty Development, at the Metro
Toronto Convention Centre, in meeting rooms 201E and F, at 12:00 p.m.
APF Requests Proposals for
Research-Based Programs on Violence Prevention and Intervention
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) requests proposals for research-based
programs on violence prevention and intervention. The APF Trustees hope
to
- Encourage the transfer of psychological science with regard to violence,
its prevention, and intervention strategies to programmatic applications
within the community.
- Support the implementation of innovative community programs aimed
at preventing violence within any number of social settings (e.g., young
adult populations, elder abuse, domestic abuse, hate crimes, sexual
assault, and others).
- Provide seed money to establish promising interventions proposed by
community-based organizations or provide funding for established community
programs that have been deemed successful.
Applicants must be doctoral-level psychologists engaged in research-based
program implementation related to violence prevention. Special consideration
will be given to programs with a strong foundation in violence prevention
and intervention research and those that have, or show promise for, broad-based
community support. Applicants may request up to $20,000.
The deadline for application is September 15, 2003. Eligibility
criteria and submission requirements are detailed in full at the APF
website: http://www.apa.org/apf. Submissions
must be in electronic format. Awards will be announced on or after November
15.
Questions should be directed to American Psychological Foundation.
APF Requests Proposals for
Research and Programs in the Area of Giftedness
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) requests proposals for research
and programs related to the psychological understanding of gifted children
and adolescents. This new funding opportunity is supported through the
Esther Katz Rosen fund for the advancement and application of knowledge
about gifted children. Doctoral level researchers engaged in this area
of scientific study or program may apply for up to $25,000 a year for
a maximum of three years. Continued funding will be based on available
funds and renewal evaluation reports submitted at the conclusion of each
year of funding.
The goal of the program is to support scholarly work that contributes
to greater understanding and advancement of gifted children, their development,
and their needs, as well as effective practices with gifted children.
Seed money may also be provided to establish (or expand in new directions)
educational programs or interventions designed for gifted children to
meet their academic and/or social needs. Special consideration will be
given to projects that demonstrate innovation in the field of giftedness
in children and that may become self-supporting or lead to external funding.
The deadline for applications is October 1, 2003. Applications should
include the information outlined in the formal RFP and should be submitted
in electronic format to APF. Award will be announced after February 15.
For further information and complete application guidelines, please visit
the APF website or send a request to APF.
Dissertation Award for
Improvement of Mental Health Services
The APF and the Science Directorate invite nominations for the 2003 Todd
E. Husted Memorial award. The $1,000 award is given to the person whose
dissertation demonstrates the most potential to contribute to the development
and improvement of mental illness services for those with severe and persistent
mental illness.
Topics relevant for the award include those that: foster the development
of a more comprehensive, humane, and responsive system of mental health
care; develop a protective and humane sequencing of interventions to prevent
the deterioration, homelessness, and premature deaths of those with serious
mental illness; develop effective methods of improving patient compliance
with medication and treatment for those having impaired insight as a result
of schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder; demonstrate practical
methods of improved identification, diversion, and treatment of persons
with mental illness who, as a result of that illness, enter the criminal
justice system; foster methods to improve training and social attitudes
of professionals in the criminal justice system (attorneys, public defenders,
judges) regarding the role of serious mental illness in the behaviors
of mentally ill offenders; increase access to, and utilization of appropriate
services and supports for the most treatment resistant and severely mentally
ill persons.
The award is administered by the Science Directorate. For further information,
including all application materials, visit the APA website. The application
deadline is September 15, 2003. Completed applications will be accepted
only after July 1, 2003.
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