Psychology

AAAS/NIH Science Policy Fellowships: All applicants must have a PhD, an MD or an equivalent doctoral-level degree by the application deadline (January 10, 2004). Prospective Fellows must demonstrate exceptional competence in a specific area of science; be cognizant of and demonstrate sensitivity toward policy issues; and, perhaps most importantly, have a strong interest and some experience in applying his/her professional knowledge toward the development of health policy. Fellows are expected to be critical thinkers who are articulate, adaptable, and able to work with a variety of people with different professional backgrounds Applications are invited from individuals in any physical, biological, or behavioral science, medicine, any field of engineering or any relevant interdisciplinary field. Federal employees are not eligible.
http://fellowships.aaas.org/02_Areas/02_NIH.shtml

AAAS/NSF Science and Engineering Fellowship Program: Fellows spend one year at the National Science Foundation (NSF), beginning in September 2004, learning how NSF funds science, while providing scientific, engineering, and educational input on issues relating to NSF's mission to support fundamental science and engineering research and education. AAAS/NSF Science and Engineering Fellows will be placed in offices throughout the Foundation working with staff involved in the planning, development and oversight of agency programs. The programs include all fields of fundamental research including biological, computer and information, mathematical and physical, social/behavioral/economic, and geo-sciences as well as engineering and technology, education, or public, legal and legislative affairs.
http://fellowships.aaas.org/02_Areas/02_NSF.shtml

Annenberg Foundation: Provides support for projects within its grant-making interests of education, culture, the arts, and community and civic life. It generally limits funding to programs likely to produce beneficent change on a large scale.
http://www.annenbergfoundation.org/

APA Dissertation Research Awards: The Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association sponsors an annual competition for dissertation research funding. The purpose of the Dissertation Research Award program is to assist science-oriented doctoral students of psychology with research costs. In 2003, the Science Directorate will grant this $1000 award to approximately 50 students whose dissertation research reflects excellence in scientific psychology.
http://www.apa.org/science/dissinfo.html

APA Minority Fellowship Program: The MFP's 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. We do this by providing financial support and professional guidance to individuals pursuing doctoral degrees in psychology.
http://www.apa.org/mfp/homepage.html

APA Student Travel Award: The Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association sponsors an annual competition for graduate student travel awards. The purpose of the Travel Award program is to help psychology graduate students travel to the annual APA Convention to present their research.
http://www.apa.org/science/travinfo.html

APA Wayne F. Placek Large Research Grants Program: For empirical research consistent with the Fund's goal of increasing the general public's understanding of homosexuality and alleviating the stress that gay men and lesbians experience. The large grants program is designed to provide financial support to enable the most outstanding applicants to conduct their proposed research and to give supportive and constructive feedback to all applicants that will assist them in improving their research plans, seeking other funding, and conducting their proposed research.
http://www.apa.org/apf/awards.html

APF Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Fellowships: Applicants must be graduate students who have academically progressed through the qualifying exams, typically after the 3rd or 4th year of doctoral study. Consideration will be given to psychological research that breaks new ground or creates significant new understandings that facilitate the development and/or functioning of children and youth. Please note: Only one nominee per institution will be accepted each year.
http://www.apa.org/apf/koppitz.html

APF Henry Hécaen and Manfred Meier Neuropsychology Scholarship: Each support an annual $2,500 scholarships to neuropsychology graduate students with financial need. Candidates must show evidence of need and present a record of achievement that would indicate a promising career in the field. Specific requirements are determined by APA Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology), subject to approval by the APF Board of Trustees.
http://www.apa.org/apf/awards.html

APF Wayne F. Placek Small Research Grants Program: APF will give several grants of up to $5,000 in 2002 and 2003, through the Wayne F. Placek Small Research Grants Program, for empirical research consistent with the Fund's goal of increasing the general public's understanding of homosexuality and alleviating the stress that gay men and lesbians experience. The small grants program is designed to fund small-scale, pilot studies and to assist researchers in taking advantage of breaking opportunities for time-sensitive investigations.
http://www.apa.org/apf/awards.html

APF/COGDOP Clarence J. Rosecrans Scholarship: Each department of psychology that is a member in good standing of COGDOP may nominate up to three candidates (depending on the size of the department) for an APF Graduate Research Scholarship.
http://www.apa.org/apf/awards.html

APF/COGDOP F. J. McGuigan Young Investigator Research Prize: This new award mechanism was established to support a $25,000 prize, given biennially to young psychologists engaged in research that seeks to explicate the concept of the human mind from a primarily psychophysiological perspective, but physiological and behavioral research may also qualify for support. Dualistic approaches, such as those espoused by many contemporary cognitive psychologists, do not qualify for support. Nominees must have earned a doctoral degree in psychology or in a related field and be no more than nine years post-doctoral degree at the nomination deadline.
http://www.apa.org/apf/awards.html

APF/COGDOP Ruth G. and Joseph D. Matarazzo Scholarship: Each department of psychology that is a member in good standing of COGDOP may nominate up to three candidates (depending on the size of the department) for an APF Graduate Research Scholarship.
http://www.apa.org/apf/awards.html

APF/Todd E. Husted Memorial Award: This is a single award in the amount of $1,000 for the dissertation research that indicates the most potential to contribute toward the development and improvement of mental illness services for those with severe and persistent mental illness. Applicants for the Husted Award must meet the same eligibility requirements as the Dissertation Research Awards.
http://www.apa.org/science/dissinfo.html

Association for Women in Science (AWIS): Female students enrolled in a behavioral, life, physical, or social science or engineering program leading to a Ph.D. degree may apply.
http://www.awis.org/ed_foundation.html

Block, Jeanne Humphrey Dissertation Award: The goal of the program is to support women graduate students studying girls' or women's psychological development. Proposals should focus on sex and gender differences or some developmental issue of particular concern to American girls or women. Priority will be given to projects that draw on the data resources of the Murray Research Center. The program is funded by the Jeanne Humphrey Block Memorial Fund and will award one grant of up to $5,000 each year.
http://www.hmdc.harvard.edu/

Grant, William T. Foundation: W. T. Grant Scholars program supports promising postdoctoral (but pre-tenure, tenure-track) scholars from diverse disciplines whose research deepens and broadens the knowledge base in areas that contribute to creating a society that values young people as a resource and helps them live up to their potential. Priority areas for research include youth development, programs, policies, and institutions affecting young people, and adults’ attitudes about and perceptions of young people (ages 8-25), along with the consequences of those attitudes and perceptions. Major grants available to any discipline. Projects should address an issue or question affecting a large number of young people ages 8-25 or a population of particularly vulnerable young people in the age group in the U.S.
http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/

Grass Fellowships in Neuroscience: Seeks to encourage independent research by investigators early in their careers and to increase research opportunities for persons trained for careers in neurobiological investigation. Neurobiological approaches supported include the following: neurophysiology, membrane biophysics, integrative neurobiology and neuroethology, neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology, cognitive neuroscience, cellular and developmental neurobiology, and computational approaches to neural systems.
http://www.mbl.edu/research/summer/fellowships.html

Guggenheim, Henry Frank Foundation: Sponsors scholarly research on problems of violence, aggression, and dominance. The foundation provides both research grants to established scholars and dissertation fellowships to graduate students during the dissertation-writing year.
http://www.hfg.org/

International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI): A nonprofit, worldwide scientific research foundation seeking to improve the well-being of the general public through the pursuit of sound and balanced science. Its goal is to further the understanding of scientific issues relating to nutrition, food safety, toxicology, risk assessment, and the environment.
http://www.ilsi.org/

Mayo, Clara Grants in Support of Masters’ Theses and Pre-Dissertation Research on Sexism, Racism, or Prejudice: Preference given to students enrolled in a terminal master's program. Studies of the application of theory or the design of interventions or treatments to address these problems are welcome.
http://www.spssi.org/mayo.html

Model Demonstration Projects for Children With Disabilities: This priority supports model demonstration projects that improve results and outcomes for children with disabilities. Projects must develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate new or improved approaches for providing early intervention, special education, and related services to infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities and students with disabilities who are pursuing post-school employment, postsecondary education, or independent living goals.
http://fr.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20020619a6

Murray, Henry A. Dissertation Award: Supports research of individuals in context, over time, and from a variety of perspectives. The dissertation topic should focus on some aspect of "the study of lives," concentrating on issues in human development or personality for populations within the United States. Projects drawing on the center's data will be given priority, although use of the center's resources is not a requirement. The program will award four grants of up to $5,000 each.
http://www.hmdc.harvard.edu/

National Institutes of Health Individual Predoctoral Fellowships for Minority Students: The National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship for Minority Students will provide up to five years of support for research training leading to the Ph.D. or equivalent research degree; the combined M.D./Ph.D. degree; or other combined professional degree and research doctoral degree in the biomedical, behavioral sciences, or health services research. These fellowships are designed to enhance the racial and ethnic diversity of the biomedical, behavioral, and health services research labor force in the United States. Accordingly, academic institutions are encouraged to identify and recruit students from under-represented racial and ethnic groups who can apply for this fellowship. Support is NOT available for individuals enrolled in medical or other professional schools UNLESS they are also enrolled in a combined professional doctorate/Ph.D. degree program in biomedical, behavioral, or health services research.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-069.html

National Institutes of Health Individual Predoctoral Fellowships for Students with Disabilities: The NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship for Students with Disabilities will provide up to five years of support for research training leading to the Ph.D. (or equivalent research degree), or the combined M.D./Ph.D. degree (or other combined professional research doctoral degrees) in the biomedical or behavioral sciences. The intent of this Predoctoral Fellowship Program is to encourage students with disabilities to seek graduate degrees and thus further the goal of increasing the number of scientists with disabilities who are prepared to pursue careers in biomedical and behavioral research.
http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm - fellowships

National Institutes of Health Individual Predoctoral National Research Service Awards for M.D./Ph.D. Fellowships: The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) provide National Research Service Awards (NRSAs) to individuals for research training in specified areas of biomedical and behavioral research. The purpose of the combined M.D./Ph.D. fellowships program described in this Program Announcement is to help ensure that highly trained physician/scientists will be available in adequate numbers and in the appropriate research areas and fields to meet the Nation's mental health, drug abuse and addiction, alcohol abuse and alcoholism and environmental health sciences research needs. In addition, this mechanism has the potential to train clinical investigators who wish to focus their research endeavors on patient-oriented studies.
http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm - fellowships

National Institutes of Health Institutional Research Training Grants: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Training Grants (T32) to eligible institutions to develop or enhance research training opportunities for individuals, selected by the institution, who are training for careers in specified areas of biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research. The purpose of the NRSA program is to help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles related to the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research agenda. Accordingly, the NRSA program supports predoctoral, postdoctoral, and short-term research training experiences.
http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm - fellowships

National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants: In an effort to improve the quality of dissertation research, many programs in the Division of Social and Economic Sciences and the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences accept doctoral dissertation improvement grant proposals. The following Programs are most active in support of dissertation research: Archaeology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cultural Anthropology, Decision, Risk & Management Science, Geography and Regional Science, Law and Social Science, Linguistics, Physical Anthropology, Political Science, Science and Technology Studies, Sociology, and Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science, and Technology. In addition, the following Programs also support doctoral dissertation research when especially appropriate: Economics and Human Cognition & Perception.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf01113/
nsf01113.htm

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (Including Women in Engineering and Computer and Information Science Awards): Offers recognition and three years of support for advanced study to approximately 900 outstanding graduate students in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and behavioral and social sciences, including the history of science and the philosophy of science, and to research-based PhD degrees in science education.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03050/nsf03050.htm

NIH Increasing Quality of Life in Mobility Disorders – NIAMS: Focus is on improving the quality of life in persons with limited mobility by managing the physical symptoms and psychosocial consequences that occur as a result of the primary or secondary condition.
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/
PA-02-111.html

Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science Research Fellowships and Travel Award: Awards are for research in all the natural sciences, including: physical, environmental, mathematical, computer, life sciences, anthropology, psychology and statistics.
http://www.gwis.org/grants/default.htm

Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science Research Fellowships and Travel Award: Vessa Notchev Fellowships: Awards are for research in all the natural sciences, including: physical, environmental, mathematical, computer, life sciences, anthropology, psychology and statistics.
http://www.gwis.org/grants/default.htm

Social Science Research Council: Sponsors fellowship and grant programs on a wide range of topics, and across many different career stages. Most support goes to predissertation, dissertation, and postdoctoral fellowships, offered through annual competitions. Some programs support summer institutes and advanced research grants. Although most programs target the social sciences, many are also open to applicants from the humanities, the natural sciences, and relevant professional and practitioner communities.
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/?Predissertation

Social Science Research Council: Sexuality Research Fellowship: The Sexuality Research Fellowship provides dissertation and postdoctoral support for social and behavioral research on sexuality. It is intended for scholars conducting research in the United States. Funds are provided by the Ford Foundation.
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/sexuality/

Society for Personality and Social Psychology: Research and travel awards available.
http://www.spsp.org/index.html

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues: Dissertation and other awards available.
http://www.spssi.org/

Society of Experimental Social Psychology Annual Dissertation Award: The SESP Annual Dissertation Award carries with it membership in the Society, as well as an honorarium to cover airfare, hotel, and registration at the Society's next meeting.
http://www.sesp.org/dissert.htm

Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Award: Although the dissertation topic must concern education, graduate study may be in any academic discipline or professional field. In the past, fellowships have been awarded to candidates in anthropology, architecture, art history, economics, education, history, linguistics, literature, philosophy, political science, public health, psychology, religion, and sociology, but eligibility is not restricted to these academic areas. Candidates should be interested in pursuing further research in education once the doctorate is attained.
http://www.spencer.org/programs/fellows/fellow_awards.htm

U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences: The purpose of the research is to add new, fundamental knowledge to behavioral science sub-disciplines and discover generalizable principles. Novel and state-of-the-art approaches to difficult problems are especially welcome, as are integrated programmatic efforts to develop and test theory. Investigations that focus on purely physiological mechanisms or psychopathology cannot be considered by this agency; however, neuroscience approaches to memory, cognition, and personality are not excluded. Similarly, no consideration can be given to purely applied research projects (e.g., human factors studies or applied training programs).
http://www.ari.army.mil/

Valergakis, Dr. Frederick E. G. Research Grants: Candidates must be of Hellenic ancestry; be affiliated with an accredited university in the US; be either graduate students engaged in research or post-doctoral scholars engaged in independent and original research in the biological, medical, or behavioral sciences.
http://www.hucny.org/scholar.htm