APF: Visionary Grant

The APF Visionary Grant supports innovative research and intervention projects aimed at addressing social issues through psychology. Funded by the American Psychological Foundation, this initiative prioritizes projects that assist vulnerable populations and promote racial equity. Eligible applicants include graduate students and early career researchers affiliated with educational institutions or non-profits. The grant encourages diverse applicants and seeks projects that can attract further funding and demonstrate broader applicability in various settings.

APF is a grant-making foundation that funds early career psychologists and graduate students using psychology to solve important problems and improve people’s lives.
The APF Visionary Grants 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);
furthering racial equity: APA has requested funds from their fund at the Tides Foundation to fund a 2025 Visionary Grant that is focused on furthering racial equity.
Please see FAQs for additional guidelines.

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 a graduate student or early career researcher (no more than 10 years postdoctoral)
be affiliated with an educational or scientific institution, a nonprofit charitable, organization, or a governmental entity operating exclusively for charitable and educational purposes
have demonstrated competence and capacity to execute the proposed work