diff --git a/toolz/curried/__init__.py b/toolz/curried/__init__.py
index 43aeffd4..fab6255f 100644
--- a/toolz/curried/__init__.py
+++ b/toolz/curried/__init__.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import toolz
 from . import operator
 from toolz import (
+    apply,
     comp,
     complement,
     compose,
diff --git a/toolz/functoolz.py b/toolz/functoolz.py
index 238d1b16..be6fa204 100644
--- a/toolz/functoolz.py
+++ b/toolz/functoolz.py
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 from .utils import no_default
 
 
-__all__ = ('identity', 'thread_first', 'thread_last', 'memoize', 'compose',
-           'pipe', 'complement', 'juxt', 'do', 'curry', 'flip', 'excepts')
+__all__ = ('identity', 'apply', 'thread_first', 'thread_last', 'memoize',
+           'compose', 'pipe', 'complement', 'juxt', 'do', 'curry', 'flip',
+           'excepts')
 
 
 def identity(x):
@@ -21,6 +22,22 @@ def identity(x):
     return x
 
 
+def apply(*func_and_args, **kwargs):
+    """ Applies a function and returns the results
+    >>> def double(x): return 2*x
+    >>> def inc(x):    return x + 1
+    >>> apply(double, 5)
+    10
+
+    >>> tuple(map(apply, [double, inc, double], [10, 500, 8000]))
+    (20, 501, 16000)
+    """
+    if not func_and_args:
+        raise TypeError('func argument is required')
+    func, args = func_and_args[0], func_and_args[1:]
+    return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
 def thread_first(val, *forms):
     """ Thread value through a sequence of functions/forms
 
diff --git a/toolz/tests/test_functoolz.py b/toolz/tests/test_functoolz.py
index deda6068..dcb43af1 100644
--- a/toolz/tests/test_functoolz.py
+++ b/toolz/tests/test_functoolz.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import platform
 
 from toolz.functoolz import (thread_first, thread_last, memoize, curry,
-                             compose, pipe, complement, do, juxt, flip, excepts)
+                             compose, pipe, complement, do, juxt, flip, excepts, apply)
 from operator import add, mul, itemgetter
 from toolz.utils import raises
 from functools import partial
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ def double(x):
     return 2 * x
 
 
+def test_apply():
+    assert apply(double, 5) == 10
+    assert tuple(map(apply, [double, inc, double], [10, 500, 8000])) == (20, 501, 16000)
+    assert raises(TypeError, apply)
+
+
 def test_thread_first():
     assert thread_first(2) == 2
     assert thread_first(2, inc) == 3