Gualberto Cremades International Research Grant - AASP Foundation

Applications are due April 1 of every year.

Please read the full instructions below before starting your application. 

Effective as of the 2026 Grants Cycle

Gualberto Cremades International Research Grant proposals are submitted online through the Cadmium platform.

Click Here to Start Your Application in Cadmium

After you click "save application" upon completing all components of the application, please click the "submit" button at the top right of the screen to move your application from Active to Completed status. The action of clicking "submit" will prompt the system to email the applicant a confirmation of the submitted application. Clicking "submit" is the final step to submit your grant application for consideration.

A. Purpose
Funded by the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Foundation, the Gualberto Cremades International Research Grant recognizes an international student as principal investigator or Co-PI, residing within or outside the US. This grant may be used to support any research project involving an international student or an internationally based student, as PI or Co-PI. However, priority will be given to research projects that incorporate (cross-) cultural, critical, non-eurocentric and/or non-US perspectives.

A total of up to $1,000 may be awarded for either a single proposal or multiple proposals subject to review by the AASP Foundation Grant Committee. Additionally, should a recipient be selected to present their work at an AASP Annual Conference within the 2 years following the grant, the student's registration fee will be waived.

B. Eligibility 

• Any AASP international student member is eligible for consideration (i.e. non-US student studying in the US, or any student currently completing their studies outside the US). Any research project is eligible; however, preference will be given to research projects that incorporate cross-cultural, critical, non-eurocentric, and/or non-US perspectives.
• Awardees are eligible for only one award per 3-year period.
• Applicants may not apply for an AASP Foundation grant and an AASP research grant (Research, Collaborative Research, or Community Outreach) for the same project at the same time.

C. Application Procedure 

• Submissions must be made by international student members who will serve as Principal Investigators or Co-PIs. However, other students and/or professionals may be Co-Investigators or additional applicants.
• Proposals must include the following components:

1. Researcher/Practitioner information
2. Proposal (the equivalent of two pages – must use 12-point font and 1-inch margins, single spacing) – Submit a blinded PDF, which includes the title, but do not include name(s)/affiliation(s) of submitters, or any other identifying information. The Proposal is a supporting document that will be submitted as an individual PDF via upload in Cadmium. The proposal should clearly state the following:
   1. Study aims and research question
   2. Study justification (brief introduction, problem statement, purpose statement)
   3. Brief methodology
   4. Study significance (clearly explain how this study incorporates cultural, critical, non-eurocentric, and/or non-US perspectives, if applicable), and/or how this grant would support their work as an international/non-US based student.
3. Budget and budget justification
4. Submission checklist

D. Budget

• Awards will be paid to your department or organization/company, if one exists, and can cover costs such as equipment, hourly assistance, materials, and supplies. 
• Budgets cannot include indirect costs, salaries for the researcher(s)/practitioner(s), or travel to present the results. 
• Grants are awarded as soon as the review process is completed each quarter. 
• Proposals that are not approved will be returned to the researcher(s)/practitioner(s) with feedback and may be resubmitted the following year if desired. 
• Failure to complete the project may require reimbursement.

E. Obligations

• A final report on the project (maximum of one page in length) is required once the project has been completed, to be sent to the AASP Foundation Grant Committee Chairperson at AASPFSeedgrant@appliedsportpsych.org 
• Awardees will be expected to submit an abstract of the completed work for consideration at an AASP Annual Conference within 2 years from the year they received the grant.
• Any publication(s) resulting from the grant should acknowledge the funding from AASP.

Applications are due April 1.

Failure to include all components listed above, or proposals that do not conform to length specifications, will not be reviewed.