Deadline: 1-Apr-22
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is seeking applications for its Visionary Grants Program that seek to seed innovation through supporting research, education and intervention projects and programs that use psychology to solve social problems in the following 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);
- EnVISION Anti-Racism Campaign: These are grants to fund exploring the cognitive and behavioral parameters that motivate racist feelings and behaviors.
Preference will be given to pilot projects that, if successful, would be strong candidates for support from major federal and foundation funding agencies, and “demonstration projects” that promise to generalize broadly to similar settings in other geographical areas and/or to other settings.
Funding Information
- Up to $20,000 to seed innovation through supporting research, education, and intervention projects and programs.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
- 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
For more information, visit https://www.apa.org/apf/funding/visionary