Personality Disorders Grants

Basic Psychological Science Research Grant

APAGS is committed to promoting psychological science and the needs of science oriented graduate students. The Basic Psychological Science Research Grant provides support for up to 4 graduate students conducting psychological science research studies.

Deadline: December 3, 2010; May 13, 2011

Sponsor: APAGS

The intent is to fund psychology graduate students in science oriented fields. Students in fields with a practice component (e.g. clinical, counseling, and school) are not eligible. Students in the following fields are eligible: Cognitive, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational, Developmental, Experimental or Comparative, Industrial/Organizational, Neuropsychology, Neuroscience, Perception and Psychophysics, Personality and Individual Differences, Psycholinguistics, Physiological, Quantitative, Social.

Funds for this $1000 scholarship must be used to support the proposed research. This grant may be used for thesis, dissertation, or other research.

Required materials:

Title page that includes name of the scholarship for which you are applying, contact information for applicant (name, mailing address, phone number, email), university, area of research, expected graduation date, APA Membership number, and full name/email of your research mentor for your project.
A cover letter (not to exceed two pages, single spaced) that includes background information about the applicant, the dissertation, why the applicant believes s/he should be awarded the scholarship (e.g. relevance of the project to the grant), and the applicant’s future educational and professional goals.
An abbreviated curriculum vitae (not to exceed two pages, single spaced).
An abbreviated research proposal (not to exceed three pages, single spaced) that includes specific aims, background and significance, proposed research methodology, implications of proposed research, and detailed budget.
Letter of recommendation (not to exceed two pages, single spaced) supporting your application that addresses your qualifications, how your project will benefit the discipline, and the likelihood that your research will help you meet your future educational and professional goals.
All materials must be submitted for an application to be considered. Any applications that exceed the page limits (e.g. over two pages in a vita, over 3 pages in a proposal, over two pages for a letter of recommendation) will not be scored.

If you are not an APAGS member at the time of submission, you may send a copy of the receipt you get when you join APAGS/APA electronically as proof of membership.

You may submit materials electronically or by mail.

For mail submissions, please send to:

Basic Psychological Science Research Grant
American Psychological Association of Graduate Students
750 First St. NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242

Basic Psychological Science Research Grant

APAGS is committed to promoting psychological science and the needs of science oriented graduate students. The Basic Psychological Science Research Grant provides support for up to 4 graduate students conducting psychological science research studies.

Deadline: December 3, 2010; May 13, 2011

Sponsor: APAGS

The intent is to fund psychology graduate students in science oriented fields. Students in fields with a practice component (e.g. clinical, counseling, and school) are not eligible. Students in the following fields are eligible: Cognitive, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational, Developmental, Experimental or Comparative, Industrial/Organizational, Neuropsychology, Neuroscience, Perception and Psychophysics, Personality and Individual Differences, Psycholinguistics, Physiological, Quantitative, Social.

Funds for this $1000 scholarship must be used to support the proposed research. This grant may be used for thesis, dissertation, or other research.

Required materials:

Title page that includes name of the scholarship for which you are applying, contact information for applicant (name, mailing address, phone number, email), university, area of research, expected graduation date, APA Membership number, and full name/email of your research mentor for your project.
A cover letter (not to exceed two pages, single spaced) that includes background information about the applicant, the dissertation, why the applicant believes s/he should be awarded the scholarship (e.g. relevance of the project to the grant), and the applicant’s future educational and professional goals.
An abbreviated curriculum vitae (not to exceed two pages, single spaced).
An abbreviated research proposal (not to exceed three pages, single spaced) that includes specific aims, background and significance, proposed research methodology, implications of proposed research, and detailed budget.
Letter of recommendation (not to exceed two pages, single spaced) supporting your application that addresses your qualifications, how your project will benefit the discipline, and the likelihood that your research will help you meet your future educational and professional goals.
All materials must be submitted for an application to be considered. Any applications that exceed the page limits (e.g. over two pages in a vita, over 3 pages in a proposal, over two pages for a letter of recommendation) will not be scored.

If you are not an APAGS member at the time of submission, you may send a copy of the receipt you get when you join APAGS/APA electronically as proof of membership.

You may submit materials electronically or by mail.

For mail submissions, please send to:

Basic Psychological Science Research Grant
American Psychological Association of Graduate Students
750 First St. NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242

Kempf Fund Award for Research Development in Psychobiological Psychiatry

The American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education invites applicants for the Kempf Fund Award for Research Development in Psychobiological Psychiatry. This award recognizes a senior researcher who has made a significant contribution to research on the causes and treatment of schizophrenia as both a researcher and a mentor. A $1,500 award will be made to the senior researcher, and $20,000 will support the research career development of a young research psychiatrist working in a mentor-trainee relationship with the award winner on further research in this field. Submissions will be judged on the excellence of the nominee's overall contribution to the body of research in schizophrenia, including submission of the nominee's most significant paper or book; a description of the nominee's role as a mentor to younger colleagues in the field; and a description of the qualifications of the young research psychiatrist, as well as a detailed description of his/her career development plan.

The annual deadline for receipt of all applications and supporting materials is October 14. An original and five collated copies of each application and all supporting materials are required. More detailed guidelines are available from the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education; 1000 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 1825; Arlington, VA 22209-3901; 1-800-852-1390. For information, please contact Ernesto Guerra at eguerra@psych.org It is recommended that applicants contact the APIRE office to obtain a copy of the printed announcement, which provides additional details, before preparing their application. Applicants must be citizens of the U.S. or Canada.

Nomination/Application Requirements

Submissions must:

* Describe the nominee's overall contributiion to the body of research in schizophrenia;
* Identify and submit a particular paper or book which is felt to be the most significant contribution of the nominee;
* Describe the nominee's role and contribution as a mentor to younger colleagues in the field; specifically, the nominee should comment on the young research psychiatrist he or she will be mentoring; and
* Describe the qualifications of the individual young research psychiatrist and include his/her CV. Describe the career development plan for such individual to be supported by the funds accompanying the award. A specific description of how such funds would be utilized, abiding by rules and regulations of the home institution and determined jointly by the nominee and trainee, must be included.
* Include the nominee's name, address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail address and any other pertinent information.

Selection
The selecting body will look for excellence across each of the above points in selecting the winner, judging the quality of the nominee's body of work, the particular book or article singled out as exemplary, the young researcher, the research and career development plan for the young researcher, and the academic environment or setting. Should the selecting body determine, in any given year, that there are no appropriate recipients for the award as described, the selecting body shall be empowered with the right to either award $1,500 (and a plaque or certificate) to an individual researcher for a specific contribution to the advancement of schizophrenia research, or to make no award in that given year.

Annual Deadline: October 14

Submit all materials to:

APIRE/Kempf Fund Award
American Psychiatric Institute
for Research and Education
1000 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 1825
Arlington, VA 22209-3901

Add-a-Day Scientific Conference Grants

These grants support Add-a-Day conferences which are those meetings that occur at the beginning or end of a scientific conference other than American Psychological Association.

Deadline: June 1, 2010; December 1, 2010

Sponsor: Science Directorate

Add-a-Day conferences are those meetings that occur at the beginning or end of a scientific conference other than APA (e.g., Society for Ingestive Behavior or Psychonomics Society). The other organization need not be primarily psychology oriented. The conference may result in a volume or an alternative form of publication.

The funding range is from $500 to $3,000.

Prospective applicants are urged to consult with APA Science Directorate staff for advice on the conference organization and application (e.g., formats or budget allowances). The committee makes recommendations for funding to the Science Directorate. The review period is approximately 8 weeks.

The requirements below must be met in order to submit a proposal.

* One of the primary organizers must be a member of APA.
* Only academic institutions accredited by a regional body may apply. Independent research institutions must provide evidence of affiliation with such an accredited institution. Joint proposals from cooperating institutions are encouraged.
* Conferences may be held only in the United States, its possessions, or Canada.
* APA governance groups including APA Divisions and related entities are not eligible for funding under this program.

Conference proceedings and presentation materials (including electronic presentations) must be submitted to APA three months after the date the conference is held. APA will hold the conference proceedings for three years. If a book has not been published by APA or another publisher within the three-year holding period, APA will place the conference proceedings in PsycEXTRA.

PsycEXTRA is a companion database to the scholarly PsycINFO, which is designed to link academics, clinicians, librarians, consumers, policy-makers, and researchers to a variety of information sources covering psychology, behavioral science, and health; PsycEXTRA provides the readership with original documents, including proceedings, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, technical and annual reports, government reports, and consumer brochures.

Organizers should send the original proposal and seven copies including all appendices to the Science Directorate by the deadline.

Contact:
APA Science Directorate
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
202/336-6000
202/336-6123 TDD
science@apa.org

Theodore Millon Award in Personality Psychology

This award honors an outstanding psychologist engaged in advancing the science of personality psychology including the areas of personology, personality theory, personality disorders, and personality measurement.

Sponsor: American Psychological Foundation

Deadline: November 1, 2010

The recipient will receive $1,000 and a plaque at the APA Convention.

The following are the required application materials:

* Nominations should include a cover letter outlining the nominee’s contributions to science of personality psychology (in one or more of the areas of personology, personality theory, personality disorders, and personality measurement)
* A abbreviated CV
* Up to two (2) supporting letters of recommendation

Application Procedures: Please send nomination materials to

Division of Clinical Psychology
PO Box 1082
Niwot, CO 80544‐1082