Funder: American Psychological Foundation
Due Dates: November 1, 2026 (Applications open) | February 5, 2027, 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Time (Deadline)
Funding Amounts: One grant of $20,500; funding for up to 12 months from the check date
Summary: Supports research and research-based projects using psychology to improve the lives of cancer patients and survivors.
Key Information: The 2027 award is for a graduate student; recipients must have an eligible institutional affiliation.
Description
The Alice F. Chang Cancer Wellness Grant, administered by the American Psychological Foundation (APF), supports research and research-based projects that use psychology to improve the lives of cancer patients and cancer survivors. The program began accepting applications in 2019 and alternates between graduate students in odd-numbered years and early career psychologists in even-numbered years. The 2027 award supports a graduate student.
The grant was made possible by the Academy for Cancer Wellness, Inc., established in 1995 by scientist-practitioner Alice F. Chang with John J. Welker and Gertrude Welker. Previously funded work has examined culturally informed interventions for adolescent cancer survivors, support for adolescent siblings of children with cancer, refugee history among Vietnamese Americans with advanced cancer, and neurocognitive outcomes in patients with brain tumors.
