Nominate colleagues for Women in Psychology Leadership Award

APA’s Committee on Women in Psychology (CWP) seeks nominations for its 23rd annual Leadership Awards. Through these awards, CWP seeks to demonstrate its commitment to ensuring that women are treated fairly in psychology and as consumers of psychological services, and that women-related issues continue to be included in psychological research, education, training and practice.

Nominees will be identified as “emerging” or “distinguished” leaders in one or more areas of influence:

• Service provision.

• Scholarship.

• Public interest.

• Service in psychology.

The committee gives Emerging Leadership Awards to psychologists who have received their doctorates within the past 15 years, made a substantial contribution to women in psychology and show promise of extensive, influential careers. Distinguished Leadership Awards are presented to psychologists who have worked for 15 years or more after receiving their doctorates, have influenced women’s issues and are recognized leaders in their areas of expertise.

All nominations must include a statement of support for the nominee no more than 500 words long, a curriculum vitae and three reference letters. The letters should address nominees’ leadership activities and contributions to knowledge for and about women. Letters should also show how nominees foster understanding of women’s lives and improve the status of women, including underrepresented populations of women, in psychology and society.

Members of CWP and APA’s Board of Directors, APA staff, and individuals running for APA president are ineligible for the awards. CWP members cannot make nominations. Award recipients, selected by CWP in March, will be announced at APA’s 2007 Annual Convention in San Francisco, Aug. 17–20.

Nominations and supporting materials must be received by Jan. 31. Send materials to Gabriel Twose, APA’s Women’s Programs Office, at the APA address; e-mail.

Comment on programs up for accreditation review

APA’s Committee on Accreditation is accepting testimony from students, faculty and consumers on all programs scheduled for site visits and periodic reviews during 2007.

A list of the programs scheduled for review and those applying for initial accreditation, as well as instructions for providing comments and deadlines, can be found at www.apa.org/ed/accreditation. For details on providing testimony, refer to section seven of the Accreditation Operating Procedures at www.apa.org/ed/oprtgprcd.pdf. This information is also available by contacting APA’s Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation at the APA address; (202) 336-5979.

Nominate a student-friendly state association

The American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) seeks nominations from students for the 2007 Outstanding State, Provincial or Territorial Psychological Association of the Year Award. APAGS, APA’s Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice and Div. 31 (State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs), present this $1,500 award each year to a state, provincial or territorial psychological association (SPTA) that has demonstrated exemplary commitment to promoting graduate student development and joint APAGS/SPTA membership. The nomination deadline is Jan. 15. SPTAs that have won the award within the past five years are not eligible for the 2007 award. To nominate an association, visit www.apa.org/apags/members/schawrds.html#sppacontact.

Apply now for 2007 Minority Fellowship Program

APA’s Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) is accepting applications for its fellowships in psychology and neuroscience. The fellowships seek to stimulate interest in ethnic-minority mental health research and mental health services by providing financial support and mentoring to doctoral students.

The fellowships are:

• The Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Fellowship, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Applicants must be doctoral students in clinical, counseling or school psychology and plan to pursue careers as practitioners or psychotherapy researchers specializing in ethnic-minority populations.

• The Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Postdoctoral Fellowship, also funded by SAMHSA and intended for early-career doctoral recipients interested in a career in mental health services research, service delivery or policy.

• The Mental Health Research Fellowship, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and geared to those pursuing research careers in ethnic-minority mental health.

• The HIV/AIDS Research Fellowship, funded by NIMH and targeting those pursuing careers in HIV/AIDS research or prevention. The fellowship is funded as a sub-specialty under the Mental Health Research Program.

• The Diversity Program in Neuroscience Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships,funded by NIMH to support individuals pursuing careers in neuroscience—including behavioral neuroscience, cellular neurobiology, cognitive neuroscience and neuroanatomy.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents enrolled full time in a doctoral program when they receive the fellowship. Mental health and substance abuse services applicants must be in an APA-accredited program. All applicants must demonstrate a commitment to ethnic-minority mental health.

Fellowship applications are due Jan. 15. Download an application at www.apa.org/mfp; request one via an email; or write to APA/MFP Fellowship at the APA address.

Eysenck Memorial Fund accepting applications for research award

The H.J. Eysenck Memorial Fund seeks nominations for its eighth annual award recognizing psychological research on personality and individual differences. The award of £1,500 (approximately $2,700) is open to researchers from any part of the world who work in this area.

Applicants must include a summary of their research and its significance, a description of the purpose for which the award is needed and a financial breakdown of how the award will be spent. The application should also include an up-to-date curriculum vitae with photograph, the names and addresses of two referees familiar with the research, and an indication of how the applicant heard about the award.

The deadline for applications is Jan. 31. Send four copies of the application, in English, to The Trustees, H.J. Eysenck Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 27824, London SE24 0WE, U.K. The successful candidate will be notified by May 1.

—E. Packard

APA and Clark University host workshop for high school psychology teachers APA’s Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS) and Clark University held the second annual APA/Clark University Workshop for High School Teachers in July in Worcester, Mass. The event was sponsored by Clark University and the American Psychological Foundation. APA’s Education Directorate collaborated with Clark to develop the workshop, which included presentations by two TOPSS members and Clark psychology professors. Twenty-five high school teachers from around the country participated in the workshop. “Because of Clark’s strong connection to this discipline, and interest in innovative ways to combine cutting-edge scholarship and teaching, we are delighted to...help foster the promotion and advancement of excellence in the teaching of precollege psychology,” says Nancy Budwig, PhD, Clark associate provost and dean of graduate studies and research. Workshop participants attended sessions on thehistory of psychology, developmental psychology, well-being and involving high school students in research. APA President Gerald P. Koocher, PhD, met with attendees and delivered a lecture on 20th-century clinical psychology. Lee Gurel, PhD, a Clark University alumnus, APA member and longtime APF donor, made gifts to both Clark and APF to enable the workshop. For additional information on the annual APA/Clark University Workshop, contact Emily Leary via email; (202) 572-3013. —E. Leary and E. Packard

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