Division 39 Marsha D. McCary Fund Grant for Psychoanalysis

The Division 39 Marsha D. McCary Fund Grant for Psychoanalysis aims to enhance public understanding of psychoanalysis and its applications in various fields. This grant supports initiatives that promote psychoanalytic education, research, and services, especially benefiting early career professionals and underserved populations. The American Psychological Foundation encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, ensuring a broad representation within the field. This initiative fosters the ongoing development of psychoanalysis as a vital discipline in psychology.

Background
The Marsha D. McCary Division 39 Fund for Psychoanalysis, named for the Fund’s founder, was established to increase public awareness of the benefits of psychoanalytic principles and treatments, and the applicability of psychoanalytic thought to clinical, organizational, and social problems.
Through the annual grants, the Fund seeks to recognize and promote the contributions of psychoanalysis to psychology as a science and profession. It encourages and supports programs in education, research, and service that will advance the profession and keep the psychological community and the public informed of developments in psychoanalytic scholarship, research, and practice.
The Fund hopes to focus on populations that are in need of support, such as early career professionals, students from diverse backgrounds, and therapists working with underserved populations.
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Eligibility

APF encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds with respect to age, race, color, religion, creed, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, gender, and geography.Applicants must:

• have a demonstrated knowledge of psychoanalytic principles
• have a long term interest in communicating to the public the value of psychoanalytic principles and/or treatments.
• may be a practicing psychoanalytic therapist, but this is not a requirement
• demonstrate interest in communicating to the public the value of psychoanalytic principles and/or treatments
• agree that, if awarded a grant, they will give a follow-up report to the Evaluation Committee on the use and impact of the grant