APA Science Programs & Resources:
Resources & Information for Researchers, Academicians & Students

• Education & Careers in Psychology
• Outreach Programs:  Bringing Psychology to the Public
• Resources & Information for Researchers, Academicians & Students - topics include:

Y   Animal research
Y   Funding for behavioral research
Y   Graduate students
Y   Intelligence
Y   Lectures on scientific psychology
Y   Library/literature search tips
Y   News - research & advocacy, APA Science programs
Y   Non-academic careers
Y   Positive psychology
Y   Psychology in the workplace
Y   Research ethics
Y   Statistics
Y   Testing and assessment 
Y   Undergraduate students

• Scientific Awards, Funding & Grants
• Scientific Meetings, Institutes & Research Training

• Advocating for Scientific Psychology (Home page of APA's Science Public Policy Office)
• Additional APA Resources
• More Science & Psychology Links

• Animal research: Research Ethics and Animal Research
  Obtain information relevant to the use of nonhuman animals in psychological research, including APA guidelines for the care and use of animals; information about national regulations and policies governing the ethics of animal research; and educational materials and guidelines for faculty and researchers. 
    
• Funding for behavioral research: FundSource
  Created with support from NSF and APA, FundSource is a unique and comprehensive search tool for locating research funding opportunities in the behavioral sciences.
   
• Graduate students: APASSC Web for science-oriented graduate students
  Information, resources, and activities available to science-oriented psychology students from science-oriented psychology students--the APA Science Student Council (APASSC).
   
• Intelligence: Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns -- Report from the APA Task Force Report on Intelligence (press release)
  Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns (1996) was written by APA's Task Force on Intelligence as a dispassionate and authoritative report in response to the fall 1994 publication of Herrnstein and Murray's The Bell Curve, a controversial book which sparked intense debate about the meaning of intelligence test scores and the nature of intelligence itself. 
   
• Lectures on scientific psychology: Distinguished Scientist Lecturer Program
  An annual program which sends 2-4 outstanding psychological scientists to the annual meetings of the APA-affiliated regional psychological associations to present their research; the scientists selected for this honor are excellent public speakers who are also actively engaged in psychological research.
   
• Library/literature search tips: Library Research in Psychology: Finding It Easily
  Suggestions and tips for conducting a literature search for research information that is relevant to a particular psychological topic of interest, including where psychological research is published, how it is indexed, and where valuable resources are located.
   
• News - research & advocacy, APA Science programs: Psychological Science in the News
  Links to Psychological Science Agenda, the Science Directorate's bi-monthly publication with news from Capitol Hill about national scientific policy developments, highlights of APA's advocacy efforts on behalf of scientific psychology, and information about Science Directorate program initiatives relating to academic and scientific psychology for researchers and students; Selected APA Press Releases; and Science articles in the APA Monitor  from current and previous issues.  Students may also find these resources helpful in selecting research paper topics!
   
• Non-academic careers: Non-Academic Careers for Scientific Psychologists -- Venturing Beyond the University Lab
  We invite graduate students and new PhDs to explore the wealth of non-academic career possibilities that exist for scientifically-trained psychologists outside a university or college setting--check out the Interesting Careers in Psychology: Non-Academic Careers for Research-Trained Psychologists, a series of autobiographical accounts of research psychologists who achieved rewarding and successful careers outside of the traditional academic setting.
   
• Positive psychology: Positive Psychology Research Initiative
  Links to information about positive psychology, including APA press releases and Monitor articles, award programs and events, and subscription information for the Positive Psychology Listserv.
   
• Psychology in the workplace: Psychology in the Workplace homepage
  Information on APA activities and programs related to psychological science in the workplace and other applied settings. Find useful links to information about funding for applied research and federal policies related to workplace issues that may be informed through psychological science.
   
• Research ethics: Research Ethics and Animal Research
  Obtain information relevant to research ethics with human participants and the use of nonhuman animals in psychological research, including APA guidelines for the care and use of animals; information about national regulations and policies governing the ethics of animal research; and educational materials and guidelines for faculty and researchers.
   
• Statistics: Task Force on Statistical Inference (TFSI) Reports 
  The first report addresses two important issues issues: 1) the role of null hypothesis significance testing in psychological research; and 2) the modification of current practice in the quantitative treatment of data in the science of psychology. The follow-up report, Statistical Methods in Psychology Journals: Guidelines and Explanations, was developed as a means of initiating discussion in the field regarding changes in current practices of data analysis and reporting.
   
• Testing and assessment: APA Testing & Assessment home page
  View the FAQ/Finding Information About Psychological Tests to get answers to the most frequently asked asked questions (FAQ) about testing; obtain purchasing information for The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (1999); visit the Testing and Assessment Clearinghouse for a descriptive listing of online and in-print testing publications available from the Science Directorate; learn about the Rights and Responsibilities of Test Takers; and link to other testing-related web sites.
    
• Undergraduate students: Summer Science Institute; Undergraduate research opportunities & internships
  The APA Summer Science Institute (SSI) is a 9-day, all-expenses-paid intensive program designed to immerse students in the science of psychology, facilitate exploration of the intellectual, personal, and social processes of scientific inquiry, and provide experience with cutting-edge psychological research through seminars and hands-on laboratory activities. The undergraduate research opportunities & internships page is listing of links to undergraduate internship information and programs that we've come across.