Community Outreach Grant
Community Outreach Grant supports professionals and students delivering evidence-based sport, exercise, and performance psychology services to fill local service gaps and build lasting community capacity.
Funder: Association for Applied Sport Psychology
Due Dates: April 1, 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $250–$5,000 for one year beginning July 1; $5,000 available annually
Summary: Supports evidence-based sport, exercise, and performance psychology outreach that builds lasting capacity within local community organizations.
Key Information: Applicants need three continuous years of AASP membership; students may co-author with a qualifying professional member.
Description
The Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Community Outreach Grant supports professionals and students delivering evidence-based services in local communities. Aligned with AASP’s mission and Community Outreach Committee objectives, it connects research, scholarship, and theory with practical services focused on community needs and benefits beyond private practice, research, and academia.
Projects should collaborate with community organizations to fill service gaps and build capacity that does not depend on continued programming. Examples include coaching education, leadership development, youth life skills, mental skills training, and reducing barriers to physical activity. Priority goes to systematic, sustained programming rather than one-time interventions. The grant supports service delivery and evaluation—not research—and can support supervised experience toward Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) status.
