Grant Programs

Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program

Grants of up to $5,000 are available to help support dissertation expenses of doctoral students in the United States and Canada whose studies have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about problems in the functioning or well being of children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or about interventions designed to prevent or alleviate such problems.

Doctoral Dissertation Grant Guidelines and Application

Faculty/Post-Doctoral Research Grant Program

Grants of up to $20,000 are available to help support the research of faculty members or post-doctoral researchers affiliated with non-profit human service organizations in the United States and Canada. Areas of interest to the Fund are: studies to develop, refine, evaluate, or disseminate innovative interventions designed to prevent or ameliorate major social, psychological, behavioral or public health problems affecting children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or studies that have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about such problems.

Faculty/Post-Doctoral Research Grant Guidelines and Application

Proposals for both programs are considered twice a year with deadlines of April 15 and November. (Please note the change in the spring deadline date from May 1 to April 15.)

Click HERE to download a one-page flyer describing the two grant programs.
(This flyer may be duplicated and distributed, or posted
along with other funding opportunity notices.)

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