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.


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APF Money for Creating/Supporting Regional Networks

American Psychological Foundation (APF) High School Psychology Outreach Grants 

APF has made $5,000 available in 2018 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.

The deadline to apply is April 15, 2018. 

For details visit: http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/psychology-teacher-network.aspx

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Grant Alert--TOPSS Funding Opportunities

For those who are not already a member, Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools is a major
source of great people, great teaching ideas, and lesson plans.

You can find the resources and a way to sign up at this link: http://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/topss/


Here are the latest opportunities:

APF Professional Development Awards for High School Psychology Teachers

The Professional Development Awards for High School Psychology Teachers provide up to $500 in support to help psychology teachers travel to and attend the APA Annual Convention, Aug. 6-9, 2015, Toronto. Funds can be used to offset costs of travel, conference registration, and housing accommodations. Applicants must provide a budget for conference costs. These grants are made possible through the American Psychological Foundation, thanks to a generous gift from Lee Gurel, PhD. $2,500 is available for funding.

Please visit http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/professional-topss.aspx for details.  The application deadline is April 1, 2015. 

APF High School Psychology Teacher Network Grants

These APF grants support the development of local and regional networks of high school psychology teachers.  Specifically, these grants are meant to support the creation or continuation of local or regional teaching workshops or conferences for high school psychology teachers.  For information on strategies for setting up a local teaching network and details on existing groups, please see http://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/ptn/2014/05/local-psychology-teachers.aspx or http://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/topss/state-local-groups.aspx.

For details on how to apply, please visit http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/psychology-teacher-network.aspx for details.  APF will award $3,000 in grants in 2015.  The application deadline is May 1, 2015.

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