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Applying for Division 38 Fellow Status

Applications are accepted annually until December 15 (for approval at the APA Convention in the following year).

Interested in Fellow status in Division 38? To apply, you will need:

1. An APA Uniform Fellow Application,
2. a Qualification Checklist for Prospective Applicants for Fellow Status,
3. Fellow Status Evaluation Form and Fellow Status Evaluation Worksheet (three of each needed), and
4. a list of Division 38 Fellows.

The deadline for receipt of all materials by the Division 38 Administrative Office is
December 15. Because of the rigid timetable for reviewing and processing applications, there will be no extensions to this deadline. Nominees whose applications are incomplete as of the deadline will not be considered further in the current year, but will have the opportunity to reactivate their applications the following year. The Division 38 Fellows Committee forwards their recommendations to the APA Membership Committee, whose recommendations are confirmed by the APA Council of Representatives at the APA Convention. Thus, the final outcome of applications for Fellows will not be known until after the annual APA Convention (in the year following the deadline).

All nominees should complete the Uniform Fellow Application (please indicate whether you are applying as an "initial Fellow" or "current Fellow"). It is strongly recommended that each applicant also prepare a self-statement, which highlights the outstanding and unusual contributions to Health Psychology which warrant Fellow status (demonstration of national impact is required). Attach the application and statement to a current C.V., and indicate (using an 'R' notation in the margin) which of the publications listed appeared in refereed publications. To facilitate the timely review of the application, please provide the original and five (5) copies of all documents (including the application, statement and vita). Return the materials to the Administrative Officer by December 15.

Nominees who have never held Fellow status in any APA division (initial Fellows) should also provide an APA Standard Evaluation Form and a Fellow Status Evaluation Worksheet (which can be used by the endorsers to help ensure that a variety of criteria have been addressed in their letters) to each of at least three (3) evaluators who are APA Fellows. At least two of those three evaluators must be Fellows of Division 38. It is suggested that evaluators be from different institutions, and at least one evaluator should be an individual with whom you have never had a continuing personal association.

It is strongly recommended that the nominee include a copy of his/her self-statement and/or C.V. with the forms sent to each evaluator. The most effective endorsement letters are those that systematically and specifically address the APA Fellows criteria. The nature of the "unusual and outstanding" contributions or performance in the field of psychology should be specified in sufficient detail so that members of both the Division 38 and APA committees who may be unacquainted with the candidate's work can write an evaluation of the candidate's qualifications relevant to the Fellows criteria. With this in mind, the evaluators should complete the forms and return them directly to the Division 38 Administrative Office by December 15.

Best of luck in your application. Direct questions to: apadiv38@verizon.net

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