PSI CHI DIGEST #173
PSI CHI DIGEST #173
March 18, 2011
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- Tips for Online Entry of New Chapter Members
- NSF-Funded Grant Opportunity for Undergrads
- Psi Chi/STP Assessment Resource Grant for Faculty
- 2011 Regional Conventions
- Tips for Online Entry of New Chapter Members
Save time and a little postage: Now that all new inductees are entered on the Psi
Chi website by the chapter administrator, it is no longer necessary to submit
the top portion of the registration card to the Central Office. There is a
button on the bottom of each inductee’s entry record that states “Accepted Psi
Chi’s Constitution.” Please double check that each inductee signed the bottom
half of the registration card, then click on that button.
Double-check your work: Names appear on new member materials exactly the way you
enter them! Remember to put a period after the middle initial if the full middle
name is not provided and check the spelling before clicking “Submit Member.”
Once the member is submitted, the only way to make corrections is to delete the
entire record and start over or place a request through the Central Office.
Reprinting the member certificate and card costs your chapter $10 if it was your
mistake!
- NSF-Funded Grant Opportunity for Undergraduate Students
The site www.goCognitive.net is a web project funded by the National Science
Foundation that provides free access to educational tools in cognitive
neuroscience. The website hosts interviews with researchers in cognitive
neuroscience as part of its video archive. In addition to interviews, a number
of interactive demonstrations are available through
goCognitive.net.
The goal of this grant program is to enable undergraduate students enrolled at an
institution of higher learning in the United States to propose and conduct an
interview with a prominent researcher in a central domain of cognitive
neuroscience / cognitive psychology. The interview will be taped and published
through the goCognitive web site. Successful applicants will receive a travel
grant up to $800, an additional personal $300 stipend, and technical assistance
during the interview process. GoCognitive will be responsible for the taping,
editing, and publication of the interview (see
www.goCognitive.net for some
examples).
Applicants are asked to submit a short CV (max 2 pages) and an interview proposal
for consideration. The interview proposal needs to identify a notable researcher
and summarize the relevance of the proposed interview to the goCognitive project
(max 1 page) together with a proposed interview script outlining the topics that
will be discussed (max 3 pages). In addition, applicants must include a letter
of support from a faculty member at their home institution.
Deadline for the first round of proposals is June 1, 2011. Proposals will be
reviewed in the order they are received until the maximum amount of grants has
been awarded. Up to 6 grants will be awarded in the first round of proposals.
For a copy of the full grant announcement or questions about this grant program,
please contact Dr. Steffen Werner at swerner@uidaho.edu. Please use
“GoCogInt-001 question” in the subject header of your email.
- Psi Chi/STP Assessment Resource Grant
The purpose of this grant is to further the goals of Psi Chi and the Society for Teaching Psychology (STP) by supporting projects to develop assessment tests/instruments/processes demonstrating student acquisition of goals 2, 4, and/or 5 of the APA Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major (see
http://www.apa.org/ed/psymajor_guideline.pdf for descriptions of these goals). Up to 3 grants of $2000 each may be awarded each year. Applicants must be psychology faculty and members of Psi Chi and STP.
The submission deadline is June 1, 2011 for projects to be conducted during the grant period (from July 31, 2011 to June 1, 2012). Go to
http://www.psichi.org/pdf/stp.pdf for details.
- Upcoming Psi Chi Regional Conventions
Psi Chi regional conventions provide great opportunities for learning and networking. We encourage you to attend one of the upcoming annual conventions. SEPA and EPA were held earlier this month. Program information is now available on the Psi Chi website for the following:
SWPA | April 7–9, 2011 | San Antonio, TX |
http://www.psichi.org/Conventions/default.aspx?con=10027
RMPA | April 14–16, 2011 | Salt Lake City, UT |
http://www.psichi.org/Conventions/default.aspx?con=10028
WPA | April 28–May 1, 2011 | Los Angeles, CA |
http://www.psichi.org/Conventions/default.aspx?con=10029
Check back soon for additional information on regional and national conventions
at http://www.psichi.org/Conventions
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