Funding & Grants

Resources for Writing Successful Funding Applications

Presenting an effective funding application or proposal can be a challenge. The following funding presentations were given at the APA Convention and contain valuable information for putting together a solid funding application.

• A Beginner's Guide to the National Institues of Health (PPT, 1.3 MB)
  Presentation by Ronald Abeles and Minda Lynch, PhD
  
• What to Expect When Writing an NRSA: Advice from Personal Experience (PPT, 56 KB)
  Presentation by Stephanie N. Washburn, APA Science Student Council
  
• The Craft of Grant Writing (PPT, 1.4 MB)
  Provides tips on the grant writing process including creating reviewer-friendly text, formatting, and graphics. Reviews the parts of an NIH grant application and gives advice for writing each section.
  
• The National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense Agencies (PPT, 166 KB)
  Provides an overview of the National Science Foundation and their grant application and review process.
  
• Starting your career as a researcher: How to write research proposals (general) (PPT, 3.9 MB)
  Presentation from a seminar for graduate students and post-docs planning to enter research-related careers requiring the writing of proposals to federal agencies, foundations and other granting agencies.
  
• Starting your career as a researcher: How to write research proposals (humanities specific) (PPT, 1.5 MB)
  Presentation from a seminar for graduate students and post-docs planning to enter research-related careers requiring the writing of proposals to federal agencies, foundations and other granting agencies.
  
• Earth, Environmental and Ecological Mission Agencies (PPT, 64 KB)
  Provides information about obtaining funding from earth, environmental and ecological mission agencies including, the USDA, DOE, EPA, USGS, NASA and NOAA.
  
• OGS Graduate Student Seminar: National Institutes of Health (PPT, 1.8 MB)
  Basic overview of the NIH and the grants they fund. Includes information about the grant writing process for this agency. 

The APA Science Directorate assists psychology graduate students each year through its awards program. The Directorate offers three awards:

• APA Dissertation Research Award
• APA Student Travel Award
• Early Graduate Student Researcher Award

• National Eye Institute (NEI)
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Guide to Grants & Contracts
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Office of Naval Research (ONR)

• American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) (APA Division 41)
• The Hyde Graduate Student Research Grants (APA Division 35: The Psychology of Women)
• The Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP) (APA Division 12, Section 3)
• Society of Pediatric Psychology Routh Student Research Grant (APA Division 12, Section 5)

• American Psychological Society Student Caucus (APSSC)
• Sigma Xi

• Center for Pediatric Psychology and Family Studies
• The Foundation Center and Grantmaker Info
• GrantsNet
• Research Sponsors Page
• Russell Sage Foundation
• The Spencer Foundation
• University of Illinois at Chicago Grant Getting Page
• William T. Grant Foundation
• Yahoo Grant Links