Description:
Projects must be student-driven and supervised by a faculty member with sufficient resources to support the proposed work, although collaboration with postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and other research staff is encouraged. Participating faculty are expected to meet regularly with students to discuss research goals and progress and offer academic and career guidance. The applicant and mentor should work together to develop a research plan, and students are expected to spend at least nine weeks in the laboratory at a minimum of 20 hours/week.
Funding:
APA will pay a stipend of $4,000 directly to the student and $1,000 directly to the student’s summer faculty host. APA will also reimburse up to $1,500 of travel expenses for the student to present their research at the APA Convention. Stipends are intended to defray personal expenses (e.g., housing, travel) and APA will not provide funds for study expenses, indirect costs, or overhead. This stipend may be stacked with summer research funding from other sources. APA will issue IRS Form 1099 to recipients at the end of the year for tax purposes.
Funding and deliverables
Funds will be released in three stages:$2,000 to the student by June 1 or when IRB/IACUC approval is received, $2,000 to the student and $1,000 to the advisor after summer requirements are met and approved, and travel funds following APA convention.
Requirements:
Fellowship requirements include:participation in regular fellowship check-ins and career development webinars via Zoom; final reflection with thoughts on the research process, laboratory engagement, lessons learned, and career aspirations; PowerPoint slide deck (five slides maximum) detailing research project and findings; verification of participation from faculty advisor; optional travel to APA convention to present research; and brief follow-up surveys to be completed in spring 2024 and spring 2025.
Eligibility:
Students from underrepresented groups (broadly defined) in good academic standing at an accredited U.S. or Canadian undergraduate degree-granting institutions are eligible to apply. Students must be enrolled full-time at the time of application, and they must have at least one semester remaining in their degree program following the summer fellowship. A psychology major is not required, but the student’s field of study and the faculty host’s research program should include psychological science as a major focus. Students need not be enrolled at the same institution as their faculty host, but they must spend the entire nine weeks working on-site in the faculty host’s laboratory, which must be at an accredited U.S. or Canadian undergraduate degree-granting institution. Previous SUPER fellows are ineligible.
How To Apply:
The deadline for receipt of all application materials, including the letter of support, is February 15, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET. The fellowship is highly competitive, so students should plan in advance, discuss proposal ideas and any IRB/IACUC requirements with their faculty advisor, and devote ample time preparing the application.
The deadline for receipt of all application materials, including the letter of support, is February 15, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET. The fellowship is highly competitive, so students should plan in advance, discuss proposal ideas and any IRB/IACUC requirements with their faculty advisor, and devote ample time preparing the application.
Required materials include:online application undergraduate transcript(s) (unofficial accepted)
project proposal (1200 words maximum)
diversity statement (200 words maximum)
letter of support from faculty host certifying student’s participation
APA reserves the right to use project deliverables (e.g., reflections, slide decks) at its discretion for promotional and marketing purposes.
SUPER Fellowship live Q&A presentation
project proposal (1200 words maximum)
diversity statement (200 words maximum)
letter of support from faculty host certifying student’s participation
APA reserves the right to use project deliverables (e.g., reflections, slide decks) at its discretion for promotional and marketing purposes.
SUPER Fellowship live Q&A presentation
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Not sure where to start in writing your APA SUPER Fellowship application? Learn more about this new program that is designed to provide summer research funding directly to undergrads from underrepresented backgrounds. Join us on January 25 at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT for a live presentation where you’ll have a chance to ask APA staff questions about the program and its application process. Register for the webinar.
Not sure where to start in writing your APA SUPER Fellowship application? Learn more about this new program that is designed to provide summer research funding directly to undergrads from underrepresented backgrounds. Join us on January 25 at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT for a live presentation where you’ll have a chance to ask APA staff questions about the program and its application process. Register for the webinar.
