Please note, the APA LIWP is open to mid-career* women psychologists in academic or academic medicine, and clinical or clinical consulting settings who are full APA members in good standing. Please review the Call for Applications for a complete list of eligibility criteria. There are two separate applications housed at the link above, be sure to complete the one for the track you identify with most. Check out the APA LIWP Frequently Asked Questions here:
http://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/leadership/faq.aspx.
* - mid-career is defined by the APA LIWP Executive Committee as being no more than twenty (20) years and no less than 10 years postdoctoral degree. If you are more than 20 years postdoctoral degree and feel you are “mid-career”, please explain why in the appropriate section of the application.
Should you have questions about the application itself, please direct them to Ms. Kari Hill (
khill@apa.org), if you have questions about the application process or the program itself, please direct them to Dr. Shari Miles-Cohen (
smiles@apa.org).
Posted 1/5/12
Join the Master on Work, Organization and Personnel Psychology (WOP-P). Study the whole program in English!
Call of scholarships at the Erasmus Mundus for students/scholars aiming to study/teach at the Master on Work, Organization and Personnel Psychology (WOP-P). Recently awarded by the Mediterranean Office for Youth and in its second round by the Erasmus Mundus program, WOP-P master continues to be considered one of the best programs in its professional and academic area. Five universities are part of the educational consortium: Universitat de València (Spain), Universitat de Barcelona (Spain), Université René Descartes Paris 5 (France), Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna (Italy) and Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal). New partnerships have been developed with the Universidade de Brasília (Brazil) and University of Guelph (Canada). In the second round of the WOP-P Program, changes have been introduced: the possibility to study the program in English and to develop exchange periods of study with the new American Universities in the partnership.
For the academic year 2012-2013 the European Union offers student scholarships to students of any nationality aiming to study at the Master on Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology (WOP-P). Additional scholarships should be made available for students from three geographical areas: “Western Balkans and Turkey”, “Tunisia and Egypt” and “Eastern Neighbourhood Countries” (i.e. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine).
Deadlines:
Scholarships for students from
15th November 2011 to
1st January 2012.
Scholarships for scholars from
15th November 2011 to
30th September 2012.
Students application remains open from
2nd January 2012 till
July-September 2012 (not asking EM scholarship).
For further information visit
http://www.erasmuswop.org
Visit also our career services website
http://www.uv.es/%7Ecareers/ and the WOP-P group at Linkedin “Eramus Mundus WOPP Master”
Posted 12/30/11
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January Deadline for APA Executive Branch Science Fellowship Program
Spend a year in Washington, DC as an APA Executive Branch Science Fellow! Applications are due
January 6, 2012 for the program, which places psychological scientists as special assistants in federal science agencies for one year appointments. Previous placement opportunities for APA Fellows have included the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Justice, and FBI Academy. Activities may involve soliciting research applications and running peer review panels, staffing intergovernmental scientific task forces and committees, producing scientific media materials, responding to congressional inquiries, working on agency budgets/ programming, and preparing briefs and speeches. Along with Fellows from other professional scientific societies, APA Fellows attend an orientation program on congressional and Executive Branch operations and a year-long science and public policy seminar series administered by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and APA. APA will sponsor one or more Fellows for a one-year appointment beginning September 1, 2012. Fellowship stipend is $74,500. APA also provides $5,300 for health insurance, $3,000 for professional development/relocation expenses during the fellowship year, and travel/lodging for the 2013 APA convention. Final selection will be made in early spring of 2012.
Fellows should demonstrate excellence in scientific psychology, understand the application of psychological knowledge to national research/policy issues, and be able to work quickly and communicate effectively on a wide variety of topics and work cooperatively with diverse individuals. Applicants must have a doctorate in psychology (from an APA-accredited doctoral program) or related field and be members of APA (or applicants for membership) and U.S. citizens. A minimum of two years postdoctoral experience is preferred. Apply at
http://www.apa.org/about/awards/science-fellowship.aspx or contact Dr. Heather Kelly, Fellowship Director, at (202) 336-5932.
Posted 12/6/11
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APA Call for Nominations: APF Gold Medal Awards for Life Achievement and APF Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award
For more information about these awards, please visit the following Websites: