1. American Psychological Foundation
CUR Dialogues
February 24, 2012
Good morning. My name is Parie Kadir, and I am a Program Officer with the American Psychological Foundation (APF). This morning I am going to provide some quick background information on the organization, talk about our funding opportunities, provide some examples of how APF grants have made a difference in the lives of grantees, and then leave time for questions and answers. And before I get started, I would like to know a little more about you: what roles you all play, and at what institutions, so if you could please quickly state your affiliation and position, that would be helpful.

2. Who We Are
Founded in 1953 by Ernest Hilgard, J. McVicker Hunt, Robert Sears, and Carl Rogers with $500
In 2011, we granted over $600,000.
First, who we are. APF was founded in 1953 by four past presidents of the American Psychological Association: Jack Hilgard, J. McVicker Hunt, Robert Sears, and Carl Rogers. In 2011, we granted over $600,000. Our endowment is currently at about $14 million. We are separately incorporated from APA, although we are located in the same building and have five past APA presidents on our board.

3. WHO WE ARE
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) provides financial support for innovative research and programs that enhance the power of psychology to elevate the human condition and advance human potential both now and in generations to come.
This is our mission statement.

4. What We Do Scholarships Early Career and Seed Funding
Targeted Program Grants
We meet our mission by funding programs in three different areas: Scholarships for graduate students, seed funding and support for early career psychologists, and then targeted program grants that address a variety of areas.

5. APF's Grantmaking Priorities: Innovative Solutions to Social Problems
What We Do
APF's Grantmaking Priorities:
Innovative Solutions to Social Problems
Exploring and strengthening the connection between mental and physical health to ensure well-being.
Understanding and preventing violence to create a safer, more humane world.
Reducing stigma and prejudice to promote unity and harmony.
Supporting programs that address the long-term psychological needs of individuals and communities in the aftermath of disaster.
We have four grantmaking priorities, which all aim to provide innovative solutions to social problems. [Read.] These priorities are visible throughout our funding opportunities.

6. WHAT WE DO: SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarships, Fellowships, Dissertation Awards
APF/COGDOP Graduate Student Research Scholarships
Benton-Meier Neuropsychology Scholarships
Violet and Cyril Franks Scholarship
F. J. McGuigan Dissertation Award
Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowships
Annette U. Rickel Dissertation Award
Esther Katz Rosen Fellowships
APF offers several programs to support graduate students in psychology. Support ranges from $300 travel stipends to $25,000 fellowships. I am going to briefly discuss several of these programs, but you can find additional information in the program guide you have receive and also on our website. And I am happy to answer any questions you might have at the end of this presentation. [Go through list.]
COGDOP: to assist graduate students of psychology with research costs.
Benton-Meier: for promising graduate students enrolled in neuropsychology programs.
Franks: for work in stigma related to mental illness.
McGuigan: understanding of the human mind.
Koppitz: for graduate student research in the area of child psychology.
Rickel: research on public policy, which has the potential to improve services for children and families facing psychosocial issues.
Rosen: supports graduate students whose work centers on the psychological understanding of gifted and talented children and adolescents.

7. WHAT WE DO: SCHOLARSHIPS
Travel Grants
Henry David Travel Grant
Paul E. Henkin Travel Grant
Ungerleider/Zimbardo Travel Scholarships
We also offer travel grants for graduate students.
David: for work in the behavioral aspects of human reproductive behavior or an area related to population concerns.
Henkin: to promote the development of students oriented toward careers in school psychology, providing grants to student members of APA Division 16 (school psychology) to help offset registration, lodging, and transportation costs incurred in convention attendance.
Ungerleider/Zimbardo: to help psychology graduate students travel to the annual APA Convention to present their research.

8. WHAT WE DO: SEED GRANTS
Early Career Funding and Seed Grants for Research
Theodore Blau Early Career Award
Culbertson Travel Grant
Henry David Research and Travel Grants
Division 29 Early Career Award
Robert L. Fantz Award
F. J. McGuigan Young Investigator Prize
Pearson Early Career Grant
We also support early career psychologists and provide seed grants for research projects. [Summarize.]
Blau: honors a clinical psychologist for professional accomplishments in clinical psychology.
Culbertson: supports women from developing countries who are in the early stages of their careers by providing travel funds to attend conferences in psychology.
David: provides support for ongoing research in behavioral aspects of population studies or human reproductive behavior.
Division 29: recognizes promising contributions to psychotherapy.
Fantz: support careers of promising young investigators in psychology or related disciplines.
McGuigan: Supports research that advances a materialistic understanding of the human mind.
Pearson: encourages early career clinicians to work in an area of critical societal need

9. WHAT WE DO: TARGETED PROGRAM GRANTS
Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award
Division 17 Counseling Psychology Grants
Randy Gerson Memorial Grant
Joseph B. Gittler Award
Gold Medal Awards for Life Achievement
Alexander Gralnick Investigator Prize
Our last funding category is targeted program grants. These grants cover a variety of topics, including education, mental and physical health, gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues, and so on. [Run through list.]
Brewer: recognizes significant career of contributions of a psychologist who has a proven track record as an exceptional teacher of psychology.
Division 17: sponsors any of a wide range of activities aimed at enhancing the science and practice of counseling psychology. Included are basis and applied research, literary, and educational activities.
Gerson: work in the systemic understanding of couple and/or family dynamics and/or multi-generational processes. ROTATES BW GRAD STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS
Gittler: the most scholarly contribution to the philosophical foundations of psychological knowledge.
Gold Medal: recognize life achievement in and enduring contributions to psychology. Awards are conferred in four categories: Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology; Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology; Life Achievement by a Psychologist in the Public Interest; Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology.
Gralnick: supports research and mentoring accomplishments in the area of serious mental illness.

10. WHAT WE DO: TARGETED PROGRAM GRANTS
Targeted Program Grants, continued
Lizette Peterson Homer Grant
Timothy Jeffrey Award
Theodore Millon Award in Personality Psychology
Wayne F. Placek Grants
Pre-College Grants
Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant
Wilhelm Wundt-William James Award
Visionary and Weiss Grants
Kenneth B. and Mamie P. Clark Fund
Peterson Homer: research on injuries to children and young adults through accidents, violence, abuse, or suicide.
Jeffrey: recognizes the outstanding commitment to clinical health psychology.
Millon: recognizes outstanding early or mid-career psychologists engaged in advancing the science of personality psychology including the areas of personology, personality theory, personality disorders, and personality measurement.
Placek: encourage 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 transgendered people experience in this and future civilizations.
Pre-College: program provides financial support for efforts aimed at improving the quality of education in psychological science and its application in the secondary schools.
Scrivner: research focused on lesbian, gay, and bisexual family psychology and lesbian, gay, and bisexual family therapy.
Wundt-James: trans-Atlantic research collaboration.
Visionary and Weiss: seeks to advance psychological knowledge and applications in four areas of social concern by supporting innovative research, education, and intervention efforts. The following are APF’s current priority areas: understanding and fostering mental-physical health connections; reducing stigma and prejudice; understanding and preventing all forms of violence; addressing long-term psychological needs in the aftermath of disaster.
Kenneth and Mamie Clark Grant: supports research and demonstration activities that promote the understanding of the relationship between self-identity and academic achievement with an emphasis on children in grade levels K-8. This grant will alternate every other year
between an early career psychologist and a graduate student

11. IMPACT OF APF GRANTS
“I feel that I owe a great debt to the APF for its continued support of my research, as it enabled me to launch an independent research program in an area that is difficult to fund, but so incredibly important in today's society."
Abbie Goldberg, PhD (APF Roy Scrivner Research Grantee)
Over the years, APF’s grantmaking has supported numerous research projects that would not typically receive funding. APF grants have provided grantees with support in launching their careers and allowed for new and innovative projects to come to fruition. One example of this is: APF’s Violence Prevention Grant provided $20,000 in seed money to launch an anti-bullying program that has spread throughout schools in Victoria, Canada. Since APF, this program has received more than 2.8 million in additional funding.

12. American Psychological Foundation
CONTACT / QUESTIONS
American Psychological Foundation
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) (W)
(202) (F)
Besides these, we also support lectures at the APA convention and support several other causes such as the APA/Clark Workshop. The deadlines for these programs are throughout the year, and are listed in the Program Guide that you have received. The most up to date information will always be listed on our website. Any questions?