Calls & Announcements
Nominations for the Michael R. Losey Human
Resource Research Award
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the SHRM Foundation, and the Human Resource Certification Institute invite nominations for the Michael R. Losey Human Resource Research Award. Consideration will be given to individuals who have made outstanding research contributions and who will use this award to facilitate HR research. Nominees should have considerable experience and a proven track record as demonstrated through published works and other HR related accomplishments. The winner of this award will be presented with a $50,000 check at the SHRM Annual Conference in New Orleans in June 2004. The nomination deadline is January 16, 2004.
For more information visit www.shrm.org/LoseyAward
or contact the SHRM Research Department: (703) 535-6301 or loseyaward@shrm.org.
Innovations in Assessment Award Nominations
The International Public Management Association Assessment Council (IPMAAC) is pleased to announce that the nomination form for the 2004 Innovations in Assessment Award is now available. This award recognizes an individual or team of individuals for the development and application of an innovative personnel assessment tool or procedure. The award is open to any individual or group of employees in the personnel assessment field responsible for developing and applying an innovative assessment tool or procedure within recent years.
The Innovations in Assessment Award will be presented formally at the upcoming IPMAAC Conference that will be held in Seattle, WA June 2023, 2004. The winner will receive an engraved plaque to commemorate their accomplishment and a waiver of the conference registration fee for one person. In addition, award recipient(s) will be invited to share their innovation with the IPMAAC membership during a scheduled presentation at the conference and in an Assessment Council News article next year.
The nomination deadline is 5:00 pm EST March 5, 2004. Detailed information is available for the 2004 IPMAAC Innovations in Assessment Award in the nomination form that is available for download at
www.ipmaac.org.
For more information about the award, please e-mail Martin W. Anderson, IPMAAC Innovations Award Committee Chair & Board Member, at
martin.anderson@po.state.ct.us.
2004 Harry and Miriam Levinson Award
Call for Nominations
The American Psychological Foundation requests nominations for the 2004 Harry and Miriam Levinson Award for Exceptional Contributions to Consulting Organizational Psychology. The Levinson award is administered by the APA Office of Division Services in conjunction with APA Divisions 13 (Consulting Psychology), 14 (I-O Psychology), and 39 (Psychoanalysis). Individuals representing the three divisions solicit nominations, review nomination materials, and submit the recommended recipients name and credentials to the APF board of trustees for final approval. The recipient receives $5,000 and a certificate of recognition.
Eligibility. The Levinson Award is given annually to an APA member who has demonstrated exceptional ability to integrate a wide variety of psychological theories and concepts, and to convert that integration into applications by which leaders and managers may create more effective, healthy, and humane organizations.
Nomination procedure. Nominations must include (a) a letter of nomination addressing the nominees record of accomplishment with regard to the award criteria (self-nomination is acceptable) and (b) the nominees current curriculum vitae. All nomination materials must be submitted in electronic format only. A cover e-mail note with the two attached files (in Microsoft Word or PDF formats) should be sent to APA Division Services.
Deadline. March 15, 2004. Announcement of the recipient is expected about April 15.
For more information, please contact the American Psychological Foundation at
foundation@apa.org. The APF encourages nominations for individuals that represent diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, age, and sexual orientation.
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
Call for Papers
The Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (JOOP) is planning a special section devoted to diary studies in work psychology, edited by Wendelien van Eerde, David Holman, and Peter Totterdell. Diary studies are being used increasingly in organizational research as a means to examine the dynamic processes of behavior over different time spans (e.g., hourly, daily, annually). The objective of this special section is to publish a selection of four to five papers that illuminate the use of diary methods in organizational research.
Manuscripts must be received by February 27, 2004. Authors should prepare and submit manuscripts in accordance with regular JOOP guidelines and submission procedures. When submitting, please indicate that manuscript is for the Special Section. For more information on requirements,
please visit www.bps.org.uk/publications/jOP_13.cfm. Informal enquiries are welcome and should be addressed to
W.V.Eerde@tm.tue.nl.
Nominations for APA Boards or Committees
The following American Psychological Association (APA) boards and committees will be seeking to fill vacancies on the 2004 Board and Committee ballot.
- Committee on Structure and Function of Council
- Finance Committee
- Ethics Committee
- Membership Committee
- Policy and Planning Board
- Publications and Communications Board
- Committee on International Relations in Psychology
- Board of Educational Affairs
- Board of Professional Affairs
- Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice
- Board of Scientific Affairs
- Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest
- Commission for the Recognition of Specialties and Proficiencies in Psychology
- Board of Convention Affairs
- Committee on Rural Health
For further information please see the Association News section of the December 2003
APA Monitor.
Institute of Education Sciences Research Grants
The Institute of Education Sciences is pleased to announce four research grant competitions for FY 2004:
- Cognition and Student Learning Research Grants
- Reading Comprehension and Reading Scale-up Research Grants
- Teacher Quality Research Grants
- Mathematics and Science Education Research Grants
Information regarding program and application requirements for each of the competitions is contained in the applicable Request for Applications package (RFA), which is available at
www.ed.gov/programs/edresearch/applicant.html. Applicants are encouraged to
contact the appropriate IES Program Officer for additional details regarding a competition.
Additional competitions will be announced in upcoming weeks. Interested potential applicants should check the Web site periodically.
APS Call for Papers
The American Psychological Society (APS) will be holding its annual meeting next year in Chicago, from May 27May 30, 2004. APS is an organization that promotes the scientific values and objectives of psychology, including I-O psychology. Each year the conference program includes a high-quality I-O program as well as other important papers and presentations across psychology that are relevant to I-O. SIOP members are encouraged to submit papers and attend the conference.
The submission deadline is February 2, 2004. For more information visit www.psychologicalscience.org/convention.
APA Ad Hoc Committee on End-of-Life Issues
The American Psychological Association (APA) Ad Hoc Committee on End-of-Life Issues is interested in finding out what psychologists are doing in the areas of dying, suicide, bereavement, traumatic loss, and end-of-life issues. If you are doing work in this area, please take a few moments to go to
(http://watson.apa.org/eol/divmem/) and complete the committees 5-minute survey. You must be an APA member to participate.
Survey results will be summarized and posted on the APA Web site at (http://www.apa.org/pi/eol). Individual responses to the survey will be confidential and only aggregate data will be made available to the public. Since this survey is being disseminated through multiple channels, you might receive it more than once. We ask that you complete the survey only one time.
If you have any questions, please contact John R. Anderson, Staff Liaison for End-of-Life Issues, at
janderson@apa.org, or at 202-336-6051.
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