Funding Opportunities

Division 29 Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy Early Career Award

This program supports the mission of APA’s Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (Division 29) by recognizing Society members who have demonstrated outstanding promise in the field of psychotherapy early in their career. This early career award was established as The Jack D. Krasner Memorial Award and first bestowed in 1981. In 2007, the Division raised $50,000 in donations, which funded this award for administration by the American Psychological Foundation (APF). This award is now named the APF/Division 29 Early Career Award and is administered by APF.

Deadline: December 31, 2024
Amount: 1 award of $1,000
Sponsors: APF, Division 29

This program supports the mission of APA’s Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (Division 29) by recognizing Society members who have demonstrated outstanding promise in the field of psychotherapy early in their career.

This early career award was established as The Jack D. Krasner Memorial Award and first bestowed in 1981. In 2007, Division 29 raised $50,000 in donations, which funded this award for administration by the American Psychological Foundation (APF). This award is now named the Division 29 Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy Early Career Award and is administered by APF.

More information about Division 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy)

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 members of Division 29
  • be early career psychologists no more than 10 years postdoctoral
  • demonstrate accomplishment and achievement related to psychotherapy theory, practice, research, or training

No self-nominations are permitted.

Application Instructions

Application Materials:

  • a nomination letter written by a colleague outlining the nominee’s career contributions (No self-nominations are allowed.)
  • CV

Evaluation Criteria
Nominees will be evaluated on:

  • demonstrated accomplishment and achievement
  • conformance with program goals

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

Drs. Alice Coyne and Maggi A. Price

Past Recipients

2024

Alice E. Coyne, PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Maggi A. Price,  PhD, Boston College

2023

Dr. Simon B. Goldberg, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2022

Xu Li, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

2021

Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD, Indiana University – Bloomington

2020

Joshua Turchan, PhD, Michigan State University

2019

Sigal Zilcha-Mano, PhD, Haifa University and Columbia University

2018

Catherine Eubanks, PhD, Yeshiva University

Tony Rousmaniere, PhD, University of Washington

2017

Rayna D. Markin, PhD, Villanova University

2016

Christian Webb, PhD, Harvard Medical School

Joshua K. Swift, PhD, Idaho State University

2015

Stephanie L. Budge, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2014

Zachary E. Imel, PhD, University of Utah

2013

James Boswell, PhD, Boston University

2012

Jesse Owen, PhD, University of Louisville

2011

Andres De Los Reyes, PhD, University of Maryland at College Park

2010

Tami Jo De Coteau, PhD, Indian Health Service

2009

Katherine L. Muller, PsyD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2008

Kenneth N. Levy, PhD, Pennsylvania State University

2007

Michael J. Constantino, PhD, University of Massachusetts