Are you a student studying psychology? If so, you can join APA! If you are a graduate student when you join, you will automatically become a member of APAGS!*
APAGS offers all of its members enormous opportunities to enhance their development towards a career in psychology and to shape the future of the discipline. With more than several thousand members, APAGS is one of the largest constituency groups of the APA, as well as the largest organized group of psychology graduate students worldwide.
Membership in APA and APAGS entitles you to many benefits that will aid your training in psychology, including:
- Subscriptions to the American Psychologist, Monitor on Psychology, and the APAGS magazine, gradPSYCH.
- A $10 credit for subscriptions to APA Journals.
- The right to purchase access to APA's online databases like PsycINFO.
- Listservs targeted to a variety of student interests.
- Internship and career resources such as the comprehensive book, Internships in Psychology (APA, 2005), Internship Listserv, APAGS Internship Workshops, and PsycCAREERS.com.
- Scholarships and awards available to graduate student members of APAGS who are enrolled at least halftime as a student in good standing at a regionally accredited university.
- Access to Professional Liability Insurance for Graduate Students in Psychology from the APA Insurance Trust.
- Information resources created by and for students such as:
- APAGS Survival Guide for Ethnic Minority Graduate Students
- Resource Guide for Psychology Graduate Students with Disabilities
- Prescription Privileges Fact Sheet: What Students Should Know About the APA’s Pursuit of Prescription Privileges for Psychologists
- Networking Guide for Students within State, Provincial, and Territorial Psychological Associations
- Mentoring, Balance and Self-Care – Especially for Women: A Collection of Articles and Resources
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* Undergraduate students can join APAGS
for an additional fee of $14.
