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Research funding
Looking for some research money? Here’s a wrap-up of available funds: • $5,000 for injury prevention research Students or faculty who are conducting research on the psychological and behavioral aspects of injury prevention among children and adolescents can apply for APF’s Lizette Peterson Homer Memorial Injury Research Grant. Applicants must submit a research proposal and proof of institutional review board approval or pending approval. Apply by Oct. 1. For more information, visit www.apa.org/apf/funding/peterson-homer.aspx. • $12,000 for LGBT research Graduate students conducting empirical or applied research on lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender family psychology or LGBT family therapy can receive up to $12,000 in research support through APF’s Roy Scrivner Research Grant. The awards committee will give preference to dissertation proposals. Apply by Nov. 1 at www.apa.org/apf/funding/scrivner.aspx. • $1,000 or $5,000 in dissertation research funding This year, APA will give $1,000 to 40 science-oriented students to support their dissertation research. APA will also award $5,000 to several standout applicants. To apply, you must already have your proposal approved by your dissertation committees. Deadline is Sept. 15. For more information, visit www.apa.org/about/awards/scidir-dissertre.aspx. • $1,000 for public policy research Students researching ways to improve services for children and families can apply for APF’s $1,000 Annette U. Rickel Dissertation Award. Past award winners have studied such topics as child abuse prevention, services for youth in the criminal justice system and promoting healthy parenting. Applications are due Nov. 1. For more information, visit www.apa.org/apf/ funding/rickel.aspx.
Phoebe Ellsworth wins mentorship award
Described by her students as nurturing, supportive, witty and warm-hearted, University of Michigan social psychology professor Phoebe Ellsworth, PhD, has won the 2011 Raymond D. Fowler Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Professional Development Ellsworth of Graduate Students. Ellsworth is extremely generous with her time, spending countless hours helping students hone their research projects, says Spike W.S. Lee, one of Ellsworth’s advisees who nominated her for the award. “She sees theoretical, methodological and practical connections that others miss,” Lee says. Ellsworth is also known for listening compassionately when students struggle with the demands of grad school or in their personal lives. “Phoebe has the heart and the skills. She is simply a joy,” Lee says.
• $1,000 for outstanding student researchers If you’ve conducted outstanding research during your first three years of grad school, apply for $1,000 to support your future research projects through APA’s Early Graduate Student Researcher Award. Applications are due Sept. 15. For more information, visit www.apa.org/about/awards/scistucounearlyre.aspx. • $500 for feminist research An expanded resource APA’s Div. 35 (Society for the for students with Psychology of Women) disabilities will award up to three Psychology graduate students with dis$500 Janet Hyde abilities face a unique set of challenges Graduate Student when they search for internships, apply Research Grants to for postdocs and join the workforce. To students conducting help students navigate these issues, APA’s research on feminist Disability Issues Office, in collaboration issues. Projects already with members of the Committee on Disat the data analysis stage ability Issues, has released an expanded are not eligible. Apply guide for students with disabilities. by Sept. 15. For more The 44-page booklet covers topics including when to disclose your disability to information, visit www. potential employers and how to request reasonable accommodation from your apa.org/about/awards/ school and supervisor. Download the guide for free at www.apa.org/pi/disability/ div-35-hyde.aspx. resources/publications/resource-guide.aspx
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Contents
Interns: Be sure to track your hours
Students often notice but only sometimes blow the whistle on peers’ ethical violations
Psychology student spearheads coming-out project
Internship application costs rise
Odd Jobs
Media Picks
Chair’s Corner
Research Roundup
Matters to a Degree
The new academic job market
Applier beware
Does TV accurately portray psychology?
Safer travels
How to handle a tough audience
Free Money for Education
Meet your new advocates
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