American Psychological Association Science Student Council

**APA Science Student Council Mission Statement** The APA Science Student Council (SSC) advocates for the needs of research-oriented graduate students. Specifically, the SSC: - Promotes the visibility of psychology as a core Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) discipline. - Advises the Board of Scientific Affairs and the APA [Science Directorate](https://www.apa.org/science/directorate) on research-oriented student issues. - Administers an award to recognize early research accomplishments of graduate students (e.g., [Early Graduate Student Researcher Awards](https://www.apa.org/about/awards/scistucoun-earlyre "scistucoun-earlyre")). - Develops science-oriented APA [Convention](http://convention.apa.org) programming. - Represents and facilitates communication between various subspecialties of psychological science (e.g. Datablitz and other convention sessions). - Disseminates information relevant to research-oriented graduate students (e.g. [newsletter articles](http://www.apa.org/science/search?query=%22From%20the%20Science%20Student%20Council%22fq=DocumentTypeFilt:%22Newsletter%20Article%22sort=ContentDateSort%20desc "Articles by the Science Student Council") on such topics as funding opportunities and career information). - Promotes student knowledge of advocacy issues (e.g., [newsletter articles](https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2018/02/graduate-student-advocacy), resources online). - Works collaboratively with the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) and the [APAGS Science Committee](https://www.apa.org/apags/governance/subcommittees/science "science").