RFPs: K. Anders Ericsson Dissertation Research Grant (US)

Deadline: 30 October 2025

The K. Anders Ericsson Dissertation Research Grant supports one annual grant for dissertation research in the general area of expertise and skill acquisition, with a preferred focus on applications of the expert performance approach and/or the impacts of deliberate practice in diverse domains of skill.

Research priority topic: Expertise and skill acquisition, broadly defined, with special interest in proposals that use process tracing methods, the expert-performance approach, or a deliberate practice framework to understand superior skill.

Funding Information

Amount: 1 grant of $12,000.

Eligible Costs

Open access costs/publication costs are considered direct project costs and are acceptable. It is important to consider how your funded proposal will make an impact – and if/how your results will be disseminated.
PI stipend/salary support is considered a direct cost, but is evaluated within the context of the methodology and the PI time dependent on the success of the study. If an applicant includes PI stipend/salary support as a budget item line, they should include justification/rationale for the divergence of funds from other project areas.
Other examples of direct costs include:
- Participant payments
- Technology expenses (hardware/software/imaging etc)
- Travel (to conduct research or disseminate findings)
- Non-PI (personnel) stipend/salary support (this includes co-PI’s and/or Research Assistants)
- Supplemental training

Eligibility Criteria

APF encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds with respect to age, race, color, religion, creed, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, gender, and geography.
Applicants must be graduate students in the process of completing their dissertations.

Evaluation Criteria