Esther Katz Rosen Fund Grants

Overview

The Esther Katz Rosen Fund* was established in 1974 by a generous bequest intended to support “…activities related to the advancement and application of knowledge about gifted children.”

Rosen Fund grants:

• enable and enhance development of identified gifted and talented children and adolescents
• encourage promising psychologists to continue innovative research and programs in this area
• Support will be provided for activities on the advancement and application of knowledge related to identified gifted and talented children and adolescents, such as:
  • research pilot projects research-based programs
  • Evaluation criteria

Proposals will be evaluated on:

• conformance with stated program goals and qualifications
• quality and impact of proposed work
• innovation and contribution to the field
• applicant’s demonstrated competence and capability to execute the proposed work

Applicants must:

• be affiliated with a school or education institution
• hold a doctoral degree from, or be a graduate student at, an accredited university for research proposals

Teaching time releases are not supported from the Rosen Fund.

Graduate students and early career psychologists (10 years or less postdoctoral) are encouraged to apply. APF also supports pilot projects that, if successful, would be strong candidates for support from major federal and foundation funding agencies, and “demonstration projects” that promise to generalize broadly to other geographical areas and/or to other settings.