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Foundation awards $13 million‐plus for innovative MH research
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.31648
Subject(s) - psychiatry , psychology , eating disorders , anxiety , addiction , depression (economics) , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , bipolar disorder , autism spectrum disorder , foundation (evidence) , schizophrenia research , clinical psychology , medicine , autism , political science , cognition , law , economics , macroeconomics
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation announced Oct. 4 the awarding of its Young Investigator Grants valued at more than $13.8 million to 200 of the world's most promising young scientists. The grants, awarded annually, support the work of early‐career scientists with innovative ideas for groundbreaking neurobiological research seeking to identify causes, improve treatments and develop prevention strategies for psychiatric disorders. This year's Young Investigators are studying conditions that include addiction, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorders, bipolar disorder, depression, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, post‐traumatic stress disorder, psychosis and schizophrenia, as well as research on suicide prevention. Recipients of this year's Young Investigator Grants are from 110 institutions in 17 countries.