Deadline: 1-Mar-22
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is seeking applications for its Wayne F. Placek Grants Program that encourages research to increase the general public’s understanding of homosexuality and sexual orientation, and to alleviate the stress that lesbian women, gay men, bisexual women, bisexual men, and transgender individuals experience in this and future civilizations.
Topics
The Wayne F. Placek Grant encourages research that addresses the following topics:
- heterosexuals’ attitudes and behaviors toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, including prejudice, discrimination, and violence
- family and workplace issues relevant to LGBT people
- special concerns of sectors of the LGBT population that have historically been underrepresented in scientific research
Funding Information
$10,000 to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender issues.
Eligibility Criteria
Must be either a doctoral-level researcher or graduate student affiliated with an educational institution or a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization. Graduate students and early career researchers are encouraged to apply.
Evaluation criteria
Proposals will be evaluated on:
- relevance to Placek program goals
- magnitude of incremental contribution
- quality of proposed work (significance, innovation, approach)
- applicant’s demonstrated scholarship and research competence
For more information, visit https://www.apa.org/apf/funding/placek
