Department of Psychology
Special Programs
Students majoring in Psychology who plan to pursue the Ph.D. in psychology
or another science discipline are encouraged to become actively engaged in science research and to take part in one of several federally sponsored research training
programs open to students majoring in psychology. These include the NSF
Research Careers for Minority Scholars Program; the Public Health Sciences
Institute; the Minority Biomedical Research Support Program- Research Initiative
for Scientific Enhancement Program (MBRS-RISE); the Historically Black Colleges
and Universities-Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP); the Hopps Scholars
Program; the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program; the
National Institute of Mental Health-Career Opportunities in Research Education
and Training (NIMH-COR) - Honors Undergraduate Research Training Program;
and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences-Minority Access to Research
Careers/Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research Program (NIGMSMARC/U*STAR). Several of these programs provide research training starting in
the freshman year. Two programs starting in the junior year are the NIMH-COR
and NIGMS-MARC/U*STAR Programs. These honors research training programs
provide juniors and seniors with advanced research training opportunities.
Additional opportunities for research participation are available through the
neuroscience curriculum at Morehouse as well as the National Science Foundation’s
Center for Behavioral Neuroscience. The latter program involves all of the AUC
schools, Georgia State University and Emory University and provides
multidisciplinary research opportunities in the behavioral neurosciences.
Other research opportunities are available through individual faculty conducting research. Students interested in any of the above programs or in conducting research with individual faculty should consult their advisor for additional information.
