American Psychological Foundation offering $1,000 to Seed Innovation

Deadline: 15 September 2020

The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is seeking applications under “The Drs. Rosalee G. and Raymond A. Weiss Research and Program Innovation Grants” to provide grants to seed innovation through supporting research, education, and intervention projects and programs.

Priority Areas

Applying psychology to at-risk, vulnerable populations (e.g. serious mental illness, returning military, those who are incarcerated or economically disadvantaged);
Preventing violence;
Understanding the connection between behavior and health (e.g. wellness, diabetes, obesity);
Understanding and eliminating stigma and prejudice (e.g. race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability and socioeconomic status).

Funding Information

Grants is sized up to $1,000 to seed innovation through supporting research, education, and intervention projects and programs.

Eligibility Criteria

Be a graduate student or early career researcher (no more than 10 years postdoctoral).
Be affiliated with a nonprofit charitable, educational or scientific institution, or governmental entity operating exclusively for charitable and educational purposes.
Have demonstrated competence and capacity to execute the proposed work.

APF will not consider the following requests for grants to support:

Political or lobbying purposes.
Entertainment or fundraising expenses.
Anyone the Internal Revenue Service would regard as a disqualified group or individual.
Localized direct service.
Conference/workshop expenses.

Institutional Review Board approval must be received from host institution before funding can be awarded if human participants are involved.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted online via given website.

For more information, visit https://www.apa.org/apf/funding/weiss?tab=3