Dissertation grant -- due April 1

["Bette L. Bottoms" <bbottoms@xxxxxxx>]

Please encourage all dissertation level students to apply for this award!

The Section on Child Maltreatment's 
2000 Dissertation Grant

The Section on Child Maltreatment (Section 1 of Division 37, American
Psychological Association) announces its first annual dissertation grant.
A $400 prize will be awarded to one successful graduate student applicant
to assist with expenses in conducting dissertation research on the topic of
child maltreatment.  Applicants are requested to submit:

	1.  a letter of interest, indicating how the applicant would use the award
funds toward the completion of the dissertation research, 
	2.  a 100 word abstract, and
	3.  a 5-page proposal summarizing the research to be conducted. 

Please submit applications by April 1, 2000, to:

	Dr. Susan Limber
	Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life
	Clemson University
	158 Poole Agricultural Center
	Clemson, SC 29634
	(864) 656-6320

Applicants will be notified of the decision in mid-June.  The award will be
presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association
in Washington, DC, August 4-8, 2000.



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Bette L. Bottoms, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Assistant Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

University of Illinois at Chicago
1007 W Harrison ST (M/C 285)
Chicago, IL 60607-7137
E-mail:  bbottoms@xxxxxxx
Phone: 312-413-2635  Fax: 312-413-4122

Visit the Psychology Department's web site at http://www.uic.edu/depts/psch.