Minority Fellowship Program Psychology Summer Research Institute(MFP-PSI)

美国心理学协会（阿帕）-心理学少数民族奖学金计划（MFP）是一项国家计划，旨在增加代表性不足的少数民族群体的数量，进行NIMH感兴趣的心理健康相关和健康差异导向的研究。作为我们的培训角色的延伸，我们已经实施了MFP心理学暑期研究所（MFP-PSI），以促进我们的学员的专业发展，为成功的研究生涯做准备。这个夏季培训计划的目的是（1）提供教育和指导经验，有前途的研究生和博士水平的专业人士在早期的职业生涯阶段，这将推动他们在有形项目的发展，（2）提供机会，在各级网络与NIMH和其他联邦机构的代表，以及来自全国各地的领先的心理健康研究人员，（3）通过技术培训，接触研究和治疗模式，以及高级心理健康研究专业人员的咨询，促进参与者的职业发展，以及（4）促进主要参与研究和主要参与服务提供的人员之间的思想交流。这些目标将通过在哥伦比亚特区华盛顿举办为期4天的培训学院来实现，在培训学院中，参与者将接触到该领域主要研究人员的专题和方法讲座，有关NIMH和其他联邦机构资助的一系列研究的信息，以及开发现有研究项目和包括同行指导在内的书面手稿的技术援助，以及顶尖心理学家的高水平个人指导。我们将进行一项评估，包括立即的研究所后调查沿着以及6个月和12个月的随访在线调查。我们的评估将是形成性的和基于结果的。跟踪的主要成果将包括出版物和赠款生产活动增加的证据，以及职业发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The American Psychological Association (APA) - Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) in Psychology is a national program designed to increase the numbers of underrepresented ethnic minority groups conducting mental health-related and health disparity oriented research of interest to NIMH. As an extension of our training role, we have implemented an MFP Psychology Summer Institute (MFP-PSI) to promote the professional development of our trainees in preparation for successful research careers. The aims of this summer training program are to (1) provide educational and mentoring experiences to promising graduate students and doctoral-level professionals at early-career stages that will advance them in the development of tangible projects, (2) provide opportunities to network at various levels with NIMH and other federal agency representatives, as well as with leading mental health researchers from across the country, (3) facilitate the career development of participants through technical training, exposure to research and treatment models, and counsel from advanced mental health research professionals, and (4) foster cross-fertilization of ideas between those primarily involved in research and those primarily involved in service delivery. These aims will be accomplished through a 4-day training institute to be held in Washington, DC at which participants are exposed to topical and methodological lectures by leading researchers in the field, information about the array of research funded by NIMH and other federal agencies, and technical assistance in developing existing research projects and written manuscripts which included peer mentoring, and high-level individual mentoring from leading psychologists. We will conduct an evaluation comprised of an immediate, post-institute survey along with a 6-month and 12-month follow-up on-line survey. Our evaluation will be both formative and outcome based. Key outcomes tracked will include evidence of increased publication and grant production activity, as well as career advancement.