Division 56 CHANGE Grant
The Division 56 CHANGE Grant funds early-career psychologists and graduate students for innovative research and interventions addressing systemic racism, discrimination, and violence in trauma psychology.
Funder: American Psychological Foundation
Due Dates: October 9, 2026
Funding Amounts: 3 grants of $2,150 each; project duration up to 12 months
Summary: Supports collaborative projects by graduate students or early-career psychologists to address and dismantle systemic racism, discrimination, and violence.
Key Information: Indirect/overhead costs and tuition fees are not allowed in the budget.
Description
The Division 56 CHANGE Grant, offered by the American Psychological Foundation, funds collaborative projects led by graduate students or early-career psychologists (within 10 years postdoctoral) that aim to identify and dismantle systemic racism, discrimination, and violence. Supported projects may include improving research methods for trauma disparities, exploring sociopolitical causes and solutions for racial trauma and health disparities, developing trauma-informed and culturally tailored programs, increasing access to trauma psychology services for underserved communities, and implementing restorative justice practices. The grant seeks to advance innovative, impactful, and original research or interventions that promote healing, advocacy, nonviolence, growth, and equity.
