Division 49 Group Psychology Grant

Division 49 Group Psychology Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Psychological Foundation Inc
Amount: US $2,250
Last Updated: November 05, 2025

Summary

The Division 49 Group Psychology Grant, funded by the American Psychological Foundation, aims to support innovative research in group psychology within applied settings. This grant focuses on enhancing understanding of group processes and performance in non-disordered populations, addressing topics such as individual differences, group interaction, and leadership impacts. Eligible applicants include early career psychologists and those with a background in group psychology, fostering diversity and inclusion in research proposals.

Overview

The APF Impact 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. Division 49 Group Psychology Grant The APF Division 49 Group Psychology Grant supports innovative group psychology research focused toward groups in applied settings. In addition to the grant funds, the awardee receives a three-year membership to Division 49. This grant focuses primarily on processes and performance in non-disordered populations. This may also include members’ beliefs about and identification with the group. Samples of topics appropriate for the group psychology award include (but are not limited to): impact of individual differences (e.g., personality), beliefs (e.g., identification with the group), and situational or structural factors (e.g., within-group conflict, virtuality) on group processes, judgment, decision-making, or performance impact of group interaction on member states such as beliefs, affect, interest in affiliation and identification with the group differences in leadership and its impact on group process or performance measurement of group-level constructs such as team emotional intelligence, group cohesion, collective resilience, collective efficacy, etc.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants must:be affiliated with nonprofit charitable, educational, and scientific institutions, or governmental entities operating exclusively for charitable and educational purposes have a demonstrated knowledge of group psychology and/or group psychotherapy principlesInternational applicants from countries that have diplomatic relations with the United States and who meet the other eligibility requirements may apply for APF funding.