K. Anders Ericsson Dissertation Research Grant

K. Anders Ericsson Dissertation Research Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Psychological Foundation Inc
Amount: US $12,000
Last Updated: September 16, 2025

Summary

The K. Anders Ericsson Dissertation Research Grant, offered by the American Psychological Foundation, provides $10,000 annually to support dissertation research focused on expertise and skill acquisition. It prioritizes studies using the expert-performance approach and deliberate practice frameworks. The grant encourages diverse applicants, including graduate students nearing dissertation completion, to explore superior skill understanding through innovative research methods. For more details and guidelines, visit the APF FAQs.

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. K. Anders Ericsson Dissertation Research Grant The K. Anders Ericsson Dissertation Research Grant supports one annual $10,000 grant for dissertation research in the general area of expertise and skill acquisition, with a preferred focus on applications of the expert performance approach and/or the impacts of deliberate practice in diverse domains of skill. Research priority topic: Expertise and skill acquisition, broadly defined, with special interest in proposals that use process tracing methods, the expert-performance approach, or a deliberate practice framework to understand superior skill. Funding Amount: $10,000 Please see FAQs for additional guidelines.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. APF encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds with respect to age, race, color, religion, creed, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, gender, and geography.Applicants must be graduate students in the process of completing their dissertations.