Next Big Ideas Grant Program

2025 Winners

Philllip Hammack | $4,000
Radical Authenticity: A Framework for Understanding the New Psychology of Sexuality, Gender, and Relationships in the Twenty-First Century

Silvia Canetto | $4,000
Suicide is a cultural act

Caroline Clauss-Ehlers & Julian Clauss-Ehlers | $4,000
Cooking for Couplehood: How Cooking Together Supports Healthy Relationships and WellBeing

Michael Shermer | $2,000
Contingency: Why Past Human Behavior is Overdetermined, Future Human Behavior is Unpredictable, and How This Fact Should Shape the Future of Psychology

Aya Shigeto | $2,000
The Role of “Myth-conceptions” in Emerging Adults’ Risky Sexual Behavior

Julii M. Green | $2,000
Cultural Revitalization and Retraditionalization Program for Native students, scholars, and practitioners: Reservation to Graduation (R2G) and beyond Indigenous-based mentorship.

Jerome Lewis | $2,000
Evil as Functional Cognitive Module: How the Concept of Evil Organizes the Socio-Moral Landscape

New Division 1 Executive Committee Members!

Please join us in welcoming the following new members to our executive committee. View the flyer here.

Register for Upcoming Online Events

Join us for learning and discussion!

Learn more about upcoming members-only online events on our Online Events page. Events include: Introduction to R workshop with Dr. Andy Field, and Big Ideas and Theory Building with Dr. Charlotte Tate.

Online events are free for Division 1 members and are held online via Zoom. Please note you must be a member of Division 1 to register.

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The General Psychologist is the official newsletter of Div. 1 and includes coverage of division events, discussions and brief articles on aspects of general psychology.