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The APF Trauma Psychology Grant offers funding to support innovative work to alleviate trauma. This grant is sponsored by APA Division 56: Division of Trauma Psychology. The program seeks to fund early career psychologists who demonstrate knowledge of trauma and trauma research, as well as competence and capacity to execute proposed work. Applications are evaluated on the quality, viability, and potential impact of the proposed project, as well as originality, innovation, and contribution to the field of trauma. The grant provides support for innovative projects that advance understanding of trauma and develop interventions to help individuals and communities affected by traumatic experiences.

The Division 49 Group Psychology Grant supports innovative group psychology research focused toward groups in applied settings. This grant focuses primarily on processes and performance in non-disordered populations, which may also include members' beliefs about and identification with the group. Sample topics include the impact of individual differences, beliefs, and situational or structural factors on group processes, judgment, decision-making, or performance; the impact of group interaction on member states such as beliefs, affect, and identification; differences in leadership and its impact on group process or performance; and measurement of group-level constructs such as team emotional intelligence, group cohesion, collective resilience, and collective efficacy. In addition to the grant funds, the awardee receives a three-year membership to Division 49 (Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy). The grant is offered by the American Psychological Foundation in partnership with Division 49.

The F.J. McGuigan Dissertation Award supports dissertation research that addresses any aspect of mental function including cognition, affect, and motivation. The program seeks to understand the mind from both a behavioral and neural perspective. Proposed research should be compatible with McGuigan's overall goals and may fall within any area of contemporary behavioral or brain science, including more recent forms of cognitive psychology. The award is specifically intended for doctoral candidates who have completed doctoral candidacy and have obtained dissertation approval from their doctoral committee. Dualistic approaches characteristic of much contemporary cognitive research are specifically ineligible. This award provides financial support to advance innovative dissertation research that contributes to understanding mental function through integrated behavioral and neural approaches.

The F.J. McGuigan Early Career Investigator Research Grant is given biennially to recognize and support the efforts of an early career psychological scientist who is pursuing research that aims to address any aspect of mental function (e.g., cognition, affect, motivation) and seeks to understand the mind from both a behavioral and neural perspective. The grant advances a unified understanding of the human mind/brain through empirical and/or theoretical research and encourages promising young researchers to pursue careers in related fields. The program provides $15,000 in funding to support innovative research that contributes to understanding mental functions including cognition, affect, and motivation from both behavioral and neural perspectives. Applications are evaluated on conformance with stated program goals, quality of proposed research, innovation and contribution to the field, and demonstrated competence to execute the proposed work.

The Alfred E. Alquist Special Recognition Medal is presented to an individual, company, or organization that has made substantial contributions to the field of seismic safety and earthquake risk reduction, having directly affected the seismic safety of the general population. The Medal may be awarded to recognize career contributions or notable and/or singular achievements. A significant contribution to the public good is the primary selection criterion. The award is not restricted to EERI members. Prior to 2010, EERI gave out an award called the Special Recognition Award. Starting in 2010, EERI assumed stewardship of the Alfred E. Alquist Medal, which had until then been dispensed by the California Earthquake Safety Foundation. The Special Recognition Award was merged with the Alquist Medal to create the present award. Recipients receive a framed citation, an engraved medal, and registration fee for the EERI Annual Meeting.

The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. Since 1978, the Congressional Research Grants program has invested more than $1,250,000 to support over 500 projects. The Center accepts applications at any time and makes awards throughout the year. The Center's primary interest is to fund the study of leadership in Congress, both House and Senate. Topics could include external factors shaping the exercise of congressional leadership, institutional conditions affecting it, resources and techniques used by leaders, or prospects for change or continuity in leadership patterns. The Center also invites proposals about congressional procedures, such as committee operation or mechanisms for institutional change, and Congress and the electoral process. Proposals linking Congress and congressional leadership with the creation, implementation, and oversight of public policy are encouraged, with Congress as the central research interest. The research must be original, culminating in new findings or new interpretation, and intended for publication or application in teaching or policy-making settings.