BEA Grant for Innovation in Career and Professional Skill Development for Psychology Graduate Students, Interns, and Postdoctoral Trainees/Scholars
The APA Board of Educational Affairs will award up to $5,000 in funds to support the development or implementation of innovative approaches in preparing and training psychology graduate students, interns, and postdoctoral fellows in acquiring and developing career and professional skills that allow them to transition successfully into the workforce.
Submissions should focus on initiatives that help graduate students, interns, and postdoctoral scholars acquire and develop career skills and competencies. Submissions can support the development of new courses, seminars, or resources, or enhance existing ones, such as identifying an existing university/institutional wide career resource and propose how the BEA funds can be used to make the resource unique to psychology. Examples to consider include, but are not limited to:
- training and resources that support graduate students, interns, and postdoctoral fellows in creating Individual Development Plans (visit the APA’s Individual Development Plan Resource to learn more), or help prepare faculty mentors on how to guide trainees on developing and implementing IDPs
- creation of new professional development courses or workshops offered to graduate students, interns, and postdoctoral fellows that address topics of career exploration, grant writing skills, teaching skills, ethics and ethical decision-making, team science, or other topics in career development
- initiatives that provide faculty and supervisors added training on mentoring and advising graduate students, interns, and postdoctoral fellows in career development and job searching skills
BEA will appoint a committee to review proposals and make recommendations regarding funding. Proposals should address each of the following (no more than 500 words for each):
- Need and approach
Identify and briefly describe the need you are trying to address, how these funds will be used to support new or innovative program initiative, and what skills or competencies graduate students and postdoctoral scholars develop. - Timeline and personnel
Describe the process for developing and implementing the new initiative, including a timeline. Identify leaders on the proposal, and provide background on their expertise and leadership. - Funding and support
Provide a description of how the BEA funds will be used, and any other forms of support (if any) available at the sponsoring institution (i.e., funds from dean’s office, collaboration or support from career services offices, etc.). - Outcomes
Describe the process for assessing the impact of the new initiative.
The application period for the grant is currently closed. The application portal will open a month before the deadline.
For any further questions regarding this grant, please contact Allison Gillens.
