Gay and Lesbian Issues Grants

Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grants

These grants support empirical and applied research focused on lesbian, gay, and bisexual family psychology and lesbian, gay, and bisexual family therapy.

Deadline: November 1, 2010

Sponsor: the American Psychological Foundation

Description

The Roy Scrivner Research Grants provide graduate student grants (preference given to dissertation candidates) for empirical or applied research that encourages the study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender family (LGBT) psychology and LGBT family therapy. Researchers from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences are encouraged to apply.

One grant of up to $12,000 for research by a graduate student with strong preference given to dissertation candidates.

Applicants must

* be graduate students
* include a letter of support from their supervising professor

American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242

Telephone: (800) 374-2721 or (202) 336-5500

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships: Peaceful Pathways: Reducing Exposure to Violence

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships is a matching grants program that connects the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with local grantmakers to fund new, community-based projects to improve health and health care for vulnerable populations. This special solicitation seeks nominations from diversity-focused funders for projects to reduce violence in traditionally underserved communities that are defined by race, ethnicity, tribe, gender, sexual identity or rural/frontier location.

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:
To be considered for funding through the RWJF Local Funding Partnerships, each proposal must include the following parties:

An eligible nominating funder who will propose a funding partnership with RWJF to support a proposed project of a local nonprofit organization; and
A nonprofit applicant organization classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Eligible Nominating Funders
To nominate projects for Peaceful Pathways, a grantmaking organization must be tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and must represent a community of color or diversity that is traditionally underserved by mainstream philanthropy.

Selection criteria can be found in the complete call for proposals brochure or the program's Web site.

Key Dates:
Optional applicant conference calls will be scheduled. Information will be posted at www.localfundingpartnerships.org under How to Apply.
Proposals may be submitted at any time throughout 2010.
Submitted proposals will be processed for review on the following dates: May 5, 2010, September 1, 2010 and January 5, 2011.

Total Award:
Up to $1 million is available in 2010.
Up to eight matching grants of between $50,000 and $200,000 each will be awarded.

Mailing Address

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
P.O. Box 2316
Route 1 and College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08543

Telephone Number  (877) 843-RWJF (7953)

Add-a-Day Scientific Conference Grants

These grants support Add-a-Day conferences which are those meetings that occur at the beginning or end of a scientific conference other than American Psychological Association.

Deadline: June 1, 2010; December 1, 2010

Sponsor: Science Directorate

Add-a-Day conferences are those meetings that occur at the beginning or end of a scientific conference other than APA (e.g., Society for Ingestive Behavior or Psychonomics Society). The other organization need not be primarily psychology oriented. The conference may result in a volume or an alternative form of publication.

The funding range is from $500 to $3,000.

Prospective applicants are urged to consult with APA Science Directorate staff for advice on the conference organization and application (e.g., formats or budget allowances). The committee makes recommendations for funding to the Science Directorate. The review period is approximately 8 weeks.

The requirements below must be met in order to submit a proposal.

* One of the primary organizers must be a member of APA.
* Only academic institutions accredited by a regional body may apply. Independent research institutions must provide evidence of affiliation with such an accredited institution. Joint proposals from cooperating institutions are encouraged.
* Conferences may be held only in the United States, its possessions, or Canada.
* APA governance groups including APA Divisions and related entities are not eligible for funding under this program.

Conference proceedings and presentation materials (including electronic presentations) must be submitted to APA three months after the date the conference is held. APA will hold the conference proceedings for three years. If a book has not been published by APA or another publisher within the three-year holding period, APA will place the conference proceedings in PsycEXTRA.

PsycEXTRA is a companion database to the scholarly PsycINFO, which is designed to link academics, clinicians, librarians, consumers, policy-makers, and researchers to a variety of information sources covering psychology, behavioral science, and health; PsycEXTRA provides the readership with original documents, including proceedings, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, technical and annual reports, government reports, and consumer brochures.

Organizers should send the original proposal and seven copies including all appendices to the Science Directorate by the deadline.

Contact:
APA Science Directorate
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
202/336-6000
202/336-6123 TDD
science@apa.org