Leveraging a Recovery Act Resource to Accelerate Research on Neurodevelopment (R01)
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-MH-15-400 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.242Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the I...
Source: Grants.gov - March 25, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Leveraging a Recovery Act Resource to Accelerate Research on Neurodevelopment (R01)
Funding Opportunity RFA-MH-15-400 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) aims to stimulate the broader research community to utilize a resource funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) to generate and evaluate hypotheses about the complex interrelationships and multi-directional influences among genetics, brain maturation, neurocognitive function, and psychiatric symptoms during development. This FOA is a strategic effort to disseminate this data resource, stimulate the broader research community to use the resource, and acceler...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 24, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Call for Nominations: American Psychiatric Foundation Kun-Po Soo Award
The Kun-Po Soo Award was established in 1987 to recognize an individual who has made significant contributions toward understanding the impact and import of Asian cultural heritage in areas relevant to psychiatry. The award also seeks to encourage scholarship and research in culture-specific mental health issues and treatment needs of Asian populations and to stimulate scientific exchange on transcultural issues. Prize The award recipient receives a plaque and a $1,000 honorarium upon presentation of the award lecture at the APA Annual Meeting or the Institute on Psychiatric Services. Eligibility Open ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - March 17, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Psychiatric Foundation Source Type: funding

First in Human and Early Stage Clinical Trials of Novel Investigational Drugs for Psychiatric Disorders (U01)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-14-107 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.242Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNative American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) stat...
Source: Grants.gov - March 4, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Innovative Pilot Studies of Novel Mechanism of Action Compounds for Treating Psychiatric Disorders (U01)
The objective of the FOA is to accelerate the development of innovative pharmacological treatments through support of early phase human clinical testing. FIH pharmacology studies should assess target engagement, pharmacological effects, safety, and tolerability of novel compounds in order to build a pipeline for initial POC or efficacy trials in patients. POC studies of novel compounds should use pharmacologically based dosing, with assessment of target engagement and evaluation of the impact of compounds on clinically relevant physiological systems as well as clinical indicators of effect. The overall objective is to fac...
Source: Grants.gov - February 24, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

First in Human and Early Stage Clinical Trials of Novel Investigational Drugs for Psychiatric Disorders (U01)
Funding Opportunity PAR-14-107 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage cooperative agreement applications to support early stage clinical trials of novel mechanism of action, investigational drugs or drug candidates for the treatment of psychiatric disorders in areas of unmet medical need. The FOA will support milestone-driven early stage trials in pediatric and adult populations. First in human (FIH) and Phase Ib studies of novel Agents must assess target engagement (brain exposure), pharmacological effects, safety, and tolerability to a...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 24, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Call for Submissions: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Rieger Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Award
The Psychotherapy Committee is interested in papers from members at all levels of experience (senior, mid-career, and trainees) and all areas of practice (private practice, clinical faculty, full-time academics, and researchers). Unpublished papers and papers published within the last three years may be submitted by their authors. Papers published within the last three years may be nominated by any member of AACAP. The Award • $4,500 prize; • Delivery of an Honors Presentation at the AACAP Annual Meeting in October • For an unpublished winning paper, future publication is not a requireme...
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 19, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: funding

Call for Entries: Arts in Mental Health Essay Prize
A 4000-word essay around an arts-based project (or a series of initiatives) that contributes to a greater understanding of mental health/illness in any given cultural context (e.g. an arts-based prevention, advocacy, research, and/or healing project). The essay (word or pdf file) must be accompanied by visual materials (such as photos and/or videos of the project) or links to visual materials (e.g. website, shared folder) and can also consist of a photo-essay. It can be a joint project (e.g. a project co-authored by a healer and an artist). The author/s must hold permission (or have gained permission before en...
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 18, 2014 Category: Research Authors: World Association of Cultural Psychiatry Source Type: funding

Call for Applications: American Psychiatric Foundation Typical or Troubled? Grant Program
The Typical or Troubled? School Mental Health Education Program was developed by the American Psychiatric Foundation to address the important role adults can have in a teen's life and the importance of early identification. By encouraging and equipping adults (such as parents and teachers) who closely interact with adolescents to notice the warning signs of mental health problems, to be prepared with intervention strategies, and to know where to refer teens for help in addressing these issues, the program becomes an essential element in ensuring student health and safety.  At its core, Typical or Troubled...
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 17, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Psychiatric Foundation Source Type: funding

Call for Applications: David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress invites qualified scholars to apply for a post-doctoral fellowship in the field of health and spirituality. Made possible by a generous endowment from the International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality (ICIHS), the fellowship is named in honor of the Center's late founder, David B. Larson, an epidemiologist and psychiatrist, who focused on potentially relevant but understudied factors which might help in prevention, coping, and recovering from illness. The fellowship is designed to continue Dr. Larson's legacy of promoting meaningful,...
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 10, 2014 Category: Research Authors: John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress Source Type: funding

Award for Creativity in Psychiatric Education
DEADLINE-2015: June 30, 2014 The Award for Creativity in Psychiatric Education recognizes a teaching program that demonstrates innovation in psychiatric education. The Award consists of a grant and a certificate. One representative from the program receives travel, hotel, and free registration at the Annual Meeting. The Award for Creativity in Psychiatric Education is open to any creative/innovative program for psychiatric education that has been in operation for at least two years, and has been a part of a U.S. or Canadian approved psychiatric residency training program.  Trainees may include: medical st...
Source: ScanGrants feed - February 3, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American College of Psychiatrists Source Type: funding

Minority Fellowship Program (Short Title: MFP)
Funding Opportunity Number: SM-14-007 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.243Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-SAMHSClosing Date: Mar 17, 2014Award Ceiling: $793,978Expected Number of Awards: 6Creation Date: Jan 24, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2014 Minority ...
Source: Grants.gov - January 24, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Call for Nominations: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Distinguished Member Awards
Deadline: April 30, 2014 The availability of all awards is contingent upon the receipt of adequate funding. The AACAP Irving Philips Award for Prevention This award recognizes a child and adolescent psychiatrist and AACAP member who has made significant contributions in a lifetime career or single seminal work to the prevention of mental illness in children and adolescents. These contributions must have national and/or international stature and clearly demonstrate lasting effects. The contributions may be in the areas of teaching, research, program development, direct clinical service, advocacy or administ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - January 22, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: funding

American Psychiatric Foundation Awards for Advancing Minority Mental Health
Supported by a grant from Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. Applications must be postmarked by February 12, 2014.  The Awards for Advancing Minority Mental Health were established in 2003 by the American Psychiatric Foundation with the support of Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., to recognize mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, etc.), other health professionals, mental health programs and organizations, and others that have undertaken innovative and supportive efforts to: • Raise awareness in underserved minority communities about mental illness includi...
Source: ScanGrants feed - January 6, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Psychiatric Foundation Source Type: funding

Call for Applications: American Psychiatric Nursing Foundation Research Grant
The American Psychiatric Nursing Foundation (APNF) is pleased to continue the research grants program to enhance scientific contributions advancing the knowledge and practice of psychiatric-mental health nursing. APNF established these awards to seed new investigators who are beginning their research careers and will award up to five (5) individual grants of up to $5,000 per award. As such, priority will be given to investigators who are early in their research trajectories and who have not previously had major intra- or extramural funding. Application All application materials must be received by Monday, Febr...
Source: ScanGrants feed - December 31, 2013 Category: Research Authors: American Psychiatric Nursing Foundation Source Type: funding