Students and Early Career Psychologists: Resources and Opportunities from APA’s Public Interest Directorate

• APA Congressional Fellowship Program
  Offers members the opportunity to spend one year as a special assistant with a member of Congress or congressional committee on Capitol Hill.

• APA Internship Program
  Offers paid and academic credit (unpaid) internships at APA’s headquarters in Washington, DC. For unpaid internships, students must arrange academic credit. Learn more and apply online.

• Disability Mentoring Program: Office on Disability Issues in Psychologyopens in new window
  Links mentors with students, early career psychologists, and other psychologists with disabilities.

• Health Equity Ambassadors—Health Disparities Office
  Information and training on health disparities and best practices to improve health equity—graduate students and early career psychologists are eligible to apply. Contact Patty DiSandro.

• Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships—Minority Fellowship Programopens in new window
  Supports the training of future psychology practitioners in behavioral health services and prevention at the doctoral and postdoctoral levels.

• Psychology Summer Institute—Minority Fellowship Programopens in new window
  Travel grant, professional development, and mentoring to advanced doctoral students and early career psychologists.

• RESilience Initiative Network—Offices of Children, Youth and Families; Ethnic Minority Affairs; Socioeconomic Status
  Racial and Ethnic Socialization (RES)ilience Initiative Network: Uplifting Youth Through Healthy Communication About Race.

• Resource Guide for Psychology Graduate Students with Disabilities–Office on Disability Issues in Psychology
  Information on the challenges faced by students with disabilities in internship and career settings.

• Services for Transition Age Youth Fellowships—Minority Fellowship Programopens in new window
  Supports the training of future practitioners in mental health services and prevention at the master’s level.

• Student Resource Guide—Office of Socioeconomic Status
  Financial and other resources, particularly for students from households with lower socioeconomic status.

Paid and unpaid internships within Public Interest at the APA headquarters building. For unpaid internships, students must arrange academic credit. Learn more and apply online through the APA website. Indicate your preference for Public Interest. Public Interest offices offering internships include:

• Health Disparities Office: Unpaid. For details, contact Patty DiSandro. 

• HIV/AIDS Programs: Unpaid. For details, contact Cherie Mitchell. 

• Office on Aging: Paid and unpaid. For details, contact Alex Watt. 

• Children, Youth and Families Office: Paid and unpaid. For details, contact Amani Chatman. 

• Ethnicity, Race, and Cultural Affairs Portfolio: Paid (minimal stipend). For details, contact the Ethnicity, Race, and Cultural Affairs Portfolio.

• Minority Fellowship Program: Paid and unpaid. For details, contact Kyra Kissam.

• Office on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity: Unpaid. For details, contact the Office on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.

• Office on Socioeconomic Status: Paid and unpaid. For details, contact Keyona King-Tsikata.

• Violence Prevention Office: Unpaid. For details, contact Julia da Silva.

• Women’s Programs Office: Paid and unpaid. For details, contact Tanya Burrwell.

• Public Interest Communications: Paid and unpaid. For details, contact Tina Wolridge.