NARSAD Young Investigator Award

About Scholarship

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is the largest non-government, donor-supported organization that distributes funds for psychiatric brain and behavior disorder research. The program offers up to $35,000 a year for up to two years to enable promising investigators to either extend their research fellowship training or to begin careers as independent research faculty. The program is intended to facilitate innovative research opportunities and supports basic, as well as translational and/or clinical investigators. All research must be relevant to our understanding, treatment and prevention of serious psychiatric disorders such as: schizophrenia; bipolar; mood and anxiety disorders or early onset brain and behavior disorders. In addition to supporting the full ranges of relevant neurobiological and psychobiological basic science, we also support clinical science, which can include careful studies using qualitative research approaches or research generating preliminary data to explore a new hypothesis generated by clinical experience or large sample studies. Applicants must have a doctoral level degree (e.g., M.D. with minimum PGY-IV training, Ph.D., Psy.D., Pharm.D., etc.) and already be employed in research training or a faculty research position. The YI Grant is intended to support advanced post-doctoral fellows, instructors and assistant professors (or equivalent). Anyone who has served, or is serving, as a principal investigator (PI) on a NIH R01 grant or the equivalent (e.g., VA Merit Review grant) is not eligible. Investigators at the rank of associate professor or equivalent are also not eligible. Applicants must have an on-site mentor or senior collaborator who is an established investigator in areas relevant to psychiatric disorders. Applicants may only apply twice for an initial BBRF Young Investigator Grant. Please visit the award's website for more information.

Offered by: Brain and Behavior Research Foundation