Research grant
Direct Action Visionary Grants — October 2026
American Psychological Foundation
- Up to $60,000
- Apply directly
About
Support dissemination and implementation of evidence-based psychological interventions or resources addressing community needs. Priorities include marginalised communities, prejudice and stigma, violence prevention and mind-body health. Projects may adapt, implement, evaluate or scale an established intervention in real settings. Proof-of-concept development, new clinical trials and unimplemented pilot studies are excluded. The next letter-of-intent evaluation deadline is 30 October 2026; selected projects are invited to submit full applications.
Topics
- evidence-based psychological interventions, broader topic: interventions
- dissemination
- implementation
- community needs, search World Wide
- marginalised communities, broader topic: communities
- prejudice, search World Wide
- stigma
- violence prevention, broader topic: prevention
- mind-body health, broader topic: health
Eligibility
Covers: Up to USD 60,000 for a qualifying evidence-based intervention or resource. Facility acquisition and renovation are excluded.
Individuals or organisations with competence to deliver the project. An expert in the relevant evidence-based psychological intervention must be centrally involved throughout; applicants need not themselves be psychologists. Projects are not restricted to academic or clinical settings.
Source: ampsychfdn.org