Developmental Psychology Training Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：密歇根大学发展心理学课程旨在培养学生成为有创造力、精通的学者，他们将追求合理、有意义的研究，追求应用，并成为优秀的教师和导师。该方案始于1965年，自1966年以来一直由联合国儿童与发展中心的培训补助金资助。该项目包括20名核心教师，40名附属教师，其中心理学系有120多名教师。课程和研究培训机会既广泛又深入，在项目内，在部门内，在大学社区。发展研究的广泛领域包括：基本过程、大脑和发展、学校教育和成就、家庭、生命周期发展、发展精神病理学和文化/跨国研究。在生物心理学、跨文化环境、学校和诊所方面的培训以及将研究应用于诸如日托、教育成就差距和社会经济劣势等社会政策问题方面存在着特殊的机会。每年资助四名博士预科生和两名博士后培训生，为期五年。这些是当前补助金的职位数量。学员是从经过严格筛选的申请者中挑选出来的，特别注意从代表性不足的少数民族中招募学生。我们的毕业生取得的成就尤其突出，许多来自少数民族的学生现在担任着重要的专业职位。该项目拥有优秀的物理设施和资源，我们是一个领先的部门的一部分，其设施和设备将与全国最好的相匹配。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The program in Developmental Psychology at the University of Michigan is designed to prepare its students to be creative, proficient scholars who will pursue sound, meaningful research, pursue application and be excellent teachers and mentors themselves. The program began in 1965 and has been funded with training grants from NICHD since 1966. The program includes 20 core faculty, 40 affiliated faculty, and is in the Department of Psychology with more than 120 faculty. Courses and research training opportunities are both broad and in depth within the program, within the Department, and within the University community. The broad areas of research within developmental include the following: basic processes, brain and development, schooling and achievement, family, life-span development, developmental psychopathology and cultural/cross national research. Special opportunities exist for training in biopsychology, cross-cultural settings, schools and clinics, and for the application of research to social policy issues such as daycare, gaps in educational achievement, and socio-economic disadvantage. Support is requested for four predoctoral and two postdoctoral trainees per year for a period of five years. These are the number of positions on the current grant. Trainees are chosen from a highly selective pool of applicants, with special attention to recruiting students from underrepresented minorities. The record of achievement of our graduates has been especially strong, with many from minority groups now in prominent professional positions. The program has excellent physical facilities and resources, and we are part of a leading department with facilities and equipment that will match the best in the country.