Psychology

Graduate Student Funding Opportunities

 

Organization/Award: American Psychological Association (APA), Division 35 The Society for Psychology of Women - Hyde Graduate Student Research Grants

Description: Provide funding for four psychology graduate students each year conducting feminist research projects. Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of theoretical and methodological soundness, relevance to feminist goals, applicant's training and qualifications to conduct the research, and feasibility of completing the project. Doctoral students are eligible to apply for these grants.

Internet Link: http://www.apa.org/science/apassc-hydefund.html

Organization/Award: Association for Women in Psychology (AWP) and American Psychological Association (APA), Division 35 The Society for Psychology of Women Annual Prize for Psychological Research on Women and Gender by Graduate or Undergraduate Students

Description: Annual prize is awarded to the author of a research paper within the field of psychology that has significant relevance to womens lives or the emerging understanding of gender role influence on human behavior.

Internet Link: http://www.apa.org/divisions/div35/awards.html

Organization/Award: American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS

Description: Provide several sources of funding for doctoral students in psychology to support professional/education training opportunities, as well as dissertation research.

Internet Link: http://www.apa.org/apags/members/schawrds.html#Scholarships:

Organization/Award: Geis Memorial Award for Dissertation Research

Description: Annual award presented to an advanced doctoral candidate conducting dissertation research in the area of Psychology of Women. Research must be feminist, address a feminist/womanist issue and use social psychology research methods.

Contact Information: Chair: Mary Brabeck; Address: Lynch School of Education, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02647; E-mail: brabeck@bc.edu

Organization/Award: American Psychological Association (APA) Minority Fellowship Program

Description: The Minority Fellowship Programs objective is to increase the knowledge of issues related to ethnic minority mental health and to improve the quality of mental health treatment delivered to ethnic minority populations. The program provides financial support and professional guidance to individuals pursuing doctoral degrees in psychology. Offer fellowships for the following areas of study within the field of psychology: (1) Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, (2) Mental Health Research, (3) HIV/AIDS, (4) Summer Institute on Aging, and (5) Neuroscience. All psychology doctoral students are eligible to apply and minority applicants are especially encouraged.

Internet Link: http://www.apa.org/mfp/homepage.html

Organization/Award: Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association (APA) Dissertation Research Awards

Description: Purpose of the awards is to assist doctoral students in psychology with research costs. Approximately 50 winners are selected each year whose dissertation research reflects excellence in scientific psychology.

Internet Link: http://www.apa.org/science/dissinfo.html

Organization/Award: Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association (APA) Student Travel Awards

Description: Provide funding for psychology graduate students to travel to the annual APA Convention to present their research. Applicants who are both members of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) and first authors are also eligible to have their convention registration fees waived.

Internet Link: http://www.apa.org/science/travinfo.htm

Funding sources for graduate students in all disciplines:

Organization/Award: American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation

Description: The AAUW Educational Foundation is the largest source of funding in the world exclusively for graduate women. The AAUW awards dissertation fellowships to women doctoral candidates, as well as a variety of other fellowships for women faculty.

Internet Link: http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra.html

Organization/Award: American Association of University Women Fellowships

Description: Provide postdoctoral and dissertation fellowships for individuals in any area of study.

Internet Link: http://www.apa.org/pi/wpo/fellows.html (on the APA Public Interest site)

Organization/Award: National Research Council - Ford Foundation Predoctoral and Dissertation Fellowships for Minorities

Description: Offer predoctoral fellowships and dissertation fellowships to graduate students who are members of six minority groups (Alaskan Natives, Native American Indians, Black Americans, Mexican Americans/Chicanos, Native Pacific Islanders, and Puerto Ricans).

Internet Link: http://www.apa.org/pi/wpo/fellows.html (on the APA Public Interest site)

Organization/Award: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for Minority Students

Description: Offer predoctoral fellowships to graduate students who are members of the following minority groups: African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, and Pacific Islanders. Students must be enrolled in a Ph.D. or equivalent research degree program in the areas of biomedicine, behavioral science or health service. The awards are meant to help students pay for living expenses, tuition, fees and health insurance.

Internet Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-069.html

Funding search tools:

Organization: FundSource (sponsored in part by the American Psychological Association)

Description: Web based search engine for locating sources of research funding in the behavioral sciences and social sciences.

Internet Link: http://www.decadeofbehavior.org/fundsource/