Queen-Nellie Evans Award
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Can we apply?
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Eligible organizations
- Minority graduate students enrolled in accredited psychology master’s or doctoral programs
Geography
- APF encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds with respect to age, race, color, religion, creed, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, gender, and geography
Other requirements
- _You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://apf.apa.org/funding/queen-nellie-evans/)._
- International applicants from countries that have diplomatic relations with the United States and who meet the other eligibility requirements may apply for APF funding
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: APF does not allow institutional indirect/administrative/overhead costs and/or fees to be taken out of grant monies
Overview
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.
Queen-Nellie Evans Award
The APF Queen-Nellie Evans Award will fund a graduate student from an underrepresented group, who has a demonstrated financial need and is committed to improving the disparities in societal structures and issues that negatively impact communities of color, particularly communities of African descent, particularly:
- root causes
- interventions
- direct or indirect effects to individual mental and physical health and well-being
- broader negative social or psychological effects on the impacted population
Eligibility
_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._
- Applicants must be minority graduate students enrolled in accredited psychology master’s or doctoral programs.
- International applicants from countries that have diplomatic relations with the United States and who meet the other eligibility requirements may apply for APF funding.
- APF encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds with respect to age, race, color, religion, creed, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, gender, and geography.
Ineligibility
- APF does not allow institutional indirect/administrative/overhead costs and/or fees to be taken out of grant monies.
What American Psychological Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 38
- Total given
- $1.07M
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $5,906–$225K
- By dollars: District of Columbia 37%, California 10%, Georgia 6%. Top recipient cities: Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA; Los Angeles, CA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
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American Psychological Assn · Washington, DC
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APF Access LLC · Washington, DC
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$129K
Palo Alto University Inc · Palo Alto, CA
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$34K
Coalition for the Common Good DBA Antioch University · Keene, NH
Research grant
$31K
Children's Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA
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$29K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Mental health
- BIPOC
- Minorities
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