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The APF Direct Action Visionary Grants seek to fund innovative interventions, based on psychological knowledge, that directly address pressing needs of communities. Research is critical to advancing the field of psychology, but communities also need care right now. APF is uniquely positioned to accomplish both. Through APF Direct Action Visionary Grants, the foundation is particularly interested in supporting communities and populations dealing with prejudice, bias, intolerance, and all forms of bigotry including racism, antisemitism, homophobia, and misogyny. Projects should support APF's four Visionary Priorities: Serve Marginalized Communities, End Prejudice & Stigma, Prevent Violence, and Explore Mind-Body Health Connections. The grants support evidence-based psychological interventions or resources that have demonstrated competence and capacity to execute the proposed work. Projects are not limited to clinical or academic settings. Eligible projects include evaluation of the implementation of an evidence-based intervention in a specific community, bridging the gap to bring an evidence-based intervention to a community in need, and translation and evaluation of psychological knowledge into a form that can be easily distributed to and understood by a community in need. The program will not fund facility renovations or acquisitions, proof of concept projects, clinical trials, or pilot studies unless the intervention is currently being implemented in a real-world setting.

These grants support not-for-profit activities to enhance the science and practice of counseling psychology. In particular, they aim to support research on the implementation of innovative counseling programs and models. Division 17 funds two to three proposals in the range of $1,000-3,000 each. The program is sponsored by the American Psychological Foundation in partnership with APA Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology). Applications are evaluated on conformance with stated program goals, magnitude of incremental contribution in specified activity area, quality of proposed work, applicant's demonstrated competence and capability to execute the proposed work, and criticality of funding for execution of work. The program particularly encourages applications from early career psychologists (no more than 10 years postdoctoral) and from diverse backgrounds with respect to age, race, color, religion, creed, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, gender, and geography.