Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grants

The Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grants support advanced graduate students committed to LGBTQIA+ family psychology and therapy. This initiative promotes research focused on the unique challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ families, including cultural, racial, and socioeconomic diversity. By encouraging students to pursue careers in this field, the program aims to enhance understanding of coping mechanisms, resilience, and clinical interventions, ultimately contributing to improved support for LGBTQIA+ families.

Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQIA+) people face many challenges in forming, defining, and maintaining families. This program seeks to encourage the study of LGBTQIA+ family psychology and therapy through its support of promising graduate investigators whose research is oriented toward issues in this general area. Preference is given to advanced students who have demonstrated their commitment to this area through their dissertation research plans.
Program Goals
Encourage talented students to orient their careers toward engaging LGBT family issues through basic and/or applied research.Advance the understanding of problems faced by LGBTQIA+ families including those associated with cultural, racial, socioeconomic, and family structure diversityAdvance the understanding of successful coping mechanisms including sources of support and resilience for family membersAdvance the understanding of clinical issues and interventions in the domain of LGBTQIA+

Eligibility

Advanced graduate student, in good standing, endorsed by supervising professor. have a demonstrated commitment to LGBTQIA+ family issues