Scholarships and Fellowships
Psychology cannot thrive without nourishing our most intelligent and inquiring minds to pursue the discipline. To this end, the Foundation supports a number of programs aimed at helping graduate students further their education in psychology. Below is a list of programs available to graduate students.
Scholarships, Fellowships and Dissertation Awards
AAPA APF Okura Mental Health Leadership Foundation Fellowship: $20,000 to support psychology’s efforts to benefit the Asian American and Pacific Islander community through research.
APF Graduate Student Scholarships: $1,000 to $5,000 general scholarships.
Annette U. Rickel Dissertation Award: $1,000 for dissertation research on public policy, which has the potential to improve services for children and families facing psychosocial issues.
Benton-Meier Scholarships: $2,500 scholarships for neuropsychology graduate students.
Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowships: $25,000 fellowships for graduate students in child psychology.
Esther Katz Rosen Fellowships: $25,000 for work related to the psychological understanding of gifted children and youth.
F.J. McGuigan Dissertation Award: $2,000 to support dissertation research on the materialistic understanding of the human mind, both empirically and theoretically.
Violet and Cyril Franks Scholarship: $5,000 for work in stigma related to mental illness.
Research Grants
Henry P. David Research Grant: $1,500 for work in the behavioral aspects of human reproductive behavior or an area related to population concerns.
Lizette Peterson Homer Grant: $5,000 for research on the prevention of injuries in children and adolescents through accidents, violence, abuse, or suicide.
Randy Gerson Memorial Grant: $6,000 for work in the systemic understanding of couple and/or family dynamics and/or multi-generational processes.
Roy Scrivner 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.
Visionary and Weiss Grants: $5,000 to $20,000 to seed innovation through supporting research, education, and intervention projects and programs.
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.
Travel Grants
Henry P. David Travel Grant: $1,500 for work in the behavioral aspects of human reproductive behavior or an area related to population concerns.
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.
Ungerleider/Zimbardo Travel Scholarships: $300 travel awards for seven graduate students to present their papers at the APA Convention.
