Foundation Grants
APF is seeking to seed innovation through supporting projects and programs that use psychology to solve social problems. APF grants align with our mission of enhancing psychology to elevate the human condition and advance human potential. We offer grants for Early Career Funding and Seed Grants for Research and for Targeted Programs.
Below is a list of programs available.
For Students
APF/COGDOP Graduate Student Scholarships: $1,000 to $5,000 general scholarships for graduate students in psychology.
Benton-Meier Scholarships: $2,500 scholarships for neuropsychology graduate students.
Henry P. David Research Grant: $1,500 for work in the behavioral aspects of human reproductive behavior or an area related to population concerns.
Henry P. David Travel Grant: $1,500 for work in the behavioral aspects of human reproductive behavior or an area related to population concerns.
Violet and Cyril Franks Scholarship: $5,000 for work in stigma related to mental illness.
Randy Gerson Memorial Grant: $6,000 for work in the systemic understanding of couple and/or family dynamics and/or multigenerational processes.
Paul E. Henkin Travel Grant: $1,000 to defer the costs of registration, lodging, and travel for student members of APA Division 16 to attend the APA Annual Convention.
Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowships: $25,000 fellowships for graduate students in child psychology.
F.J. McGuigan Dissertation Award: $2,000 to support dissertation research on the materialistic understanding of the human mind, both empirically and theoretically.
Scott and Paul Pearsall Scholarship: $10,000 to support work that seeks to increase the public’s understanding of the psychological pain and stigma experienced by adults who live with physical disabilities, such as cerebral palsy.
Roy Scrivner Memorial Grant: $12,000 annual grant for empirical and applied research focused on lesbian, gay and bisexual family psychology and lesbian, gay and bisexual family therapy.
Ungerleider/Zimbardo Travel Scholarships: $300 travel awards for seven graduate students to present their papers at the APA Annual Convention.
Lizette Peterson-Homer Grant: $5,000 for research on the prevention of injuries in children and adolescents through accidents, violence, abuse or suicide.
Wayne F. Placek Grants: $15,000 to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay or bisexual issues.
Visionary Grants: up to $20,000 to seed innovation through supporting research, education and intervention projects and programs.
The Drs. Rosalee G. and Raymond A. Weiss Research and Program Innovation Grants: $2,500 to seed innovation through supporting research, education, and intervention projects and programs.
For Early Career Psychologists
John and Polly Sparks Early Career Grant For Psychologists Investigating Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED): $10,000 for research in the area of early intervention and treatment for serious emotional disturbance in children.
APF/AAPA Okura Mental Health Leadership Foundation Fellowship: $20,000 to support psychology’s efforts to benefit the Asian American and Pacific Islander community through research.
Theodore Blau Early Career Award: $4,000 to honor a clinical psychologist for professional accomplishments in clinical psychology.
Kenneth B. and Mamie P. Clark Grant: This fund supports research projects intended to lead to an increased understanding of personal factors, social arrangements, social institutions and physical factors affecting the well being of disesteemed or disadvantaged persons.
Culbertson Travel Grant: $1,500 to support women from developing countries who are in the early stages of their careers by providing travel funds to attend conferences in psychology.
Henry P. David Research Grant: $1,500 for work in the behavioral aspects of human reproductive behavior or an area related to population concerns.
Henry P. David Travel Grant: $1,500 for work in the behavioral aspects of human reproductive behavior or an area related to population concerns.
Division 37 Diane J. Willis Early Career Award: $2,000 to support talented young psychologists making contributions towards informing, advocating for and improving the mental health and well-being of children and families particularly through policy.
Division 29 Early Career Award: $2,500 to recognize promising contributions to psychotherapy.
Robert L. Fantz Award: $2,000 to support careers of promising young investigators conducting scientific research on perceptual-cognitive development and development of selective attention.
F. J. McGuigan Early Career Investigator Prize: $25,000 to support research that aims to advance, both empirically and theoretically, a materialistic understanding of the human mind.
Pearson Early Career Grant: $12,000 to support early career psychologists to work in an area of critical social need.
Lizette Peterson-Homer Grant: $5,000 for research on the prevention of injuries in children and adolescents through accidents, violence, abuse or suicide.
Wayne F. Placek Grants: $15,000 to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay or bisexual issues.
Visionary Grants: up to $20,000 to seed innovation through supporting research, education and intervention projects and programs.
The Drs. Raymond A. and Rosalee G. Weiss Program and Innovation Fund Grants: $2,500 to seed innovation through supporting research, education, and intervention projects and programs.
For Mid and Senior Level Psychologists
Division 17 Counseling Psychology Grants: Up to $5,000 available to enhance the science and practice of counseling psychology.
Jacquelin Goldman Congressional Fellowship: To provide developmental and clinical psychologists with an interest in policies that affect the psychological development of children to contribute to the more effective use of psychological knowledge in government; and to broaden awareness about the value of psychology-government interaction among psychologists and within the federal government.
Alexander Gralnick Investigator Prize: $20,000 to support exceptional research and mentoring accomplishments in the area of serious mental illness.
Theodore Millon Award in Personality Psychology: $1,000 to honor an outstanding psychologist engaged in advancing the science of personality psychology.
Lizette Peterson-Homer Grant: $5,000 for research on the prevention of injuries in children and adolescents through accidents, violence, abuse or suicide.
Wayne F. Placek Grants: $15,000 to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay or bisexual issues.
Visionary Grants: up to $20,000 to seed innovation through supporting research, education, and intervention projects and programs.
The Drs. Raymond A. and Rosalee G. Weiss Program and Innovation Fund Grants: $2,500 to seed innovation through supporting research, education, and intervention projects and programs.
Achievement Awards
Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award: $2,000 to recognize a significant career of contributions of a psychologist who is an exceptional teacher of psychology.
Joseph B. Gittler Award: $10,000 for the most scholarly contribution to the philosophical foundations of psychological knowledge.
Gold Medal Awards for Life Achievement: Bestowed in recognition of a distinguished career and enduring contribution to psychology.
Wilhelm Wundt-William James Award: Recognizes a significant record of trans-Atlantic research collaboration.
Lectures and Symposia
Each year APF invites leaders in the field of psychology to speak on a variety of pressing issues facing psychology today. These lectures and symposia seek to educate, enrich and inform the discussions.
William Bevan Lecture on Psychology and Public Policy
Esther Katz Rosen Lecture on Gifted Children and Adolescents
Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology
The Dr. Rosalee G. Weiss Lecture for Outstanding Leaders in Psychology
What APF Grant and Scholarship Recipients Say About APF:
"The funding from the scholarship was incredibly important to my work because it was my largest source of dissertation related funding. Without this money, I would not have been able to collect and analyze genetic data from almost 200 women…"
Jillian M. Holm-Denoma, recipient of the Ruth G. and Joseph D. Matarazzo Scholarship.
"APF has been very generous in providing money to get this study off the ground. This will allow us to take the next step to pursue federal funding from the National Institutes of Health."
David A. Sbarra, PhD, assistant professor of clinical psychology at the University of Arizona, recipient of a $10,000 APF Raymond A. and Rosalee G. Weiss Innovative Research Grant to study how marital relationships help people cope with chronic pain.
"Every 21 seconds, someone in the United States is diagnosed with diabetes. With diabetes reaching epidemic proportions, there is a tremendous need for psychological care, and psychologists need to be trained to provide this care. APF helped make this training possible."