Apply now for 2006 Minority Fellowship Program

APA's Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) seeks 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. Applicants must be doctoral students in clinical, counseling or school psychology who plan to pursue careers as practitioners, or psychotherapy researchers specializing in ethnic-minority populations.

• The Mental Health Research Fellowship, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and geared to those planning to study mental health issues involving ethnic-minority populations. The MFP encourages students who specialize in psychopathology, community, social, developmental, health, aging and cognitive psychology, or other mental health areas to apply to this fellowship.

• 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 subspecialty under the Mental Health Research Program.

• The Neuroscience Predoctoral Fellowship and The Neuroscience Postdoctoral Fellowship, funded by NIMH. These fellowships support students pursuing careers in neuroscience, including behavioral neuroscience, cellular neurobiology, cognitive neuroscience and neuroanatomy.

Applicants for each fellowship 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 or request one via e-mail or by writing to APA/MFP Fellowship at the APA address.

Submit papers for behavioral research conference

The 17th Greater New York Conference on Behavioral Research is set for Nov. 4 at John Jay College of the City University of New York. The conference invites behavioral sciences students and faculty from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania to submit papers for possible presentation.

To submit a paper for presentation, send either a 300-word abstract or full paper along with a cover page noting the author's name, affiliation, address and phone to Cheryl Camenzuli, PhD, selection chairperson via e-mail. Students should also include the name of their faculty mentor. Those who submit full papers are eligible for a student research award. The submission deadline is Oct. 17. For more information contact William Gottdiener, PhD, at e-mail; (212) 636-6393; Web site: www.opinions-us.com.

Members: Pay dues online

This fall, APA members and affiliates can pay their member and affiliate dues and subscription fees online.

APA's Membership Office will continue to send members and affiliates paper renewal statements, along with information about the online payment option.

For more information, contact APA's Service Center at e-mail; (202) 336-5500; fax: (202) 336-5568; TDD: (202) 336-6123.

--Z. STAMBOR AND E. PACKARD