APA Summer Undergraduate Psychology Experience in Research Fellowships
The American Psychological Association will offer up to 25 fellowships to college students from underrepresented groups to conduct summer research in a psychological science laboratory. The purpose of this fellowship program is to promote diversity among psychology undergraduates considering research as a career by expanding access to laboratory training and mentorship.
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 30 hours/week.
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.
Eligibility
Students from underrepresented groups (broadly defined) in good academic standing at undergraduate degree-granting institutions in the USA 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. Previous SUPER fellows are ineligible.
How to Apply?
The application will open on December 1, 2022. The deadline for receipt of all application materials, including the letter of support, is February 15, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time. 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
