Developmental Psychology Training Grant

描述(由申请者提供)：密歇根大学发展心理学课程旨在培养学生成为富有创造力、熟练的学者，他们将从事合理、有意义的研究，追求应用，并成为优秀的教师和导师。该计划始于1965年，自1966年以来一直由NICHD的培训赠款资助。该项目包括20名核心教师和40名附属教师，并在心理学系拥有120多名教师。课程和研究培训的机会既广泛又深入，在该计划内，在系内，在大学社区内。发展领域内的广泛研究领域包括：基本过程、大脑与发展、学校教育与成就、家庭、终身发展、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，以及将研究应用于社会政策问题，如日托、教育成就差距和社会经济劣势，都有特殊的机会。要求每年支助四名博士后学员和两名博士后学员，为期五年。这些是目前拨款中的职位数量。学员是从高度挑剔的申请者中挑选出来的，特别注意招收代表人数较少的少数族裔的学生。我们的毕业生的成绩尤其出色，许多来自少数族裔的人现在担任了重要的专业职位。该项目拥有一流的设施和资源，我们是领先部门的一部分，拥有与全国最好的设施和设备相匹配的设施和设备。

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.