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Pre-Doctoral Summer Internship at the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) is sponsoring a pre-doctoral internship this summer at the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. Candidates must have completed two years of coursework towards a doctorate focusing on human development; must be in good standing academically, and have a strong interest in the research linking behavioral and social factors with health outcomes for children and adolescents. They must be SRCD members and US citizens. The deadline to apply is May 15, 2017. For more information, please visit the SRCD website.
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Funding Opportunity for Science Communication Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is offering two awards for $37,500 each to build capacity for science communication and facilitate efforts of science communication researchers and practitioners to collaborate on projects related to a
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Funding for Research in Health and Behavior
The National Institute of Health (NIH) has announced funding opportunities of potential interest to psychological scientists. NIH’s Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (OBSSR), in conjunction with several other NIH institutes, is looking to support efforts to conduct intensive longitudinal analysis of health behaviors, with a focus on leveraging new technologies to understand health behaviors.
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Behavior, Energy, & Climate Change Conference Opens Call for Abstracts
The Behavior, Energy, & Climate Change Conference (BECC) will be held October 16–18, 2017, in Sacramento, California, and the call for abstracts is now open. The BECC is focused on understanding the behavior and decision-making of individuals and organizations and using that knowledge to accelerate the transition to an energy-efficient and low-carbon future.
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Psychonomic Society Call for Nominations for 2017 Early Career Award
The Psychonomic Society Early Career Award annually honors the distinguished research accomplishments of our early career members and fellows. Each year, up to four awardees will be named. One nominee, whose research is closest to the areas of perception and attention, will receive the Steven Yantis Early Career Award. They will be recognized at the annual meeting and will receive both a glass and a $2,500 cash award. In addition, the awardees’ airfare to the meeting will be paid. The 2017 Annual Meeting will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, November 9–12. Nominations close on March 15, and those selected for this year's awards will be notified by May.
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European Psychology Learning and Teaching Conference
The School of Education of the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg is hosting the next European Psychology Learning and Teaching (EUROPLAT) Conference on September 18–20, 2017 in Salzburg, Austria. The main theme of the conference will be “Evidence-based Improvement for Learning and Teaching Psychology.“ The call for paper submissions is now open and they invite empirical research as well as innovative or best practice approaches to the psychology of learning and teaching in all educational areas and at all levels. Submissions for the conference should contribute to a culture of scholarship in relation to learning and teaching psychology and related areas.
