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AAAS Minority Science Writers Internship
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Pitts Family Foundation Minority Science Writers Internship Program is now accepting applications from undergraduates who are interested in journalism as a career and who want to learn about science writing. The internship takes place each summer at the DC headquarters of the AAAS’s Science magazine. Interns spend ten weeks at Science under the guidance of award-winning reporters and editors practicing what science writers do for a living. They have a chance to meet leading scientists, attend conferences and hearings, and cover breaking news.
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Grants Announced for Child Care, Head Start, Family Strengthening, and Behavioral Intervention
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is excited to announce that the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) has forecasted their intent to fund Child Care, Head Start, Family Strengthening, and Behavioral Interventions graduate student dissertation grants in 2017. Please visit grants.gov for the Child Care, Head Start, Family Strengthening, and Behavioral Intervention Scholars forecasts to view the estimated application due dates, sign up for email notifications regarding these grant opportunities, and for links to the expired funding opportunity announcements for the prior fiscal year (if previously funded).
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Prague Summer Schools Call for Applications
SCHOLA EMPIRICA invites applications for the 2017 Prague Summer Schools on the topics below. Prague Summer Schools are seven-day academic programs designed to bring together undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and academic backgrounds in a unique academic and cultural environment. Summer School on Crime, Law and Psychology Summer School on European Politics: Interests versus Culture Summer School on China: A World Superpower - Myth or Reality?
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APS Encourages Student Researchers for Sixth Year
More than 150 student and faculty researchers from more than 25 institutions converged on Fordham University on October 23 for the 28th Greater New York Conference on Behavioral Research. This year’s conference featured 44 presentations by 70 psychological scientists who were selected by a review committee of 10 faculty from local colleges. Approximately one-third of these presenters were student researchers delivering their first conference presentations. APS actively supports student research and is one of eight professional organizations that endorse this annual conference.
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APS to Launch New Research Methods and Practices Journal
APS is seeking nominations for Founding Editor of a new journal that will serve as a home for new developments in research methodology and practices.
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Early Attachment and Culture Affect Responses to Ostracism
Whether it’s on the playground as a child or in the office as an adult, we may find it difficult to be excluded from a group. Humans have an innate desire to belong to a social community, and because of this, ostracism is hurtful. In a recent study published in the European Journal of Personality, researchers Erez Yaakobi (Ono Academic College, Israel) and APS Fellow Kipling D. Williams (Purdue University) examined potential factors that influence emotional responses to ostracism. Attachment theory is one model that explains how people react to separation and stress in social situations.
