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Here's an entry-level RA opportunity for graduating seniors:

Understand the changing academic landscapes of mental health and its impact on careers and employment.

ANNOUNCING: THE 2019 SUMMER INSTITUTE IN POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY at Stanford University from August 4 – August 24, 2019

Five programs in Central Iowa with four additional programs in Chicago, IL and New York City, NY

Recruitment for Summer Treatment Program (STP) for children with ADHD and related impairments

The City Internships summer programs filling at a record rate

Interested in studying abroad in Australia? Then come learn about studying abroad for a semester from representatives from the University of Sydney.

We are currently hiring students to join our summer campaign staff in over 30 cities across the country.

Our Global Accelerator Programs in Paris, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco are filling very quickly, and I anticipate there will be no places remaining after the New Year. As such, I would like to take the opportunity to ask interested students to applysooner rather than later.

The Summer Institute offers 3 weeks of intensive training in political psychology. Political psychology is an exciting and thriving field that explores the origins of political behavior and the causes of political events, with a special focus on the psychological mechanisms at work.

The Center for Children and Families at Florida International University announces Summer Treatment Program Counselor positions for 2019. The Summer Treatment Program (STP) provides services to children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Conduct Disorder, Oppositional-Defiant Disorder, learning problems, and related behavior problems.

Full-time research assistant position available in Cognitive Control and Psychopathology Lab NOW! If you are a P&BS senior graduating in fall, 2018, please consider applying.

Synapse Neuroscience is hosting “The Neural Basis of Consciousness and Free Will” this Wednesday, November 28th from 6-7 PM in DUC 276. The panel will feature four extraordinary professors debating the existence of the mind, brain, and applications to machines, technology, and more. Come learn about the brain and the intersections between neuroscience and other academic fields!

We are pleased to announce the American Board of Sport Psychology's 2019 14th annual Internship/Research Assistantship/Visiting Fellowship Program in Applied Sport Psychology. Over 150 participants, including undergraduates, graduate students and faculty from universities and colleges worldwide as well as practicing psychologists and sport psychology professionals and coaches have been trained in our evidence-based athlete assessment and intervention protocol. 

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Emotion and Development Branch, Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience (SMDN) and Neuroscience and Novel Therapeutics Unit (NNT), in Bethesda, Maryland, seek qualified individuals to fill IRTA (Intramural Research Training Award) positions, with employment starting late May/early June 2019.

Drop in to meet some of Habif's counselors, psychiatrists, and psychologists.

School Psychology is one of the top careers in the field of psychology. This is because of the nature of the work (you get to help kids!), a generous starting salary ($63,000 on average in the US), and time off in the summer. In fact, there is currently a national shortage of school psychologists, so finding a rewarding position where you want to live is not difficult.

We invite you to share an exciting employment opportunity for graduating seniors interested in careers in medicine, psychology, or neuroscience: Mood, Brain and Development Unit (MBDU) at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is recruiting applicants for two-year, paid Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) Fellowship with employment beginning in June 2019.

We are hiring for a number of positions for an upcoming project to create a database of research claims in the social-behavioral sciences, along with open signals (e.g. open data), that will also be the basis of a large scale replication (new data collection) and reproduction (reanalysis on same data) effort (i.e. 200 replications/reproductions in 15 months and then repeated!).

We are holding a study-abroad-in-Psychology information session this coming Tuesday, October 30, at 6:00 pm in room 215 of the Psychology Building.  Abroad advisers will be at the session, along with the Director of Undergraduate Studies and past student participants to explain the various psychology abroad options, answer questions, and assist in making clear the various programs, courses of study, and requirements for those who may be considering study abroad.

Massachusetts General Hospital has a Research Coordinator position available. Please see the attached job posting.

Here is a description of our event: The annual Synapse MD Panel allows students to interact directly with healthcare professionals to learn more about their careers through an interactive question and answer session. Come out to learn about different fields of medicine the perspective of doctors! This year, we are proud to host an otolaryngologist, a pediatric neurosurgeon, a neurologist, and a neuroradiologist! 

Projects in the labs combine methods from experimental and clinical psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics with functional neuroimaging (fMRI) to investigate decision-making in healthy and clinical populations (including adults with mood/anxiety/substance disorders, and at-risk youth). Training will be provided for all aspects of the job. This is an excellent opportunity for those interested in graduate school in clinical or cognitive psychology/neuroscience.

The Williams Pan Lab at Stanford University is looking to hire a research coordinator position for their neuroimaging studies. Please see the attached flyer for more information.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is seeking motivated and enthusiastic students who are interested in pursuing graduate training in bullying prevention and intervention research and practice. The Department of Educational Psychology has developed a bullying research emphasis with opportunities for students pursuing Ph.D., Masters, and Ed.S. degrees.

Arizona State University is currently recruiting students to apply for the PhD program in Developmental Psychology. The PhD in Developmental Psychology aims to understand and improve the lives of children, young adults, and of those entering the late-life years.

As a student in one of the top psychology programs, we know you are an outstanding student who may be interested in graduate school - and we'd love to meet you. Check out this link for more information regarding our program: socs.ci/cs-rec-1-18

The Consumer Behavior group in the Marketing Area at Washington University in St. Louis invites outstanding PhD applicants with backgrounds in psychology, marketing, and/or economics to apply for enrollment in our doctoral program for fall of 2019. We maintain an active Consumer Behavior and Decision Science research lab studying topics including judgment and decision making, intertemporal preferences, branding, prosocial behavior, and consumer financial decision making.

The Undergraduate Research Journal of Psychology (URJP) at UCLA is now accepting submissions of original undergraduate research papers to be published for its Spring 2019 issue. Please forward the following call for submissions to the members of psychology and psychology-related organizations, student groups, honor societies, research laboratories, and any other students who may be involved or interested in undergraduate research.

As you know, the application deadlines for graduate fellowships are fast approaching!  The early fall deadlines sometimes catch students off guard -- I'm hoping you will be able to share our information with any undergraduates considering graduate school, as well as any current graduate students in STEM.

The first attachment briefly describes opportunities to pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD under the auspices of the U.S. Navy. 

The Less Annoying CRM Coding Fellowship (www.LessAnnoyingCRM.com/Fellowship) is a summer program for people from underrepresented groups in tech. You’ll spend the summer working in the LACRM office learning to code with the help of our programmers. You do not need to have any prior coding experience at all. They will start with the very basics, and by the end of the summer, you will have built your own personal fully-functioning web app.

I’m writing to share some information about the Brown School’s Fall Preview Day, happening in Hillman Hall on Friday, September 21. The day is designed to introduce prospective students to the opportunities within the Brown School, while overviewing what it means to study social work, public health and social policy at a graduate-level. 

Join us on campus to learn about the Doctorate of Psychology in Clinical Psychology program at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. While here, you will have the opportunity to learn about our unique curriculum, clinical placement sites, and the application process as well as meet some of our current students.

A psychiatry lab at Columbia University Medical Center is looking to hire 1-2 RAs. The listing says it closes July 27th but they will be extending that deadline. Please see below for a link to the information:

 There is an available research assistant position at Weill Cornell,  please find the job description attached.

The Horizons Fellowship supports 200 outstanding university students in their pursuit to become multidisciplinary leaders using technology. Our fully-funded program provides real-world technology courses geared towards high-achieving college students. 

A hundred years after the first women in Britain got the vote, women still only make up 23% of those working in core science, technology, engineering and mathematics occupations in the UK. On 6 June 2018, 11 female scientists from across the world will be presented with hand-crafted jewellery at the Suffrage Science awards ceremony, held at the Academy of Medical Sciences, London.

The Neurobehavioral Group within the Division of Psychiatry at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is an internationally known translational research team focused on improving outcomes for persons with developmental disabilities. Our interdisciplinary team includes physicians, psychologists, social workers, nurses, basic neuroscientists, and members of many other disciplines coming together to translate our findings in the lab into new and innovative treatments for our patient populations.

I wanted to bring to your attention an opportunity for summer work and experience in a disability related field.  The Jewish Community Centers of St. Louis are looking for people to serve as one-on-one shadow counselors working with children with developmental disability or other related diagnosis ranging in age from 5-15 in their JCC Day Camp program this summer. 

For those students who may be interested in positions working with children with autism and who will be around for the summer, I’d like to make you aware of ABA Consulting Services (ABACS), LLC, which was formed in 2001 by Debra Bryant in order to serve children with special needs, particularly those with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

The Horizons Fellowship supports 200 outstanding university students in their pursuit to become multidisciplinary leaders using technology. Our fully-funded program provides real-world technology courses geared towards high-achieving college students. 

Want to spend your summer working on urgent issues you care about, gaining skills that will last you a lifetime, and make good money? The Fund for the Public Interest, a national non-profit organization that runs campaigns for some of the nation’s most prominent environmental and social change organizations, like Environment America and U.S. PIRG, is seeking hard-working candidates with a passion for social change to fill citizen outreach and Field Manager positions across the country this summer. 

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City Year AmeriCops members serve full-time in high-need schools to help students build social-emotional and academic skills.  City Year trains its AmeriCorps members to be leaders in a challenging role to support students where they are, not as teachers, but as near-peer student success coaches.

The Department of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce its Summer Undergraduate Psychology Research Experience (SUPRE) Program, supported by a grant from the American Psychological Association.  Interested undergraduate students can spend 8 weeks working with a faculty mentor in their laboratory to gain valuable research experience. Students may choose to work with one of the following faculty mentors:

Here are links to Psychology Guidebooks to better help job seekers, professionals, and students understand the changing academic landscapes of mental health and its impact on careers and employment. 

Please be advised that a career guidance resource has been put together by the Office on Aging of the American Psychological Association (APA), and is available at the link below.  It is designed for both undergraduates and graduate students to help them think about career opportunities in the field of aging.

At Hofstra University, we are currently in the process of recruiting high quality students for our Master of Arts program in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.

Curious about careers in research? Apply for the… Summer Research Experience in Aging & Neurological Diseases Program at WUSTL. Please see the attached flyer for more information.

Annie’s Hope Summer Camps and our need for volunteers. They have received a few applications, yet there is still a great need for camp counselors (especially males)! They do not want to have a waitlist for campers simply because they cannot find enough volunteers.

Curious about careers in research? Apply for the… Summer Research Experience in Aging & Neurological Diseases Program. Please see the flyer for more information!

Camp Walt Whitman, a traditional, co-ed Summer camp in the beautiful White Mountains of New Hampshire, is seeking staff for this upcoming summer. We are seeking a number of different positions to work with our campers aged 8-15.

The Gaab Lab in collaboration with the Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center at Boston Children’s Hospital is looking for a Research Assistant to assist with all study phases of a NICHD funded longitudinal project which assesses functional and structural brain development from infancy to early elementary school age.

One of the students who previously worked in Dr. Carpenter’s Clinical Geropsychology lab has landed a great research job at the U. of Wisconsin and they're hiring again. Here's the job posting: http://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/cw/en-us/job/496193/research-specialist Dr. Carpenter is happy to talk with anyone who might be interested, as would the alum.

The Horizons Fellowship supports 200 outstanding university students in their pursuit to become multidisciplinary leaders using technology. Our fully-funded program provides real-world technology courses geared towards high-achieving college students. 

At Judge Baker Children’s Center, there is a Program Assistant position opening. Attached, you will find a PDF document describing the job responsibilities and qualifications. This position begins in June 2018 and applicants are accepted on a rolling basis. Do not hesitate to email (training@jbcc.harvard.edu) or call Gemma Stern, (617) 278- 4288, with any questions.

It's not too late!  If you are still looking for STEM summer research programs for this summer, now's the time to apply.  Deadlines are fast approaching, but we still have 100+ programs in our database that have deadlines coming up in the next 45 days.

The Midwest Undergraduate Cognitive Science Conference (MUCSC) is seeking abstract submissions from passionate students interested in presenting at our 10th annual conference on April 7th, 2018 at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. 

The Horizons Fellowship is a fully-funded opportunity that supports outstanding undergradute and graduate students (of any year) in their pursuit to combine technology into their existing course of study. The Horizons Fellowship gives STEM majors the ability to learn about real-world technology and build advanced software products. 

Children’s Mercy Hospital (located in the Kansas City metro area) announces summer scholar Counselor (typically undergraduate students) and Lead (typically graduate students) Counselor positions for our Summer Treatment Program (STP). The STP is an award winning, evidence-based program for children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) developed by William Pelham, Ph.D. and colleagues. 

The Summer Institute offers 3 weeks of intensive training in political psychology. Political psychology is an exciting and thriving field that explores the origins of political behavior and the causes of political events, with a special focus on the psychological mechanisms at work.

The Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders and Complicated Grief Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital is recruiting for our Clinical Research Coordinators position openings for May/June 2018. At this time, we are recruiting both for a Program Coordinator as well as several Research Coordinators.

We are now accepting applications for our Master of Science (MS) program in Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology. I/O Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior at work and the application of that science to workplace issues facing individuals, teams, and organizations.

General Information:  Offered to undergraduate students at Washington University to undertake an original project in Europe during the summer after Sophomore or Junior year. Students currently studying abroad may apply!

William Pelham (Ph.D., ABPP) has conducted the Children's Summer Treatment Program (STP) for children with ADHD and related impairments for more than 30 years, most recently through the Center for Children and Families at Florida International University since 2010.

Seeking Mentors for Those Early in Recovery From Eating Disorders: Project HEAL recently launched a new pilot program, Communities of HEALing, designed to explore the ways that peer support and mentorship can help individuals to fully recover from an eating disorder.

The Canine Cognition Center and Social Cognitive Development Lab are seeking applicants for a summer 2018 NSF-REU program. The REU program is supported by an award from the U.S. National Science Foundation (Award #1659085) to Yale University as part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program. 

The Laboratory for Relational Cognition at Georgetown, directed by Dr. Adam Green, is seeking a full-time lab manager (preferred start in mid-June, 2018) and a half-time study coordinator (preferred start in July, 2018) to contribute to neurocognitive research on learning, reasoning, and creativity in high school students and young adults.

UT Austin is now accepting applications for it's annual Summer Undergraduate Research Experience program. This is a great opportunity for students to gain valuable research experience and preparation for graduate school applications.

I hope this finds you well! My name is Samantha Hellberg, and I currently work at the Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders at the Massachusetts General Hospital. We are currently recruiting for a research coordinator position with a rolling start date, anticipated January 2018.

We are looking for a full time research assistant to work on the project described below. The person must be able to commit to continue in the position for at least two years.

The purpose of SPUR is to provide undergraduate students with an intensive 10-week research experience under the mentorship of a University of Utah faculty member. Projects are available in a variety of disciplines. SPUR 2018 will begin on May 23, 2018 and end on August 3, 2018.

The on-line application is now open for the NIH/NIMHD-funded Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training program (MHIRT) which we refer to as the Latino Mental Health Research Training Program.

Boston University is starting the second year of our NSF NRT Research Training Program on the topical area of Understanding the Brain with a specialization in Neurophotonics. Neurophotonics is the understanding of how neural activities at the cellular scale drive computation, behavior and psychology.

My name is Rebecca, and I am an intern at Grace Hill Settlement House, a nonprofit here in St. Louis. One of the services we provide is called Head Start; it is part of a federal program to promote school readiness in children from low income families. Our center manager expressed some interest in having students who are interested in Infant & Child Psychology do some volunteering here.

The Marcus Autism Center, in conjunction with the Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, is offering three fellowships: the Cohen Fellowship in Developmental Social Neuroscience, the Marcus Fellowship in Speech Science and Engineering, and the Simons Fellowship in Computational Neuroscience.

Please join SARAH in welcoming David Lisak, Ph.D., to Graham Chapel on October 25th. Dr. Lisak will speak about his research on sexual violence, which has included prominent work relating to nonstranger and repeat perpetrators, as well as the sexual violence dynamics specific to college campuses.

We wanted to let you know about a fairly new doctoral program established at the University of South Florida. 

The Less Annoying CRM Coding Fellowship is a summer program for women in non-technical undergrad majors. You'll spend the summer working in the LACRM office learning to code with the help of our programmers.

My name is Jayshlyn, and I work at the D. E. Shaw group, a global investment and technology development firm. I wanted to reach out and let you know that we’re coming to Washington University in St. Louis for our fall campus recruiting events that you may be interested in.

The Midstates Consortium for Math and Science Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Biological Sciences and Psychology

The Alzheimer’s Association is looking for psychology students (or graduates) who might be interested in volunteering or completing a practicum or internship with us for the Fall semester. 

A full-time (40 hours per week) academic hourly position in clinical psychology is available at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, beginning August/September, 2017. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a top-ranked research psychology program, and this position would be a good fit for a student considering doctoral studies in clinical psychology and/or a research degree in psychology or a related discipline.

We are actively looking for volunteers, interns and practicum students. Please see the  attached for some information about Provident’s Life Crisis Services, upcoming training dates and a job description of a crisis worker.

Come and intern with Let America Vote, Jason Kander’s new grassroots organization that’s dedicated to protecting voting rights. We are now accepting applications for our summer internship and fellowship programs – looking for bright, energetic individuals who want to learn the nuts and bolts of how a first-class political operation works.

The UNC Diversifying Clinical Psychology Weekend is an opportunity for talented ethnic/racial minority undergraduates and recent college graduates invested in pursuing doctoral level training in clinical psychology to experience an intensive set of seminars and workshops on graduate school in clinical psychology.

Are you a recent or soon-to-be graduate looking for a full-time research position?  Do you have interests and experience in cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging research?

We are looking to hire a new research coordinator for the upcoming school year, and are hoping there may be interested students in your program. Briefly, we investigate sensorimotor and cognitive abnormalities in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and related neurodevelopmental disorders using a variety of systems neuroscience approaches.

We have received applications from some wonderful female counselors, but are still in need of at least 5 more male counselors at each camp. For every male counselor we accept, we are able to accept 3 male campers. 

Interested students should contact Teresa Deshields via email: teresa.deshields@bjc.org with a brief description of their interest and qualifications for the position. See attachment below.

THE 2017 SUMMER INSTITUTE IN POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY at Stanford University from August 6 – August 26, 2017

The week of April 10 is Autism Awareness Week, and the Wash U chapter and committee has planned events that we hope you will join.  Please note, in particular, the panel discussion scheduled for Wednesday, April 12, from 5:30-6:30 in Seigle Hall, room L006, on Mainstreaming Special Education in the Classroom. 

The Stanford Memory Lab is seeking applicants for a full-time Research Assistant position. Located in the Department of Psychology on the Stanford Campus, the lab specializes in human neuroimaging studies of memory and cognition, and how these functions are affected by aging.

Future Leaders in Action, a nonprofit which cultivates leaders and strengthens youth-oriented nonprofits, is looking to hire and place college students or recent graduates, known as fellows, with one of our youth nonprofit partners to develop or implement a program over twelve weeks. Our fellows gain substantial experience, which helps them feel more confident in entering the workforce.

My name is Dustin Baker and I am the Asst. Director at Wonderland Camp.  We are a nonprofit camp located in the Lake of the Ozarks, MO serving children, teenagers, and adults with a wide range of disabilities and special needs. 

We would like to bring to your attention a 9-week NSF REU program for undergraduates in the area of computational neuroscience. We will enroll students from Biological Sciences, Psychological Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Physics and Mathematics.

We would like to bring to your attention an interdisciplinary  symposium on the Trump presidency, to be held Thursday March 9th, from 1-4 pm, entitled  American Democracy and the Rise of Donald Trump.

 Due to strong interest and new budget support there will be a 2017 Conte Center for Computational Neuropsychiatric Genomics Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Chicago. The program starts June 12th and ends August 18th.

The Anxiety and Complicated Grief Program led by Dr. Naomi Simon at NYU Langone Medical Center is seeking applicants for Clinical Research Coordinator positions to start in early June 2017.  Please see the attachments for details. If any students have questions regarding the position, they should feel free to contact me at shellberg@partners.org. Thank you very much for your support!

Camp Courageous is a year-round recreational and respite care facility for individuals with disabilities.  Campers with intellectual and physical disabilities, brain injuries, hearing or visual impairments, autism and other special needs are served.

The Washington University School of Medicine in the Psychiatry department has a research position open on a genetics of alcoholism research project here at Washington University School of Medicine.

The is a job opportunity at the WashU Career Center as a Career Peer. As a Career Peer, you would review any written materials students have to send to employers (resumes, cover letters, etc.) as well as some quick advising/counseling for different career-related topics/issues.

Are you an undergraduate interested in learning more about cognitive and brain sciences? If so, the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Delaware is holding its 1st Annual Summer Workshop in Cognitive and Brain Sciences.

It is with great excitement that I am writing to you announcing the upcoming date for the 2017 UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC).  The conference will be on Friday, May 5, 2017 at UCLA and will showcase approximately 100 undergraduate psychology research projects in poster and paper talk sessions.

Northwestern University's Psychology Department is hosting a program on Friday, June 2nd and Saturday, June 3rd for undergraduates who are members of groups that are traditionally underrepresented in academia (including first-generation college students), and who are potentially interested in pursuing graduate study in psychology. 

Dr. Jon Grant, professor of psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago will be hiring a research coordinator.  One of the current research coordinators will be leaving at the end of April and they are looking to hire someone to take his place, and have contacted Washington University.

The Genes & Addiction NIDA Center for GWAS in Outbred Rats is offering a Research Experiences for High School and Undergraduate Students (REHU) program this coming summer.  Stipends are $4,000 for undergraduates for ten-week projects at the University of California, San Diego;

The Sara S. Sparrow Fellowship in Clinical Neuroscience seeks highly qualified college graduates to participate in cutting-edge clinical research on autism spectrum disorder in the McPartland Lab and the Yale Developmental Disabilities Clinic at the Yale Child Study Center. 

My name is Julia Eddy and I am an organizer with Change Corps, the one-year training fellowship for activists. As you might know, Change Corps offers graduating seniors and others a year-long, full-immersion training fellowship in grassroots organizing that helps prepare them for careers in social change.

The on-line application is now open for the NIH/NIMHD-funded Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training program (MHIRT) which we refer to as the Latino Mental Health Research Training Program.