Funding Opportunities

Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology (LIWP)

$1,000 will be awarded to six individual scholarship winners from the 2025 class of the LIWP Signature Program. Scholarship recipients, who are outstanding participant leaders in their LIWP Class, will be selected by the LIWP Advisory Committee and Future Directions Subcommittee. 

Deadline: May 16, 2025
Amount: 6 scholarships of $1,000
Sponsors: APF, APA Leadership Development Institute

$1,000 will be awarded to six individual scholarship winners from the 2025 class of the LIWP Signature Program. Scholarship recipients, who are outstanding participant leaders in their LIWP Class, will be selected by the LIWP Advisory Committee and Future Directions Subcommittee. 

Applications will open on January 15, 2025.

More information about the APA Leadership Development Institute

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 a member of LIWP Cohort 16.

Application Instructions

Application Requirements:

  • statement of need
  • description of past and current leadership work
  • description of unique professional activities

Evaluation Criteria
Applications will be evaluated on:

  • need for scholarship funds
  • demonstrated leadership & passion 
  • diverse experiences in unique professional activities

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

Veronica B. Perez, PhD

Alliant International University

Past Recipients

2023

Amy R. Beck, PhD

Lisa Faille, PhD

Milagros Evardone, PhD

Shamin Ladhani, PhD

Sheena Myong Walker, PhD

Veronica B. Perez, PhD