Substance Abuse Grants

Instructions for Group Psychotherapy Foundation
Research Grant

Funds are available from the Group Psychotherapy Foundation to support group psychotherapy research that focuses on one of five clinical populations: children, the elderly, the chronic mentally ill, substance abusers and significantly ill patients with marked functional impairment.

Grants are typically awarded at $2,500-$15,000 depending on the importance of the research to the field, the seniority of the investigators and the number of research applications received. Grant funding can be used to support the basic costs of research, e.g., supplies, research equipment, photocopying, postage, computer services, statistical consultation and research assistant salaries; investigator salaries and travel expenses are not funded. (Equipment purchased for use with a research project is to be donated to an institution at the completion of the project.) Grant monies are awarded with an expected completion of the project in one year as follows: fifty percent upon grant approval, forty percent upon submission of a six month progress report and the final ten percent upon receipt of a post project report.

The deadline for receipt of research grant application materials is November 1st. Six copies of all application materials should be sent to the Group Psychotherapy Foundation, 25 East 21st Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10010.

Applications must include:

Completed application form (initial signature page, summary of research project, detailed description of research project, budget information and information about the investigator);

1. Curriculum vitae of principal investigator;

2. Approval form from the appropriate local ethics review board;

3. Sample of participant consent form;

4. Optional additional materials, e.g., letters of support, reprints.

Recipients must agree to accept the conditions governing the award as determined by the Group Psychotherapy Foundation which include:

1. Carrying out the project as approved by the Foundation;

2. Submitting progress reports as requested by the Foundation;

3. Submitting a final report no later than three months after completion of the project;

4. Returning any unspent funds to the Foundation.

Should funding of the project be approved, acknowledgment of the Group Psychotherapy Foundation's support is to be included in all publications derived from the award.

The main focus of The Christopher D. Smithers Foundation, Inc. is in the field of alcoholism prevention and education. If you wish to submit a grant proposal, please include the following information: 

• A letter of introduction addressed to:
  Mrs. Adele Smithers-Fornaci, President
  Thomas D. Croci, Vice President/Treasurer
  The Christopher D. Smithers Foundation, Inc.
  Box 67
  Mill Neck NY 11765 
  
• Include a brief description of your program and the grant amount requested (budget). 
  
• Include a copy of your non-profit status - 501(c)3. 
  
• Include a copy of your most recent annual report.