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Mission
and Funding
The Foundation for the Contemporary Family provides financial support
for innovative research that enhances the understanding of contemporary
families and/or the clinical practice of couples and family therapy.
It executes this mission through a broad range of grants. We encourage
applications from individuals who represent diversity in race, ethnicity,
gender, age, disability, and sexual orientation. The FFCF Research
Grant is awarded to post-doctoral students, professors and licensed
mental health professionals.
Description
The program awards grants for research projects that focus on innovative
aspects of contemporary families or research designs that advance
the field of couples or family therapy. Projects that advance theory,
assessment, or clinical practice in these areas are eligible.
Program
Goals
• Advance the field of couples and family therapy in the above
topic areas through empirical, methodological, or theoretical contribution;
enhance the understanding of the evolving nature and issues of contemporary
families
Funding
Specifics
• Annual grants of $5,000–$25,000
Eligibility
Requirements
• Post-graduate student in psychology, professors, or licensed
mental health professionals;
• Demonstrated competence in area of the proposed work;
• IRB approval must be received from the principal investigator’s
institution before funding can be awarded if human participants are
involved.
Evaluation
Criteria
• Conformance with stated program goals;
• Magnitude of incremental contribution in topic area;
• Quality of proposed work;
• Applicant’s competence to execute the project.
Proposal
Requirements
• Description of proposed project to include hypotheses, background,
target population,
research design, methods, budget; and relevance to contemporary
families;
• Format: not to exceed 10 pages (1 inch margins, double-spaced,
no smaller than
10 point type);
• Timeline for execution
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