Fellowships in psychology

[Brian MacWhinney]

Dear Info-CHILDES,
  I noticed this recent announcement that I thought might interest people
(both postdocs and advisors) interested in the educational side of language
learning.

--Brian MacWhinney

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> > NEW:  APA/IES Postdoctoral Education Research Training Fellowships
> > Awards to match postdoctoral fellows with established mentors to pursue
> > research training related to teaching and learning in preK - 12
> > settings. Two year fellow stipend: $55,000 per year.  Initial deadline
> > for fellows and mentors to qualify is January 1, 2004.   For more
> > information, please visit: www.apa.org/ed.
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> > The American Psychological Association has been awarded $2,070,573 by
> > the Institute of Education Sciences to launch the APA/IES Postdoctoral
> > Education Research Training Program.  The overall objective of this
> > fellowship program is to increase the application of cutting edge
> > psychological science to research in education in order to address our
> > nation's needs for high quality research on teaching, learning and
> > achievement of K-12 students.  The purpose of the proposed program is to
> > establish a fellowship program that matches promising psychologists with
> > established mentors for intensive research training in order to:  build
> > capacity by attracting psychological scientists to conduct research at
> > the interface of psychology and education; develop education and
> > training models to advance school-based scientific research; and
> > increase the visibility of education research within the discipline of
> > psychology. Fellowships will be awarded to individuals who are
> > interested in pursuing research training in school-based research
> > related to teaching and learning and who have been awarded a doctoral
> > degree in psychology by the time of appointment.  In addition, all
> > fellows will participate in a series of joint activities that will be
> > focused on translating research into practice, promoting professional
> > socialization, building a community of APA/IES scholars, and developing
> > interest in education sciences throughout the graduate education
> > pipeline in psychology.
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> >       Greg White
> >     Assistant Director
> >                 APA/IES Postdoctoral Education Research Training
> >     American Psychological Association
> >     750 First Street, NE
> >     Washington, DC 20002-4242
> >     (202) 336-5855
> >     (202) 336-6130 (fax)
> >     Email: gwhite at apa.org
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