Volume 36, No. 10 November 2005
American Psychological Foundation
Print version: page 92
Spielberger receives Wundt-James Award
In July, the European Federation of Psychologists Association (EFPA) presented Charles D. Spielberger, PhD, with the Wilhelm Wundt-William James Award for Exceptional Contributions to Trans-Atlantic Psychology at the Ninth European Congress of Psychology in Granada, Spain. This award, funded by a gift from Raymond D. Fowler, PhD, to the American Psychological Foundation (APF), recognizes psychologists from Europe and North America who have made distinguished contributions to the science and profession of psychology and to the promotion of effective cooperation between European and North American psychologists. EFPA administers the award.
Spielberger's research interests include occupational stress, the relationship between anger and heart failure, and the connection between anxiety and behavior.
Crowell earns Lizette Peterson Homer grant
Sheila Crowell, a child clinical psychology student at the University of Washington, is the 2005 recipient of the APF Lizette Peterson Homer Memorial Injury Research Grant. The $1,000 award honors a student whose research focuses on injuries to children and young adults through accidents, violence, abuse or suicide.
Crowell's research investigates the biological and psychological correlates of adolescent parasuicidal, or self-harming, behavior. Although parasuicide is a risk factor for later suicide, there is little research characterizing adolescents with a history of parasuicidal events.
Crowell will study whether self-harming adolescents engage in parasuicidal behavior in order to manage negative emotions. She'll examine whether parasuicidal adolescents respond differently from nonsuicidal peers on psychophysiological measures that index emotion regulation, such as respiratory sinus arrhythmia.
The Peterson Homer Grant is funded by a gift to APF from Donald K. Routh, PhD, and Marion W. Routh and is administered by APA Div. 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology).
Submit proposals for lesbian, gay and bisexual research grants
APF requests proposals for the 2006 Wayne F. Placek Large Grants and the Wayne F. Placek Small Grants. Both awards support scientific research that increases the general public's understanding of homosexuality and aims to alleviate the stress that gay men and lesbians experience.
APF invites proposals for empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences and especially encourages those that address:
• Prejudice, discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation.
• Family and workplace issues relevant to lesbians and gay men.
• Subgroups of the lesbian and gay population that have historically been underrepresented in scientific research, especially racial and ethnic minorities.
Applicants for both awards must have a doctoral degree and be affiliated with a college, university or research institution that meets federal requirements for administering research awards. Funds are not available for dissertation research or other predoctoral studies.
Applications for the Wayne F. Placek Large Grants should propose new studies that can be completed in two years solely with the level of funding provided by the grant. Up to $50,000 may be requested for any expenses associated with conducting an empirical research project, including salary for the applicant or assistants, equipment (with a $5,000 limit), supplies, travel, photocopying, postage and payment of participants. The award does not pay institutional indirect costs.
Special preference for one of the two grants will be given to applicants who have completed their doctorates within the previous seven years. Applications for the large grants must be received by March 10. Award recipients will be announced in August.
The Wayne F. Placek Small Grants program awards up to $5,000 to cover expenses associated with conducting an empirical research project on lesbian, gay and bisexual issues. Applications should propose a new study that can be completed in one year solely with the level of funding provided by the grant. Funds are not normally provided for stipends of principal investigators, travel to conventions or manuscript preparation. The award does not pay institutional indirect costs. Applications for the small grants must be received by Jan. 25. Awards will be announced in April.
Applications for both awards must conform to the APF Placek Grant Award guidelines, which can be found at www.hookerprograms.org.
--COMPILED BY E. MERCK
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