The Innovative Student Research Grant from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA) provides funding for students in psychology or behavior analysis doctoral programs and master’s programs that can support applied or basic research in the experimental analysis of behavior. The Innovative Student Research Grant, formerly called the SABA Experimental Analysis of Behavior Grant, aims to encourage study in the experimental analysis of behavior.
Applicants must be enrolled or have been accepted in a doctoral or master’s program in a department of psychology, education, behavioral science, or an allied discipline in which there is a sufficient number of behaviorally oriented faculty members to supervise the proposed research. Applicants must have at least one full academic year remaining in the program and sufficient time to complete the project after the grant application deadline. ABAI membership is not required.
The funding provides up to three doctoral dissertation grants of up to US$5,000 each are available as well as up to two thesis grants of up to US$2,000 each and one up to $1,000. Preference is given to grants involving translational research.
Applications close on January 14, 2026.