The APA Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment Retention and Training (CEMRRAT) Task Force is seeking proposals for 2008 CEMRRAT GRANTS. These small grants are intended to serve as "seed funds" to energize, empower, and support the efforts of individuals, organizations, and educational institutions committed to enhancing ethnic minority recruitment, retention and training in psychology. Proposals will be accepted, beginning January 1, 2008, from state psychological associations, APA divisions, departments/schools of psychology, APA boards and committees, other entities of organized psychology, or individuals. And funds will be available on a first come-first served basis.
See the full RFP at www.apa.org/pi/oema/programs/CEMRRAT2%202008_request_for_proposals.pdf for more information, including application instructions and the funding categories.
ALSO:
The CEMRRAT Task Force is also accepting nominations for the Suinn Minority Achievement Awards. The Suinn Award is given to departments of psychology who have demonstrated excellence in the recruitment, retention, and graduation of ethnic minority students. Nominations are submitted by student(s) within the particular psychology graduate department and/or program. The call for nominations is available online at http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/programs/cemrrat2.html .
Brittney Autry
Student Intern
Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs
American Psychological Association
