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 the APA Minority Fellowship Program to administer ProDIGs, and awards funds received from the APA Science Directorate's Academic Enhancement Initiative. Five to seven grants of $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 to, for example, conduct a pilot study, consult with research and curriculum experts, collect data or 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, letters of support from your academic department and a detailed proposal budget. Applications are due April 3. 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 FTE (full-time employment) at an accredited, predominantly ethnic-minority-serving institution.

For a detailed copy of the request for proposals, visit www.apa.org/pi/oema/programs/pemsi_prodigs_request_for_proposal.pdf, or contact Sonja Preston, OEMA, at the APA address; (202) 336-6029; e-mail.

APA's Public Interest Directorate invites qualified psychologists to apply for the first Adults and Children Together (ACT) Against Violence Train-the-Trainers Spanish Workshop. The ACT Against Violence training program, a research-based violence-prevention initiative, prepares professionals nationwide to help families and communities to create violence-free environments for children.

The three-day workshop, May 18–20 at APA headquarters in Washington, D.C., will prepare 15 professionals to implement the program in Latino communities and provide Spanish-speaking families with information on child-development, the roots and consequences of violence in the lives of children, and prevention skills such as anger management, social problem-solving, positive discipline and media literacy. The workshop will offer continuing-education credit and also cover program implementation, program evaluation and fund-raising strategies. Milton Fuentes, PsyD, former president of the New Jersey Latino Psychological Association, and Elisa Velasquez-Andrade, PhD, of Sonoma State University, will lead the workshop.

Applicants should:

• Be fluent in Spanish.

• Have organizational support to implement a program.

• Have experience in public speaking, conducting workshops and presentations.

• Have experience in working or consulting with organizations and agencies providing services to Latino families.

• Be interested in community action and mobilization.

• Have interest and experience in violence prevention, family violence and child abuse.

To apply, send a résumé, completed application form and a letter of support from a supervisor to Julia Silva, ACT training program director, at the APA address. The deadline to apply is March 1. A grant from the MetLife Foundation will allow APA to fund participants' travel and lodging expenses, as well as coffee breaks and lunches. Participants will pay $120 for training materials they will receive, including the ACT program manual, brochures, a poster and a CD.

For more information or to request an application form, contact Silva at (202) 336-5817; e-mail.

The American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) is now accepting applications for its 2006 scholarships, grants and awards, which recognize students and those who support them for excellence in areas such as working with underserved populations and researching diversity. To be eligible to apply or nominate a candidate, graduate students must be enrolled in good standing at least part time at a regionally accredited university. Applications and nominations must be received by May 1, unless otherwise noted on the Web site. For details, visit www.apa.org/apags/members/schawrdsintro.html.

The APAGS Committee for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Concerns has released a new APAGS Resource Guide for LGBT Students in Psychology. The guide addresses the unique experiences and obstacles LGBT students encounter and how students can establish a support network in graduate school, seek out a mentor and conduct LGBT-related research in graduate school. Visit www.apa.org/apags for updates on the guide's release.

–E. Packard

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