Funding Opportunities

Henry P. David Grant for Research in Human Reproductive Behavior & Population Studies

The American Psychological Foundation’s Henry David Fund was established to support young psychologists with a demonstrated interest in the behavioral aspects of human reproductive behavior or an area related to population concerns.

Deadline: February 14, 2025
Amount: 1 award of $1,000
Sponsors: APF

The American Psychological Foundation’s Henry David Fund was established to support young psychologists with a demonstrated interest in the behavioral aspects of human reproductive behavior or an area related to population concerns. 

The Research Grant provides $1,000 for support of ongoing research in behavioral aspects of population studies or human reproductive behavior.

Eligibility

APF encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds with respect to age, race, color, religion, creed, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, gender, and geography.

Applicants must:

  • be graduate students conducting dissertation research or early career psychologists no more than 10 years postdoctoral
  • have demonstrated interest in human reproductive behavior or related population concerns

Applications are open to applicants in all relevant disciplines who have a demonstrated psychological approach to their work, with preference given to psychologists

Application Instructions

Application Materials:

  • project proposal
  • CV
  • two letters of recommendation
  • essay demonstrating an active interest in human reproductive behavior or in population studies

Evaluation Criteria
Applications will be evaluated on:

  • demonstrated Interest
  • innovation and originality
  • quality
  • criticality of funding

Please be advised that APF does not provide feedback to applicants on their proposals.

Please review our program FAQs for important details on the application process.

Recent Recipient

Hojeong Lee

University of California, Irvine

“Age Ration and Human Reproductive Behaviors”

Past Recipients

2024

Hojeong Lee, University of California, Irvine
“Age Ration and Human Reproductive Behaviors”

2023

Jodie Lisenbee, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
“When Childbirth Progress Slows or Stalls: A Qualitative Examination of Decision-Making Processes Surrounding Labor Dystocia”

2022

Emily Munoz, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
“Culturally-specific risk and resilience factors that
moderate the relationship between reproductive
coercion and adverse health outcomes among Latinx
individuals”

2021

Jordan L. Thomas, University of California, Los Angeles

2020

Helen Mahony, University of South Florida

2019

Jose Yong, National University of Singapore

2018

Anna Strahm, North Dakota State University

2017

Haylee Deluca, Kent State University

2016

Mollie Anderson, University of Memphis

2015

Savannah Peters Geske, University of South Dakota

2014

Sophia Choukas-Bradley, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Tierney Lorenz, PhD, Indiana University

2013

Lauren Levy, University of Iowa

2012

Katherine Tumlinson, University of North Carolina

2011

Michelle Leve, The New School for Social Research
Angelea Pirlott, Arizona State University

2010

No Grant Given

2009

Amy Conroy, University of Colorado, Denver

2008

Lisa Sara Rosenzweig, Columbia University

2007

No Grant Given

2006

Eva Bazant, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health