Healthcare Scholarship: Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship
The Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz fellowship assists doctoral students in the psychology field advance their scholarly research. One requirement of this fellowship: the work the student does must contribute to the advancement of knowledge in pediatric, child-clinical, school, educational and developmental psychopathology.
Scholarship Overview
The Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowship was created to provide financial support for innovative research and programs that advance the ability of psychology to aid human potential and improve the lives of humans well into the future. This fellowship is intended only for doctoral students.
The application packet must have the student’s curriculum vitae, a proposal abstract that addresses the criteria, which has been outlined by the American Psychological Foundation and a letter of recommendation from the student’s adviser that includes verification of the nomination criteria listed. This letter of recommendation should cover one page maximum.
Scholarship Requirements
The criteria for potential nominees include:
•Achievement of doctoral candidacy when the fellowship begins.
•Student must be a doctoral candidate studying child psychology.
•The winning student must have tuition support from their doctoral program.
•If human study participants are involved, the doctoral candidate must receive IRB approval from their host institution before funding is awarded.
•The student must have demonstrated research competence and commitment in their area of study.
Once a recipient is selected, they will be required to submit a more complete application, which includes an expanded proposal of no more than six pages. The proposal itself should have 1-inch margins and use Times new Roman, 12–point font. The fellowship recipient must include the relevant background, specific aims for the research, a literature review and the significance of their project. This should be no longer than two pages. The Methods section should be about three pages and detail the intended project design, assessments and procedures. This part of the application should be detailed enough so the committee can’t determine the relevancy of the intended project. The Implications section should run one page.
The fellowship recipient should also include a timeline for the completion of their project, a current CV, a full budget with justification, a copy of IRB approval and two letters of recommendation, with one letter coming from the student’s department chair or director of graduate studies.
Scholarship Deadline
For applications to arrive to the American Psychological Foundation is mid-November of the academic year. For applicants submitting applications through their institutions’ psychology departments, the packets should be sent out by the beginning of October of the academic year.
Scholarship amount
Financial support is for only one year. The fellowship can be in any amount up to $25,000. The scholarship can be up to $5,000.
