Promoting Partnerships: STP Partnerships Small Grant Program
Call for 2012 Proposals
The Society for The Teaching of Psychology (Division 2 of APA) is pleased to announce a program of small grants to provide support to develop partnerships across teaching institutions. The goal of the program is to promote communication and collaboration between psychology teachers from different institutions. The grant program is open to members of the Society for the Teaching Psychology who teach Psychology at 4-year colleges and universities, 2-year colleges, or high schools.
Grant funds can be used to defray the costs associated with meetings involving representatives from different institutions (e.g., travel, food), as well as for other collaborative projects (e.g., research collaborations). The funded projects must be completed during the 2012 calendar year.
We have total of $6000 to award. These funds will likely be divided among several outstanding proposals and awardees may only receive partial funding for their projects.
Proposals should not be longer than 2 pages in length and should include the following sections: a) applicants’ names and contact information, b) title of project, b) objective(s) and anticipated benefits of the project, c) description of project goals and activities to meet those goals, d) methods by which you will measure efficacy of the project, and e) a budget. Please note that indirect costs will not be funded. Because of budget limitations, please indicate whether and how you would be willing to go forward with the project in the case of partial support.
Proposals will be evaluated on the expected impact (e.g., number of people involved in project and affected by project outcome, whether project leads to an ongoing, self-sustaining collaboration), innovativeness, geographic reach of the proposed project, and the extent to which project supports the mission of STP. In addition, clarity of the proposal and efficacy of the program assessment will factor into the evaluation of proposals. New applicants and projects will be given priority over those that have previously received funds from this grant program.
Grant recipients will be asked to complete a final report on the outcome of the project within one year of receipt of funds. The final report will detail how funds were spent. The report will also include an assessment of the efficacy of the project by describing such topics as how well the project met its goals and budget, and whether the partnership will continue beyond the life of the grant.
Please submit proposals to Kate Morris at kmorris@butler.edu by November 17, 2011.2011 Winners Announced
The Small Grants--Promoting Partnerships Committee is pleased to announce the 2011 Award Winners:
Wendy Close (Wisconsin Lutheran College) and the 16 other members of the Intercollegiate Capstone Project Research Team. Capstone Courses and Program Portfolios in Undergraduate Psychology.
Lisa Dinella, Natalie Ciarocco and Gary Lewandowski (Monmouth University).
Atlantic Coast Teaching of Psychology Conference.
Robyn Kondrad (University of Virginia) and David Daniel (James Madison University). Graduate Teacher Training Collaborative for the Teaching of Psychology.
Christine Smith, Kathleen Burns, and Melissa Schnurr (University of Wisconsin‹Green Bay); Lee McCann (University of Wisconsin‹Oshkosh), and Jeff Norby (De Pere High School). UWGB Enhancing Teaching of Psychology Conference.