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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 9h
On behalf of the James McKeen Cattell Fund, we're pleased to announce a call for applications for the James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Award! The Fund offers awards up to $40,000. #Funding #AcademicSky Applications due January 15, 2027
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James McKeen Cattell Fund
For over half a century, the James McKeen Cattell Fund has provided support for the science and the application of psychology. The Fund offers James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Awards up to $40,000. The...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 15h
Sylvia Chou dedicated 18 years to building scientific programs at the #NIH. One year into the new Trump administration, she resigned. In our recent interview, she bravely recounts how the agency has become a place where “most people are living in fear and dread.” #BethesdaDeclaration
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NIH Employees Lived in a Culture of Fear, So They Started Keeping Receipts
Sylvia Chou, former NIH program director, says “nobody’s OK” after massive disruptions to funding policies and infrastructure.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Congratulations to the 2026 Class of Fellows and College Members rsc-src.ca/en/about/pub... 🎉 #AcademicSky
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Become a mentor, mentee, or both! The APS Mentorship Program brings together psychological scientists from around the world and across career stages and industries. Apply by October 19  #AcademicSky #Psychology
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APS Mentorship Program
Through the Mentorship Program, APS seeks to foster skills growth, professional development, and a vibrant and multinational community.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Motivation is 'like air,' argues Fan Yang. 'We actually really need it.'" #PsychSciSky #Motivation
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It’s the Small Things: Treating Something as Even Slightly Significant Affects Motivation
Motivation is “like air,” argues the coauthor of a recent study. “We actually really need it.”
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
With elections this November, your voice carries extra weight. Tell your Representative and Senators that protecting #science from political interference matters to your vote. Call, request a meeting, or email through our Act Now page: www.psychologicalscience.org/act-now
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nominate a colleague for an APS Janet Taylor Spence Award!  www.psychologicalscience.org/member…
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Join our Community Conversation on October 7! Designed for trainees, postdocs, non-tenure-track faculty, & pre-tenured faculty, this is an open space to share experiences & reflect together on how power & privilege show up in academia. #AcademicSky member.psychologicalscience.org/events/event...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The APS Teaching Fund invites applications for nonrenewable #grants for projects broadly addressing: Global psychological science, teaching/learning, meetings/conferences, & technology. #Funding Apply by October 1
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APS Teaching Fund
The APS Teaching Fund provides small grants for projects that promote the teaching and learning of psychological science. Apply by October 1!
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Submissions for our 2027 Annual Convention open on October 15! There's a few changes for 2027, including submission types: Empirical Research Systematic Review Meta-Analysis and Meta-Synthesis Methods and Applications www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Researchers at the University of Arizona argue that late-life cognition is a natural phase of human development, one that prioritizes wisdom over details. #Aging 
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The Aging Brain Is Not Declining. It’s Adapting
The aging brain is often viewed through a lens of cognitive decline, with older adults seen as compensating for their fading memory. New research challenges that view.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nominate a colleague to become an APS Fellow by October 1! #AcademicSky www.psychologicalscience.org/member…
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
AI is now a fixture of teenage life. In a recent paper in Perspectives, Anne Maheux and @chellymaes.bsky.social mapped a course for understanding and supporting young people during #adolescence in the era of #AI.
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Coming of Age With AI
The world's fastest-adopted technology is now a fixture of teenage life. We don't yet know what it's doing to the work of growing up.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ask to be nominated! ⭐ APS Rising Star nominations due October 1! www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awar...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Over the next few Observer columns, APS President @umpamdk.bsky.social will share some of her thinking on why she selected her plenaries for the 2027 APS Annual Convention happening in May 2027. www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Congratulations to 2027 APS William James Fellow Award recipients 🎉 James Gross and Stephen P. Hinshaw
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APS William James Fellow Award
The APS William James Fellow Award honors APS members for their lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology. Recipients must be APS members recognized internationally for their outstanding contributions to scientific psychology.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Is empathy from #AI different from empathy from a human? A new #Teaching Current Directions activity is now available: students will discuss how responses of empathy are perceived when they originate from humans versus machines.
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Teaching Empathy in AI Interactions
Teaching: In this activity, students will discuss how responses of empathy are perceived when they originate from humans versus machines.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Congratulations to the 2027 APS Mentor Award recipients 🎉 Lauren Alloy, Michele Gelfand, Susan Gelman, Daniel Klein, and Daniel Schacter!
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APS Mentor Award
The APS Mentor Award honors the importance of mentoring in our field as well as the dedication and impact of individuals with a distinguished record of teaching, advising, and encouraging students and colleagues.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📣 Calling all psychological scientists! Serve as a mentor, mentee, or both with the APS Mentorship Program. Pairs are matched individually based on goals and experience, and supported for six months (November–April) with program resources along the way. #AcademicSky 📅 Applications due October 19.
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APS Mentorship Program
Through the Mentorship Program, APS seeks to foster skills growth, professional development, and a vibrant and multinational community.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2027 APS James S. Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award for Transformative Scholarship 🎉 Elizabeth R. Cole
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APS James S. Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award for Transformative Scholarship
Honoring APS Members for their lifetime of outstanding psychological research that advances understanding of historically disadvantaged racial and ethnic groups and/or understanding of the psychological and societal benefits of racial/ethnic diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Join us THIS Friday, September 18, for an unscripted roundtable discussion on how behavioral science can rethink its core concepts, retool its methods of measurement, & stay relevant to a world where nearly every industry is being reshaped by #AI. member.psychologicalscience.org/events/event...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Ultimately, I hope this research shifts the conversation from asking, ‘What damage did early adversity cause?’ to asking, ‘When are the opportunities to help children thrive?’” [Nicole B. Perry] said. “That’s the question that motivates my work.”
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Early Neglect May Cause Teenage Troubles
The effects of early neglect range from hormonal imbalances to mental health issues, and, in some cases, parental burnout may be to blame.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Congratulations to the 2027 APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award recipients 🎉 Mary A. Carskadon, Jennifer E. Lansford, and Mark McDaniel!
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APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award
The APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award recognizes APS members for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the area of applied psychological research. Recipients must be APS members whose researc...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Learn more about APSO's first article, Beyond Reward and Punishment: Introducing Costly Countercontrol to the Study of Altruism, from Author Sabine Windmann, Goethe University Frankfurt www.psychologicalscience.org/news/2026-se...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Congratulations to the 2027 APS lifetime achievement award recipients! 🎉 #AcademicSky www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In a special issue of Clinical Psychological Science, guest editors Sarah Karalunas, Erica Musser, and APS Fellow @drkoraly.bsky.social present 10 articles that collectively illustrate the power of temperament-based frameworks to better understand psychopathology. #ClinicalScience Full issue ⬇️
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Temperament’s Effects on Mental Illness Are Examined in Special Issue of <i>Clinical Psychological Science</i>
Ten articles collectively illustrate the power of temperament-based frameworks to better understand psychopathology.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Psychological Science is seeking submissions for four upcoming special issues #AcademicSky #Psychology www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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Upcoming <i>Psychological Science</i> Special Issues
Psychological Science is seeking submissions for the following special issues:Advancing Psychological Science Using Large Language ModelsFrom Lab to Life: Psychological Science in the Real WorldCenter...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
📣 The first article in our newest journal, Advances in Psychological Science Open (APSO), is here: “Beyond Reward and Punishment: Introducing Costly Countercontrol to the Study of Altruism” by Sabine Windmann, Goethe University Frankfurt www.psychologicalscience.org/news/2026-se...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The APS Teaching Fund invites applications for nonrenewable #grants for projects broadly addressing: Global psychological science, teaching/learning, meetings/conferences, & technology. Applications accepted from everywhere🌎 #Funding #Teaching www.psychologicalscience.org/members/teac...
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APS Teaching Fund
The APS Teaching Fund provides small grants for projects that promote the teaching and learning of psychological science. Apply by October 1!
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Meet @danieljamesyon.bsky.social, a professor of cognitive neuroscience and the director of the Uncertainty Lab at Birkbeck, University of London. He investigates how the human brain observes, tracks, and overcomes uncertainty. Yon is also a 2026 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award recipient.
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Member Spotlight: 2026 Spence Awardee Daniel Yon’s Search for a Distinctive Patch in the Research Landscape
Image above: Yon discusses his book, A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality.Daniel Yon is a professor of cognitive neuroscience and the director of the Uncertainty Lab at Birkbeck, Un...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Read about the latest research published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
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New Content From <i>Perspectives on Psychological Science</i>
New content covering emotional memory, child development, technology and more.
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Nice to be profiled in this piece for @psychscience.bsky.social In which I talk a bit about our research so far, what can make our kind of career challenging - and why we should all strive to be 'fish scales' 🐟 www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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Member Spotlight: 2026 Spence Awardee Daniel Yon’s Search for a Distinctive Patch in the Research Landscape
Image above: Yon discusses his book, A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality.Daniel Yon is a professor of cognitive neuroscience and the director of the Uncertainty Lab at Birkbeck, Un...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Linshanjie Da says that simply measuring time cannot explain what students do online, why they do it, or how those experiences leave them feeling #SocialMedia
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Student Notebook: Thinking Beyond the Limits of Screen Time
Simply measuring time cannot explain what students do online, why they do it, or how those experiences leave them feeling, writes doctoral student Linshanjie Da.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#NSF has proposed changes to its Guidance on Financial Assistance that would preemptively carry forward a controversial OMB rule proposal. Read our recently submitted comments opposing NSF’s proposed change www.psychologicalscience.org/act-now
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Act Now: Protect the Integrity and Independence of Science
Federal science funding is under the most significant threat in decades as student visa, foreign collaboration, and funding delay concerns grow in the U.S.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Ask to be nominated by October 1! ⭐ APS Rising Star: shorturl.at/OWJYe 📚APS Fellows: shorturl.at/Gkerx 🏆APS Janet Taylor Spence Award: shorturl.at/jk3JM
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Join Sabrina Habib and Adam Green for a Science for Society on September 18 as they think through what's at stake if #AI overtakes our creative processes. Register: member.psychologicalscience.org/eve…
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Last Call! 2026 Estes Fund proposals due September 1 #AcademicSky
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Estes Fund Request for Proposals
Submit your proposal to fund the creation of advanced training opportunities for psychological science in summer schools or focused workshops. Deadline: September 1, 2025.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Big-team science is not a cure-all. It is expensive, stressful, and only worth doing when the question is big enough to justify the cost. But when it works, it can produce better science—and a more inclusive scientific community," says @jayvanbavel.bsky.social, PhD.
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Four Insights to Guide Big-Team Science Projects
APS Fellow Jay Van Bavel describes four principles for building effective large-scale collaborations.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Can't wait for 2027! 🎉 Reminder: Submissions OPEN October 15 for our convention in Seattle, Washington, May 27-30, 2027. www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#NSF published its solicitation for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences Directorate is absent from eligible depts. Psychological science depends on a strong, independent SBE. ACT NOW to keep it intact: www.psychologicalscience.org/act-now
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“Parents should recognize that we cannot just ask people to put their phones away,” @drandreahoward.bsky.social said. “It’s going to require support and scaffolding to figure out a way that they can use their device in a way that works for them and you as a parent."
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For Young Adults, Limiting Social Media Use Doesn’t Improve Well-Being
What happens when young adults are asked to slash their social media use to 30 minutes a day? In a new set of studies, most did not follow through, and those who did cut back …
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
📆❗Reminder: Estes Fund proposals due September 1 The Estes Fund invites proposals to fund the creation and hosting of advanced training opportunities in mathematical and computational modeling for psychological science. @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social #ScientificFunding #AcademicSky
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Estes Fund Request for Proposals
Submit your proposal to fund the creation of advanced training opportunities for psychological science in summer schools or focused workshops. Deadline: September 1, 2025.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
How do people think about children’s mental development worldwide? In a recent Psychological Science article, Xianwei Meng & colleagues connect the fields of folk psychology (the study of people’s everyday understanding of mental processes) & developmental science.
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Across Cultures, People Share Beliefs on How Children’s Minds Grow
A new study examines how people from around the world think about children’s mental development.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Join @lehersingh.bsky.social, @sakshighai.bsky.social, @daudivanveen.nl, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social on October 7 for our Community Conversation on how power and privilege show up in academic departments #AcademicSky Learn more and register here: member.psychologicalscience.org/events/event...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Meet APSSC President @shiyz-clinpsy.bsky.social, who provides an overview of the student caucus’ objectives and plans to foster an inclusive global community for the coming year. #Academia
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APS Student Caucus: Fostering an Inclusive Global Community
APSSC President Yuze Shi provides an overview of the student caucus' objectives and plans for the coming year.
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Save the date! Submissions will open on October 15 for the 2027 APS Annual Convention 🗓️ Check out the 2027 plenaries on social media and well-being, multi-source data in psychological science, and how the field has met its own methodological challenges: www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/...
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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Just to spur on some additional conversations-we want to start dealing with what AI means for how we create, manage, and publish our science. What types of conversations do you want to have at the meeting that will help take an ethical but also innovative step for psychological science?
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
What happens when young adults are asked to slash their social media use to 30 minutes a day?
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The APS Teaching Fund invites applications for nonrenewable #grants for projects broadly addressing: Global psychological science, teaching/learning, meetings/conferences, & technology.  Applications accepted from everywhere🌎 #Funding #Teaching
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APS Teaching Fund
The APS Teaching Fund provides small grants for projects that promote the teaching and learning of psychological science. Apply by October 1!
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Nominate a colleague to become an APS Janet Taylor Spence Award: www.psychologicalscience.org/member…
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