Funder: American Psychological Foundation
Due Dates: November 1, 2026 (2027 program applications open) | November 25, 2026 (Application deadline) | November 26, 2026 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Five fellowships of $21,800 each, supporting the 2026–2027 academic year only
Summary: Supports doctoral graduate research in child psychology to advance knowledge and nurture scholars’ careers.
Key Information: Only one application per institution per year is accepted, and home-institution tuition waiver or coverage is required.
Description
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) administers this fellowship to support graduate research projects and scholarships in child psychology. The program aims to nurture excellent young scholars for careers in child-clinical, pediatric, school, educational and developmental psychopathology, while supporting scholarly work that advances knowledge in these areas. It emphasizes the quality of proposed research and its incremental contribution to the field.
Supported research spans childhood anxiety, children’s beliefs about school, developmental language disorder, parenting, and adolescent mental health. Past projects have also examined social support for youth in foster care, teachers’ readiness to support whole-child development, and disparities in families’ access to telehealth services.
