Lehman College Psychology Research Development

描述（由申请人提供）：纽约市立大学雷曼学院心理学系拥有超过四分之三的少数族裔本科生和活跃的研究人员，非常适合为心理健康相关研究的职业提供大量少数族裔心理学学生的必要背景。本申请要求在8年成功的M-RISP支持后，通过改善设施和提供资源来支持教师研究，加强了雷曼学院心理学系的研究环境。这种增强的研究环境的结果是提高了教师的生产力，并提高了雷曼心理学系在学院的知名度。本提案的研究发展（基础设施）部分的具体目标是：(1)提高个别教师的研究技能；(2)提高教师个人的生产力；(3)为少数民族本科生提供攻读博士学位所需的智力和激励工具；(4)通过提供心理学系成员，在师生之间建立社区意识

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): With an undergraduate student population that is over three-quarters minority and an active research faculty, the Department of Psychology at Lehman College/City University of New York (CUNY) is ideally suited to provide a large pool of minority psychology students with the necessary background for careers in mental health related research. The present application requests renewal of funding after eight years of successful M-RISP support that enhanced the research environment in the Lehman College Psychology Department through the improvement of facilities and provision of resources to support faculty research. The outcome of this enhanced research environment has been increased faculty productivity and greater visibility of the Lehman Department of Psychology in the college. The Specific Aims of the research development (infrastructure) component of this proposal are to: (1) sharpen the research skills of individual faculty members; (2) increase the productivity of individual faculty members; (3) provide minority undergraduate students with the intellectual and motivational tools required for success in Ph.D. programs; (4) establish a sense of community among faculty and students by providing the members of the psychology department with joint faculty-student activities that will expand knowledge, broaden research skills, and increase professional contacts; and (5) foster the interest of minority students in basic research in areas related to mental health. These specific aims will be met through provision of faculty research support in the form of an administrative assistant, a computer technician, and released time for research provided to untenured faculty. Departmental activities include a specialized seminar for students and faculty that includes visiting speakers, a student computer/study room with Internet access, and participation of student psychology majors in faculty research programs. The current application includes three individual research proposals from new untenured faculty in the Department of Psychology who are beginning research programs.