Funding Opportunities
Trauma Psychology Grant
The APF Trauma Psychology Grant offers funding to support innovative work to alleviate trauma.
The Trauma Psychology grant offers one grant of up to $3,000 to support innovative work to alleviate trauma.
This grant is sponsored by APA Division 56: Trauma Psychology. Click here for more information on Division 56.
Eligibility
APF encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds with respect to age, race, color, religion, creed, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, gender, and geography.
Applicants must:
- be an early career psychologist (a doctoral-level psychologist who is no more than 10 years postdoctoral)
- be affiliated with nonprofit charitable, educational, and scientific institutions, or governmental entities operating exclusively for charitable and educational purposes
- have a demonstrated knowledge of trauma and trauma research
- have demonstrated competence and capacity to execute the proposed work
Application Instructions
Application Materials:
- project proposal
- project timeline
- detailed budget and justification
- CV
Evaluation Criteria
Applications will be evaluated on:
- quality, viability, and potential impact of the proposed project
- originality, innovation, and contribution to the field of trauma
- applicant’s demonstrated competence and capability to execute the proposed work
Please be advised that APF does not provide feedback to applicants on their proposals.
Please review our program FAQs for important details on the application process.
Recent Recipient
Dr. Sabrina Liu
California State University – San Marcos
“Intergenerational Transmission of Racial Trauma: Advancing Understanding of Biological and Psychological Pathways”
Past Recipients
2023
Dr. Sabrina Liu, California State University – San Marcos
“Intergenerational Transmission of Racial Trauma: Advancing Understanding of Biological and Psychological Pathways”
2022
Dr. Amy H. Lee, Stony Brook University
“Preliminary Effectiveness of Group-Delivered Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Black Youth with Histories of Interpersonal and Racial Traumas”
2021
Carissa Nicole Weis, PhD, and Kate Webb, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2020
Nicole Short, PhD, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
2019
Kit Elam, PhD, and Sarah Lindstrom Johnson, Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University
2018
Jacklynn Fitzgerald, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
“Role of Endocannabinoid and Opioid Systems in Predicting Posttraumatic Stress after Injury”
2017
Blair E. Wisco, PhD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
“Effects of Trauma-Focused Rumination in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder”