The Foundation of Rehabilitation Psychology

The Foundation of Rehabilitation Psychology (FRP) was founded in 2005 to “enhance health, independence, and quality of life throughout the lifespan…through education and research in the field of Rehabilitation Psychology”. Incorporated as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization in 2008, the organization’s mission and vision have evolved over time and are now the following: **MISSION: ADVANCING THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DISABILITY AND CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS** **VISION: IMPROVING SOCIETY BY MAKING THE FOUNDATIONAL INSIGHTS OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DISABILITY AND CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS COMMON KNOWLEDGE** An endowment was initiated in 2005 to support FRP initiatives intended to achieve that mission and vision and now amounts to over $250,000. Current FRP activities include providing a source of financial support for the annual mid-Winter meeting of Division 22, encouraging the growth of the field through financial support to promising students via dissertation and Mid-Winter meeting research awards, and identifying and promoting a series of classic publications which provide the scholarly foundations for our specialty. The Foundation remains actively engaged in fund raising with the goal in mind of increasing the endowment used to support those initiatives.