Division 49 Group Psychotherapy Grant

Division 49 Group Psychotherapy Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Psychological Foundation Inc
Amount: US $2,250
Last Updated: November 06, 2025

Summary

The Division 49 Group Psychotherapy Grant from the American Psychological Foundation supports innovative research in group psychotherapy applied to naturalistic settings. It is aimed at early career psychologists and graduate students, emphasizing the impact of group interactions on member beliefs and performance. Eligible applicants should be affiliated with nonprofit or governmental entities and demonstrate knowledge of group psychology principles. Preference is given to diverse applicants and those integrating group psychotherapy into their research.

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 Psychotherapy Grant The APF Division 49 Group Psychotherapy Grant supports innovative group psychotherapy research applied to small groups in a naturalistic setting. In addition to the grant funds, the awardee receives a three-year membership to Division 49. The Division 49 Group Psychology Grant supports innovative group psychology research focused toward groups in applied settings. 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 performanceimpact of group interaction on member states such as beliefs, affect, interest in affiliation and identification with the groupdifferences in leadership and its impact on group process or performancemeasurement 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 principles