The American Psychoanalytic Foundation (APF) is proud of its 25 years of support for psychoanalytic outreach and in-reach. In that time, it has funded a wide range of projects and events that have forged bonds between psychoanalytic groups and larger communities. Now we are living in catastrophic times, marked by racial and economic inequality, pandemic, corruption, distrust of government, and the waning of belief in fundamental tenants of science.

In these times, the American Psychoanalytic Association affirms its support of Black Lives Matter and is striving to become a growing, evolving, inclusive, and reflective organization. The recent APsaA Racism Statement quotes Ibram X. Kendi: “The only way to undo racism is to constantly identify it and describe it—and then dismantle it.” The Association further pledges its commitment to this effort. The Covid-19 pandemic concurrently poses a multitude of problems for the public, patients, analysts, and the enterprises of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.

In these challenging times the APF Committee would like to emphasize projects that address racism or the pandemic. We will continue to fund what we can of the varied proposals we receive. To learn more about our guidelines and submission process, please visit .