From: APA Division Officers list on behalf of Jordan, Sarah
Sent: Fri 3/18/2011 8:04 AM
To: DIVOFFICERS@LISTS.APA.ORG
Subject: [DIVOFFICERS] Call for Proposals: 2011 APA CEMRRAT Implementation Grants Fund
Dear Colleagues,
The APA Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs (OEMA) and the APA Board of Directors’ CEMRRAT2 Task Force are very pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2011 APA CEMRRAT Implementation Grants Fund (IGF). As many may know, severe budget constraints experienced by APA in 2009 and 2010, resulted in the suspension of this important and valuable resource. However, as APA’s budget condition stabilized and improved, the APA Board of Directors and the APA Council of Representatives considered and approved action to restore CEMRRAT funding. Once again, the APA Public Interest Directorate's Executive Office has been allocated $75,000 to be used in support of the Association-wide implementation of the CEMRRAT Plan. Approximately $63,000 of these funds are used to support small grants through the CEMRRAT IGF, which is subdivided into seven priority areas. Priority areas correspond to the goals and objectives outlined in the APA/CEMRRAT Plan.
As in previous years, these funds will be used to fund small grants that are responsive to the APA CEMRRAT2 Task Force Progress Report and funding priorities outlined in the Request for Proposals - http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/programs/recruitment/commission-rfp.pdf. These small grants are intended to serve as "seed funds" to energize, empower, and support interested individuals, organizations, and educational institutions committed to enhancing ethnic minority recruitment, retention, and training in psychology. Emphasis will be placed on the funding of innovative start-up initiatives rather than the maintenance of on-going projects. Eligible applicants for these grants are state psychological associations, APA divisions, departments/schools of psychology, APA boards and committees, other entities of organized psychology, and individuals. Applicants must be APA members at the time funds are awarded.
Proposals consistent with the identified CEMRRAT2 Task Force funding priorities and the goals and objectives of the APA/CEMRRAT Plan, will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning March 25th until all funds are exhausted in the respective funding category. It is anticipated that approximately two to four proposals will be funded under each of the seven priority areas. Typical award size is between $2,000 and $5,000.
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| Alberto Figueroa-Garcia, MBA | Acting Senior Director Public Interest Directorate |
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