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Positive Psychology Funding and other Opportunities Seven current opportunities for funding, awards, and grants in positive psychology totaling over $400,000 are available. For additional information, browse to www.positivepsychology.org or contact Peter Schulman at schulman@psych.upenn.edu. Call for Papers, Symposia and Posters: The Jean Piaget Society invites program submissions for the 32nd Annual Meeting to take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 6 - 8, 2002. The theme of this years conference is, The Embodied Mind and Consciousness: Developmental Perspectives. Scholars interested in the development of knowledge are invited to participate whatever their discipline. Submissions that do not address the program theme are welcome. Submission deadline is December 1, 2001. Please see the Jean Piaget Society website for submission details (www.piaget.org) or write to: Eric Amsel Department of Psychology Weber State University 1202 University Circle Ogden, UT 84408-1202 e-mail: eamsel@weber.edu. 2002 NIH Council of Public Representatives Applications The NIH Director's Council of Public Representatives offers a public forum for discussing such key NIH issues as priority setting, clinical trials and managed care, privacy and genetics, and health disparities among various populations. COPR members review and advise on NIH priorities and mechanisms for public input to NIH decisions. The COPR application deadline is October 23, 2001. Applicants will be notified by December 2001 and the term will begin April 1, 2002. Applications are available online at www.nih.gov/about/publicliaison/COPRapplication.htm, or please call 301-650-8660 to request that a 2002 COPR Application Package be mailed to you. For additional information about COPR, please visit www.nih.gov/about/publicliaison/COPR.htm and www.nih.gov/about/publicliaison/COPRQA.htm. The Department of Psychology and the World Affairs Center at Beloit College (Wisconsin) invite applications for a unique study abroad program in cross-cultural psychology. In the fall of 2002, a group of 10-12 students and a faculty director will live and study in Tartu, Estonia, for two months and in Fez, Morocco, for two months. In addition to a course in cross-cultural psychology, students will take basic language courses and courses in Estonian and Moroccan society and culture. Qualified students also will conduct an independent research project. For more information, you can visit the program's web site at http://beloit.edu/~wac/PsychSem/index.html. For an application, please contact Professor Larry White in the Department of Psychology at Beloit College (608-363-2282 or whitelt@beloit.edu). Application deadline is April 1, 2002. The Family Research Consortium III, supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, will sponsor a 2002 Summer Institute for family researchers. The Institute will provide a forum for dissemination, evaluation and discussion of important new developments in theory and research design, methods and analysis in the field of family research. The Institute accepts a limited number of both junior and senior researchers as participants and allows for intellectual exchange among participants and presenters in addition to the more structured program of high quality presentations. The theme of the 2002 Summer Institute is "Family Processes, Mental Health and Positive Development in Diverse Contexts." The Institute will be held at the Ballantyne Resort in Charlotte, North Carolina, from June 20 - 23, 2002. Deadline for applying is Friday, March 1, 2002. For applications and/or more information contact: Dee Frisque, Center for Human Development and Family Research in Diverse Contexts, The Pennsylvania State University, 106 Henderson Building, University Park, PA 16802-6504, (814) 863-7108, Fax: (814) 863-7109, dmr10@psu.edu, www.hhdev.psu.edu/chdfrdc The National Research Council announces the 2002 Postdoctoral and Senior Research Associateship Programs to be conducted on behalf of over 120 research laboratories throughout the United States representing nearly all U.S. government agencies with research facilities. The programs provide opportunities for PhD, ScD, or MD scientists and engineers of unusual promise and ability to perform research on problems largely of their own choosing, yet compatible with the research interests of the sponsoring laboratory. Applications, submitted directly to the National Research Council, are accepted on a continuous basis throughout the year. Those post-marked by January 15 will be reviewed in February, by April 15 in June, and by August 15 in October. Initial awards will be announced immediately following each review with notification of alternate candidates at a later time. Information on specific research opportunities and participating federal laboratories, as well as application materials, may be obtained from our web site at www.national-academies.org/rap. For questions of assistance contact: National Research Council, Associateship Programs (TJ 2114/D3) 2101 Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20418, (202) 334-2760, Fax: (202) 334-2759, rap@nas.edu DEADLINES: January 15, April 15 and August 15, 2002 Paid Announcements Are you interested in levels of analysis issues? Check out the site at: http://www.LevelsOfAnalysis.com for tutorials, publishing opportunities, and software. Books by Douglas M. Snyder. The Mind and the Physical World: A Psychologist's Exploration of Modern Physical Theory, ISBN 0-9653689-0-4, 1996, 159 pages, $19.95. An Essay on the Relationship Between the Mind and the Physical World, ISBN 0-9653689-1-2, 37 pages, 8 1/2" x 11", $4.95. Order from Tailor Press, Box 480012, Los Angeles, CA 90048. Add $3.50 for postage per order.

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