Our Funds

Bernard Brucker Fund

The Bernard Brucker Continuing Professional Educational Fund supports the Rehabilitation Psychology annual meeting.

Dr. Brucker was a President of Division 22, a founding member of FRP, and a founding member and President of the American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology. He was also an innovative researcher and internationally renowned speaker until his death in 2008.

Donations to this fund are dedicated in their entirety to support the Annual Rehabilitation Psychology Conference.

Leonard Diller Dissertation Award Fund

The Leonard Diller Dissertation Award Fund supports recognition of dissertations that reflect the principles of neurorehabilitation as advanced by Dr. Diller.

Dr. Diller is widely credited with being a founder of American neurorehabilitation and was a leader among clinicians who did not accept the thinking of the time that impairments following acquired brain injuries were permanent and irremediable.

Donations to this fund are dedicated in their entirety to support the Diller Neurorehabilitation Dissertation Award.

Mitch Rosenthal General Fund

The Mitchell Rosenthal General Fund provides funds to support the general operations of the Foundation, including support of graduate students, early career psychologists and other activities that advance the future of our specialty.

Dr. Rosenthal was a President of Division 22 and a founding member and President of FRP until his death in 2007. He was also a founding member and President of the American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology. He was a world-renowned leader in the field of brain injury rehabilitation as a researcher, writer, and mentor to hundreds of students and colleagues.