Early-career faculty: Apply for health-disparities grant

APA’s Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs (OEMA) seeks proposals for a small grants program that promotes research and training on health-disparities issues at ethnic-minority-serving institutions.

The program—Promoting Psychological Research and Training on Health-Disparities Issues at Ethnic Minority-Serving Institutions Grants (ProDIGs)—awards grants to faculty who have completed their highest academic degree within the past 10 years. The grants fund the preparation of a funding application to a federal agency or foundation within two years of receiving the award.

OEMA collaborates with APA’s Minority Fellowship Program to administer ProDIGs, and award funds come from the APA Science Directorate’s Academic Enhancement Initiative. Five to seven grants of approximately $5,000 to $6,500 each will be awarded.

About half the grants fund research application preparation and half fund program or curriculum-development preparation. Awardees may use their grants, for example, to conduct a pilot study, to consult with research and curriculum experts, to collect data or to hold faculty retreats and workshops.

All awardees must attend a five- to seven-day professional development institute in Washington, D.C., this summer. Additional funds will be provided for travel costs.

There is no formal application form. To apply, submit a two- to four-page detailed concept paper of the proposed research, curriculum or program development effort, as well as a cover memo, a current curriculum vitae, a letter of support from your academic department and a detailed proposal budget. Applications are due Jan. 15. Research grant applicants must have doctorates in psychology or a related discipline; applicants for program- or curriculum-development grants must have at least a master’s degree in psychology or a related field. Applicants must be APA members, U.S. citizens or permanent residents and have a faculty or research affiliation of greater than 0.50 full-time equivalency at an accredited, predominantly ethnic-minority-serving institution.

For a detailed copy of the request for proposals, visit http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/programs/pemsi_description.pdf, or contact Sonja Preston at (202) 336-6029; e-mail; or through the Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs.

Nominate new APA journal editors

The Publications and Communications Board has opened nominations for the editorships of the Journal of Applied Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes and the Journal of Educational Psychology for the years 2009–2014. Sheldon Zedeck, PhD, Harris Cooper, PhD, Howard J. Shaffer, PhD, Charles S. Carver, PhD, and Karen R. Harris, PhD, are the respective incumbent editors.

Candidates should be APA members and available to start receiving manuscripts in early 2008 to prepare for issues published in 2009. The Publications and Communications Board welcomes nominees from underrepresented groups and encourages self-nominations.

The search chairs are:

• Journal of Applied Psychology: William C. Howell, PhD, and J. Gilbert Benedict, PhD.

• Psychological Bulletin: Mark Appelbaum, PhD, and Valerie F. Reyna, PhD.

• Psychology of Addictive Behaviors: Linda P. Spear, PhD, and Robert G. Frank, PhD.

• Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes: David C. Funder, PhD.

• Journal of Educational Psychology: Peter A. Ornstein, PhD, and Leah L. Light, PhD.

Nominate candidates by accessing APA’s EditorQuest site at http://editorquest.apa.org. On the Home menu on the left, find “Guests.” Next, click on the link “Submit a Nomination,” enter your nominee’s information and click “Submit.”

One-page statements in support of a nominee can be submitted by e-mail to Publications and Communications Board Search Liaison Susan J.A. Harris, via e-mail.

The deadline for nomination receipt is Jan. 10.

APA seeks nominees for its boards and committees

Take a more active role in APA’s governance by nominating your colleagues or yourself to serve on one of APA’s many boards and committees. APA seeks nominations for the following groups:

• Committee on Structure and Function of Council

• Finance Committee

• Ethics Committee

• Membership Committee (or Board pending bylaw ballot vote)

• Policy and Planning Board

• Publications and Communi-cations Board

• Committee on International Relations in Psychology

• Board of Educational Affairs

• Board of Professional Affairs

• Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice

• Board of Scientific Affairs

• Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest

• Commission for the Recognition of Specialties and Proficiencies in Psychology

• Committee on Rural Health

Send nominations to the APA Election Committee at the APA address by Feb. 15. Nominations are forwarded to the appropriate board or committee as they develop their nominations slates, which are submitted to the Board of Directors Subcommittee on Nominations for review. APA’s Board of Directors grants final approval for all board and committee election slates. Nominees selected through this process will appear on the 2007 Board/Committee ballot, which will be sent on Oct. 31 to all members of the 2007 Council of Representatives.

For more information on the election process for boards and committees, contact Director of Elections Garnett Coad at (202) 336-6087; e-mail.

Submit proposals for ethnic-minority recruitment, retention and training grants

APA’s Public Interest Directorate seeks grant applicants for its Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training (CEMRRAT) Plan. The plan allots about $75,000 to fund small grants that serve as seed funds to support individuals, organizations and educational institutions committed to enhancing ethnic-minority recruitment, retention and training in psychology. CEMRRAT gives funding consideration on a first-come, first-served basis to innovative start-up initiatives rather than ongoing projects. The commission will fund two to four proposals in each of the following five priority areas:

• Training and professional development for linguistic minorities. About $5,000 is available for activities that promote development of training programs that improve services to linguistic minorities and for associated faculty professional development.

• Faculty recruitment and retention. About $10,000 is available for activities that recruit and retain ethnic-minority faculty and early-career psychologists who are committed to research and scientific inquiry and who will contribute to scientific educational experiences in academic settings. Efforts to launch such activities may exceed available funding; therefore, the committee will give highest consideration to proposals that present a cash match as part of the funding request. This funding category does not support research projects or supplement postdoctoral fellowships or dissertation research.

• Faculty and professional development. About $20,000 is available for activities that promote increased levels of multicultural competence in teaching, practice and research among psychology faculty.

• Innovative psychology department programs. About $20,000 is available for activities related to developing innovative strategies for recruitment, retention and graduation of ethnic-minority students in psychology. CEMRRAT especially welcomes applications that focus on undergraduates and their matriculation to graduate programs in psychology.

• Ethnic-minority leadership development. About $5,000 is available for activities that promote leadership skills and opportunities among ethnic-minority psychologists. Applicants should provide matching funds equal to or more than the amount requested.

There is no standard application form. To apply, submit an application no longer than five pages that describes the project’s goals, activities, procedures and expected outcomes, justifies the budget for the requested funding amount, and explains how the proposed effort meets the CEMRRAT funding priorities and plan provisions. In general, CEMRRAT funds may not be used to support travel, unless such travel is strongly justified and integral to project objectives. CEMRRAT will accept applications starting Jan. 1 and strongly encourages electronic submission. For more information, visit www.apa.org/pi/oema/programs/grantsawards.html or contact Shannon Watts, special projects manager, APA’s Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs, at the APA address; e-mail.

Nominate an outstanding doctoral program in psychology

Former APA President Richard M. Suinn, PhD, and APA’s Committee on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training (CEMRRAT) Task Force seek nominations from ethnic-minority doctoral students for the 2007 Suinn Minority Achievement Award, which recognizes doctoral programs in scientific and professional psychology that demonstrate excellence in the recruitment, retention and graduation of ethnic-minority students. Three Suinn Minority Achievement Awards will be presented at APA’s 2007 Annual Convention in San Francisco, Aug. 17–20.

Students can download the nomination form at www.apa.org/pi/oema/programs/cemrrat2_suinn_call.pdf. The form requires:

• The name of the university and type of programs.

• The number and percentage of ethnic-minority students enrolled.

• The number and percentage of ethnic-minority students who have earned a doctoral degree during the past five years.

Nominators should provide specific information about the program elements that contribute to its success, such as curriculum, faculty and student collaborations, recruitment and retention, mentoring and modeling, and funding.

The nomination deadline is March 1. Electronic submission is strongly encouraged. Send nominations by fax, mail or e-mail, and further inquiries, to Shannon Watts, special projects manager, APA Office of Ethic Minority Affairs, at the APA address; fax: (202) 336-6040; e-mail.

—E. Packard

Interested in the APA presidency? Members who would like to be nominated for APA president-elect in 2007 are invited to submit a statement of 50 words or less. The statement will accompany the nomination ballot. Statements are optional and not required in order to be nominated. The deadline for potential candidates to submit a statement is Jan. 15. The 50-word limit will be strictly enforced. Interested candidates are welcome to speak to the Council of Representatives at its February 15–19 meeting and are responsible for their own transportation and lodging costs. The nomination ballot will be mailed Feb. 1, with a 45-day balloting period. For more information, contact APA’s Governance Office at (202) 336-6087 or via e-mail.

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