Lamberti Summer Research Scholarship

Lamberti Summer Research Scholarship is an annual scholarship intended to promote student research in the area of Psychosocial Trauma Studies. The International Center for Psychosocial Trauma (ICPT) helps children worldwide who have been victimized by violence and war and who often suffer from psychological trauma. The Center’s mission is to train teachers, mental health professionals and others to help children and their families overcome the effects of trauma.

I) Eligibility-
lambertia) Applicants must be students
lambertib) Both graduate and undergraduates are welcome to apply.
lambertic) One student will receive the scholarship each summer.

II) Benefits
lambertia) The recipient of the scholarship will be awarded $1500 as a stipend.
lambertib) The stipend will be dispersed in three monthly payments over the course of
lambertim the summer.

III) Expectations
lambertia) The recipient will attend the ICPT weekly meetings.
lambertib) The recipient will conduct research over the course of the summer.
lambertic) General guidelines for time spent on meetings and research should be 15
lambertimdhours a week for 12 weeks.
lambertid) At the end of the research period, the recipient will present a final
lambertimdproject in one of the following formats;
lambertimdj1) Submission of a training module for the ICPT Summer Institute
lambertimdj2) Establishment of an ongoing community outreach program.
lambertimdj3) Writing of a paper describing research and submission for
lambertimdmdjpublication.

II) Application process
lambertia) All applications are due on May 15, 2004.
lambertib) Applicants must submit a research proposal.
lambertic) To apply, please send an email containing your contact information and research lambertim proposal to muicpt@umcpsychiatry.com. Research proposals can be in the form lambertim of an attachment and should be in either Microsoft Word or WordPefect format.
lambertid) The recipient of the scholarship will be notified by May 22, and work
lambertimdwill begin as soon as possible.

At this time the Lamberti Scholarship is closed from taking any other applications.