American Psychiatric Nursing Foundation (APNF)

Grant Recipients will be notified in late July with funding to commence in August.

• For grants $5,000 and above, funds will be dispensed under the following agreement:
  • 25% of the award will be sent in the initial payment (August 2024). An additional 50% will be dispensed at 6 months (January 2025) after receipt of a progress report including expenditures to date. The final 25% of the award will be sent after submission of the final report with full budget reconciliation (August 2025).
• For grants below $5,000, funds will be dispensed under the following agreement:
  • 50% of the award will be sent in the initial payment (August 2024). The remaining 50% of the award will be sent after submission of the final report with full budget reconciliation (August 2025).
• A change in the disbursement schedule can be requested in writing; changes must be justified and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
• Release of funds will be contingent upon required itemized budget reconciliation. If expenditure reports are not received in a timely fashion, funding is not guaranteed.

$1,000-$10,000 per award

• Applicants must be current members of APNA.
• Applicants must be within the early stages of their scholarly careers and/or individuals who have not previously had major intra- or extramural funding.
• Each grant applicant must be licensed as a registered nurse who focuses on psychiatric-mental health.
• APNA will accept applications for master’s thesis or doctoral dissertations with approval by the grant applicant’s thesis, dissertation, or DNP project committee.
• Grant recipients are eligible to apply again to the APNA grant program after 5 years.