Monitor - April 2014

generosity, than ensuring that talented young psychologists get the start they need in the field,” says APF President Dorothy W. Cantor, PsyD.

The APF/COGDOP Scholarship program assists graduate students in psychology with research costs associated with the master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation. Graduate students enrolled in a doctoral program or an interim master’s program are eligible to apply. Special attention will be given to applications from students who, at the time of application, are within the first two years of graduate study in psychology. The deadline for applications is June 30.

For more information about the APF/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarships, visit www.apa.org/apf/ funding/ cogdop.aspx.

David Wechsler Early Career
Grant supports innovative work
in cognition

Leonard, Daniel and Neil Wechsler have established a grant to honor David Wechsler, who was Leonard’s father and Daniel and Neil’s grandfather.

The $25,000 David Wechsler Early Career Grant for Innovative Work in Cognition supports early career psychologists pursuing innovative work in neuropsychology, intelligence and/ or the assessment aspects of cognition. Those who work on positive applied neuropsychology are encouraged to apply.

For more information, visit www.apa. org/apf/funding/ wechsler.aspx.

Ungerleider gift supports future
generations

Renowned author and one of the world’s
leading experts on sports, performance
enhancement drugs and ethics, Steven
Ungerleider, PhD, knows firsthand the
difference that early career support can
have for new psychologists.

From a young age, Ungerleider was passionate about the field of psychology. But it was thanks to guidance and encouragement from his mentors, particularly his graduate school advisor Martin Acker, PhD, that he had the confidence to pursue a career which would combine his two loves: psychology and sport.

Joining the United States Olympic Committee Sport Psychology Registry in 1984, Ungerleider went on to work on the team of researchers that investigated the East German doping scandal. This led to his award-winning 2001 book, “Faust’s Gold: Inside the East German Doping Machine,” which has been translated into five languages and was made into a PBS documentary.

Ungerleider’s research has also been used
for several high-profile doping cases.

Ungerleider is paying forward the support he received as a young psychologist with a gift in honor of Joseph D. Matarazzo, PhD, to APF’s Campaign to Transform the Future. He encourages others to consider doing the same.

“You don’t have to be at the end of
your career to give,” he says. “It’s not
about how much you give. Just think
about the mentors you’ve had and pass
that on.”
Ungerleider’s gift to the campaign is
just one of several he has made to APF,
including funding for the Ungerleider-
Zimbardo travel scholarships, which
allow graduate students to present
their work each year at APA’s Annual
Convention.

“I’m thrilled to bring in the younger generation and encourage their interest in the field,” he says. “Giving to APF is a way to ensure a strong future for psychology.” n

Grantee Spotlight

Fighting the effects of stigma

In 2004, Michael Inzlicht, PhD, was given a $10,000

Drs. Rosalee G. and Raymond A. Weiss Research and Program Innovation Grant to study the gender gap between women and men in math and science and the academic performance gap between white and African-American students.

Ten years later, Inzlicht is an associate professor in the department of psychology at the University of Toronto and a principal investigator at the Toronto Laboratory for Social Neuroscience. His research — which began with this APF grant — has contributed to the development of a new focus in the study of prejudice and discrimination. He has found that belonging to a stigmatized group can lead to poor self-control that affects performance. He is using this finding to identify ways to diminish this effect so that people can become less sensitive to negative emotions.

“I view the APF grant as being instrumental in not only getting other grants, but also in helping me establish myself as an independent researcher,” Inzlicht says.

His research has led to eight published articles, 23 presentations, and six awards and honors. It has been featured in numerous media outlets, including The New York Times and The Toronto Sun.