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The Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Grant will support graduate students and early career researchers conducting innovative work focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape. This grant is sponsored by APA Division 56: Division of Trauma Psychology. The grant provides funding for innovative research projects that contribute to the field of trauma psychology. Applications are evaluated on the quality, viability, and potential impact of the proposed project, originality and innovation, and the applicant's demonstrated competence to execute the proposed work. The program encourages applications from diverse backgrounds with respect to age, race, color, religion, creed, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, gender, and geography.

The Scott and Paul Pearsall Grant supports graduate and early career work that seeks to increase the public's understanding of the psychological pain and stigma experienced by adults living with visible physical disabilities, such as cerebral palsy. The program aims to encourage talented students and early career researchers to orient their careers to understanding the psychological effect of stigma on people with visible disabilities, develop strategies to improve the public's understanding of the psychological pain and stigma felt by individuals with visible physical disability in order to reduce harmful misconceptions, and encourage dissemination of findings to the public, expressly through media. Preference is given to proposals that contain a plan to disseminate findings to the public, especially through media organizations such as the Entertainment Industry Foundation or the Entertainment Industry Council.

The David H. and Beverly A. Barlow Grant supports innovative basic and clinical research on anxiety and anxiety-related disorders conducted by graduate students and early career researchers. Dr. David H. Barlow is a pioneer in the field of anxiety and anxiety-related disorders and founder and director emeritus of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. Dr. and Mrs. Barlow have generously funded this grant to continue supporting innovative and impactful research in the area of anxiety and related disorders. The grant provides funding to support graduate students and early career psychologists conducting clinical research on anxiety and other related disorders, with an emphasis on quality, viability, and potential impact of proposed projects. Applications are evaluated based on originality, innovation, contribution to the field of anxiety, and the applicant's demonstrated competence and capability to execute the proposed work.