David H. and Beverly A. Barlow Grant
Forecasted
David H. and Beverly A. Barlow Grant supports graduate students and early career researchers pursuing innovative basic and clinical research to advance the field of anxiety and anxiety-related disorders.
Funder: American Psychological Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: One $7,500 grant; funding lasts up to 12 months from the check date
Summary: Supports graduate students and early career researchers conducting innovative basic and clinical research on anxiety and anxiety-related disorders.
Key Information: Applicants must have an eligible institutional affiliation and be graduate students or researchers no more than 10 years postdoctoral.
Description
The David H. and Beverly A. Barlow Grant is administered by the American Psychological Foundation (APF) and funded by David and Beverly Barlow. It supports innovative basic and clinical research on anxiety and anxiety-related disorders by graduate students and early career researchers. The program emphasizes originality, contributions to the field of anxiety, and the quality, viability, and potential impact of proposed work.
The grant reflects Dr. Barlow’s longstanding work in understanding and treating anxiety and emotional disorders, including his role as founder and director emeritus of Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. Supported projects have examined emotion regulation, parental facilitation of youth avoidance, threat processing in preschoolers, brain networks in generalized anxiety disorder, uncertainty interventions, and methods to facilitate exposure therapy.
