Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant
Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant supports graduate investigators studying LGBTQIA+ family psychology and therapy to understand family challenges, resilience, and clinical interventions.
Funder: American Psychological Foundation
Due Dates: November 1, 2026 (Applications open) | November 25, 2026 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: One grant of $9,500, used within 12 months of payment
Summary: Supports advanced graduate investigators researching LGBTQIA+ family psychology and therapy, including family challenges, resilience, and clinical interventions.
Key Information: Applicants must be advanced graduate students in good standing, endorsed by their supervising professor.
Description
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) supports promising graduate investigators studying LGBTQIA+ family psychology and therapy through the Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant. The program funds basic and applied research addressing the challenges LGBTQIA+ people face in forming, defining, and maintaining families, while encouraging students to make these issues a focus of their research careers.
Priorities include understanding problems associated with cultural, racial, socioeconomic, and family structure diversity; successful coping mechanisms, support, and resilience among family members; and clinical issues and interventions. Preference is given to advanced students whose dissertation research plans demonstrate commitment to LGBTQIA+ family issues. The grant honors Roy Scrivner, a psychologist and advocate who founded APA’s Division of Family Psychology’s Committee on Lesbian and Gay Family Issues.
