April 15 Deadline Reminders for Grants and Contests

The following information is from the APA Education Directorate. Please apply and/or encourage your students to apply.

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The following programs all have April 15 deadlines; we hope you or your students will apply!

APA TOPSS Competition for High School Psychology Students 
http://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/topss/student-competition.aspx

Students are invited to participate in a video competition to demonstrate how psychology can benefit society at a local, regional, or global level. Each submission must include a 2-5 minute video, supported by a written statement of 750-1,000 words. The deadline for submission is April 15, 2018. 

APF High School Psychology Outreach Grants  
http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/psychology-teacher-network.aspx

$5,000 is available to fund innovative programs that support networking, professional development and educational outreach opportunities for high school psychology teachers and students. These grants support regional teaching networks for high school psychology teachers (a new “how-to” guide is online here). The deadline to apply is April 15, 2018.

APF Professional Development Awards for High School Psychology Teachers http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/professional-topss.aspx 

$2,500 is available to help fund high school psychology teachers' travel and attendance to the 2018 APA Annual Convention, being held in San Francisco, California, Aug. 9-12, 2018. Funds can be used to offset costs of travel, conference registration, and housing accommodations. The deadline to apply is April 15, 2018.


APA/Clark University Workshop for High School Teachers: June 27-29, 2018http://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/topss/clark-university-workshop.aspx

This three-day workshop is specifically for high school psychology teachers. The 2018 workshop presenters will include Jessica Flitter, of West Bend High School (West Bend, Wisconsin), and Scott Reed, of Hamilton High School (Chandler, Arizona). Regan Gurung, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay will give the keynote address entitled “To Boldly Go (Beyond Content): Teaching High School Psychology, Skills, and Learning.” There is no registration fee. Housing and food are provided for participants and travel stipends and travel scholarships are available. The deadline to apply is April 15, 2018.


posted by Chuck Schallhorn