APA Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) Block Grants In Support of Precollege and Undergraduate Teaching Conferences

To enhance the quality of teaching and learning outcomes, the Board of Educational Affairs reviews proposals for financial support to award $5,000 in BEA Block Grants each year.

Criteria

To be considered for funding, applications must meet the following criteria:

1. the conference must advance the teaching of psychology at the secondary, 2-year, and/or 4-year level;
2. the conference must be directed by an APA member, associate, or affiliate;
3. the grant must be requested by an APA member, associate, or affiliate; and
4. the grant must be used to offset travel expenses of selected conference participants, registration fees of conference participants, and/or speaker fees.

It is possible that conferences that have received block grants two years in a row may not be funded or may be funded at lower levels on the third consecutive application to ensure that a variety of conferences receive grants.

Proposals for block grants will be reviewed and evaluated according to the following criteria:

1. Conference Goals and Activities. Proposals will be rated on the perceived importance and innovativeness of the conference as well as the clarity and completeness of the description of the conference objectives and activities. (A conference announcement/ brochure should be submitted with the application.)
2. Composition of Target Audience. Proposals will be rated on the potential impact and suitability of content for the target audience.
3. Budgetary Information. Proposals will be rated on the clarity and completeness of the description of the conference budget, anticipated expenses, as well as confirmed and anticipated sources and amounts of funding.

Following the evaluation of the proposals, the BEA Block Grants Subcommittee will recommend monetary awards based on the availability of funds and on the quality of the applications. *

*  Applicants may be awarded up to $1,000 during a given year. If fewer than five acceptable applications are received in a given year, the BEA may award more than one block grant (and more than $1,000) to the same conference in that year.

Deadline:

Funding requests for teaching conferences in 2010 should be postmarked by February 22, 2010. Please send written requests to:

Martha Boenau
Education Directorate
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242