Wayne F. Placek Grants

These grants support scientific research to increase the general public's understanding of homosexuality and to alleviate the stress that gay men and lesbians experience in this and future civilizations.

Two $15,000 grants are available in research support.

Deadline: March 1, 2012

Sponsor: APF

Description

The grants support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, or bisexual issues. Proposals are especially encouraged for empirical studies that address the following topics:

Heterosexuals' attitudes and behaviors toward lesbians and gay men, including prejudice, discrimination, and violence
Family and workplace issues relevant to lesbians and gay men
Subgroups of the lesbian and gay population that have historically been underrepresented in scientific research

These grants are made possible by a bequest from Wayne Placek, a participant in Dr. Evelyn Hooker's groundbreaking research in the 1950s which showed that homosexuality is not a form of psychopathology. Since 1995, the Placek Fund has granted more than $1 million.

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Eligibility

How to Apply

Past Recipients

2011

Robert J. Cramer, PhD, Sam Houston State University
Marieka M. Klawitter, PhD, University of Washington

2010

Janna Scarborough, PhD, East Tennessee State University
Peter Theodore, PhD, University of South Florida

2009

Bethany G. Everett, University of Colorado, Boulder
T. Andrew Caswell, University of South Florida

2008 (Large)

Eden King, PhD, George Mason University
Anneliese Singh, PhD, University of Georgia

2008 (Small)

Valerian Derlega, PhD, Old Dominion University
Tracie Stewart, PhD, Georgia State University
Nicole Rossi, PhD, Augusta State University
K.L. Broad, PhD, University of Florida
Christine Alksnis, PhD, Wilfrid Laurier University

2007 (Investigator Development Award)

Elizabeth Suter, PhD, University of Denver and Jody Koenig Kellas, PhD, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Mary L. Gray, PhD, Indiana University

2007 (Large)

Lisa M. Diamond, PhD, University of Utah
Jennifer K. Bosson, PhD, University of South Florida
James A. Coan, PhD, University of Virginia

2007 (Small)

William A. Jellison, PhD, Quinnipiac University
Timothy J. Bilbarz, PhD, University of Southern California
Eve M. Adams, PhD, New Mexico State University
Debra A. Hope, PhD, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Andrea Carnaghi, PhD, University of Trieste and Anne Maass, PhD, University of Padova

2006 (Investigator Development Award)

Debra J. Broderick, PsyD and Michael F. Steger, PhD, University of St. Thomas

2006 (Large)

Elizabeth Ashby Plant, PhD, Florida State University
Abbie Goldberg, PhD, Clark University

2006 (Small)

Sharon Scales Rostosky, PhD, University of Kentucky
Meifan Wei, PhD, Iowa State University
Lori Patton, PhD, Iowa State University
Jamie Barden, PhD, Howard University
James M. Graham, PhD, Western Washington University
James L. Werth, Jr, PhD, University of Akron

2005 (Investigator Development Award)

Jane Ward, PhD, University of California, Riverside

2005 (Large)

Gregory B. Lewis, PhD, Georgia State University
Ann Marie Ryan, PhD, Michigan State University

2004 (Investigator Development Award)

Melanie C. Steffens, PhD, Universitat Trier
Ann M. Ryan, PhD, Michigan State University
Leslie E. Cragin, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Michelle R. Hebl, PhD, Rice University

2004 (Large)

Glen I. Roisman, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign
Joe N. Rollins, PhD, Queens College, City University of New York

2004 (Small)

Leo Wilton, PhD, Binghamton University
Jessica Fields, PhD, San Francisco State University
Sharon Scales Rostoski, PhD, University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Esther D. Rothblum, PhD, University of Vermont
Thomas M. Lampinen, PhD, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS

2003 (Investigator Development Award)

Melanie A. Morrison, PhD, University of Saskatchewan

2003 (Large)

Bonnie Moradi, PhD, University of Florida
Larry Nucci, PhD and Stacey S. Horn, PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago
Donald P. Haider-Markel, PhD, University of Kansas

2003 (Small)

Ed de St. Aubin, PhD, Marquette University

2002 (Large)

Nilanjana Dasgupta, New School University
Paisley A. Currah, PhD, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Robin J. Lewis, PhD, Old Dominion University
Michael A. Ash, PhD, University of Massachusetts

2002 (Small)

Nella Van Dyke, PhD, Ohio State University
Ramona Faith Oswald, PhD, University of Illinois
Brian D. Carpenter, PhD, Washington University

2001 (Investigator Development Award)

Evelyn Blackwood, PhD, Purdue University
Peter J. Hegarty, PhD, College of Staten Island, City University of New York

2001 (Large)

Ilan Meyer, PhD, Columbia University
Julianne M. Serovich, PhD and Patrick C. McKenry, PhD, Ohio State University
Jeffrey Lynn Woodyard, PhD, Stetson University

2001 (Small)

Monika E. Kolodzieg, PhD and Roger D. Weiss, MD, McLean Hospital
Kory Floyd, PhD, Arizona State University
Stephen C. Wright, PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz

2000 (Large)

W. E. Douglas Creed, PhD, Boston College
Nilanjana Dasgupta, PhD, New School University
Stephen T. Russell, PhD, University of California, Davis
Sharon Scales Rostosky, PhD, University of Kentucky

2000 (Small)

Ronald G. Morrow, EdD and Diana L. Gill, PhD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
J. Michael Bailey, PhD, Northwestern University
William P. Norris, PhD, Oberlin College
Lisa M. Diamond, PhD, University of Utah