Funder: American Psychological Foundation
Due Dates: November 1, 2026 (Applications open) | August 20, 2027 (Application deadline, 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Time)
Funding Amounts: One annual grant of $12,500; funds must be spent within 12 months of payment
Summary: Supports practice-based research evaluating clinical innovations or implementing evidence-based care in community mental health, private practice, and local outpatient settings.
Key Information: Applicants must be doctoral-level psychologists at any career stage, primarily affiliated with clinical practice settings.
Description
The American Psychological Foundation’s Practice Based Evidence Fund provides initial resources for novel research grounded in clinical practice. It supports efforts to document, evaluate, or implement practices in community mental health settings, private practices, and other local outpatient settings. The program’s broader purpose includes supporting psychologists and trainees, while its applicant eligibility requires doctoral-level psychologists.
Proposals may evaluate the effectiveness of an identified clinical innovation or examine clinical care and the implementation of evidence-based practices in typical practice settings. Special priority goes to projects with potential to benefit marginalized or under-resourced communities or populations. Review considers the quality of the proposed innovation or process, applicant competency, the importance of funding to the work, and potential impact.
