Opportunity Overview
Open now. The American Psychological Foundation is accepting applications for the Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Grant through October 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM Hawaii Time (HT). The program offers 1 grant of $3,750.
Purpose and Eligibility
The grant supports innovative work focused on understanding, preventing, or treating the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment, and rape. Applicants must be a graduate student or early career psychologist no more than 10 years postdoctoral, be affiliated with a qualifying nonprofit charitable, educational, scientific, or governmental entity, demonstrate knowledge of trauma and trauma research, and demonstrate competence and capacity to execute the proposed work.
Application Requirements
APF identifies the required materials as a project proposal, project timeline, detailed budget and justification, and CV. Applications are evaluated on quality, viability, potential impact, originality and innovation, contribution to the trauma field, and applicant competence.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 88/100. This is a strong behavioral-health and trauma opportunity for Kentucky universities, academic medical centers, nonprofit research settings, and qualified governmental entities with an eligible graduate student or early career psychologist working on sexual-violence-related trauma.
N9+ Fit: 3/100. The verified program funds trauma-focused research and related work rather than remote physical examination or medical-device procurement.
Next Action
Kentucky candidates should verify lead-applicant eligibility, trauma-research fit, current GivingData prompts, budget compliance, and any human-subjects requirements. Outreach requires authoritative recipient verification, CRM opt-out review, and sent-history deduplication.
Official sources: APF Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Grant and APF Program FAQs.