The American Philosophical Association is now accepting proposals from APA members for 2021–2022 grant funding. These grant programs, which were suspended in 2020-2021 due to the pandemic, have been reinstated for the new academic year.
Diversity and Inclusiveness Funding
The APA, in keeping with its mission and goals and the association’s longstanding commitment to addressing philosophy’s serious lack of demographic diversity, will make available up to $10,000 in fiscal year 2022 to fund a project aiming to increase the presence and participation of women, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, people of low socioeconomic status, and other underrepresented groups at all levels of philosophy. The APA board of officers strongly prefers proposals that convincingly demonstrate their potential to decisively impact diversity and inclusion within philosophy.
As the APA operates primarily in the US and Canada, programs must have a clear application to diversity in a US/Canada context. The board wishes to express its particular interest in supporting programs that explicitly address more than one type of diversity (e.g., gender and race/ethnicity). The board will give preference to projects based at under-resourced institutions.
Learn more about diversity and inclusiveness grants and how to apply.
See past projects funded by APA grants.
For questions, contact grants@apaonline.org.
Small Grant Fund
This year, the APA’s small grant fund, financed by the Eastern Division, will be offering grants of up to $5,000 per project. The board of officers considers applications for these grants each year at its fall meeting in November.
Learn more about the small grant fund and how to apply.
See past projects funded by APA grants.
For questions, contact grants@apaonline.org.
All APA members are invited to submit proposals. The deadline to submit a proposal for either the diversity and inclusiveness fund or the small grant fund is July 31, 2021.
The board of officers will review proposals and make funding decisions in November 2021. Proposed projects should commence no earlier than January 1, 2022. The APA will disburse grant funds by June 30, 2022.
Please note: A given project can only be submitted to one APA funding stream at a time.
