Schizophrenia Research Fellowship
Application Deadline Extended: November 17, 2014 $45,000 stipend to support schizophrenia research and personal scholarship for one year. The American Psychiatric Foundation is sponsoring the one-year Psychiatric Research Fellowship for three post-graduate psychiatry trainees specifically to focus on research and personal scholarship. Minimal time (less than 15%) will be devoted to teaching, patient care, consultation, or other duties. The protection of time for research should be assured by the department chairman. More information is available from: American Psychiatric Association Division of Dive...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 3, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Psychiatric Foundation Source Type: funding

Call for Nominations: Early Academic Career Award on Schizophrenia Research
 Application Deadline Extended: November 17, 2014 $45,000 stipend support to the research of a junior faculty member with an interest in schizophrenia research The American Psychiatric Foundation is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the APF Early Academic Career Award on Schizophrenia Research to help support the research of a junior faculty member with an interest in schizophrenia research. Awards will be made to three candidates who have completed a psychiatry residency, at least one year of a psychiatry research fellowship, and are seeking to make a commitment to a research career with the...
Source: ScanGrants feed - November 3, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Psychiatric Foundation Source Type: funding

Call for Applications: Brain & Behavior Research Foundation 2015 NARSAD Independent Investigator Grant
Call for Applications: Brain & Behavior Research Foundation 2015 NARSAD Independent Investigator Grant The NARSAD Independent Investigator Grant provides support for investigators during the critical period between the initiation of research and the receipt of sustained funding. A two-year grant up to $100,000 or $50,000 per year is provided to scientists at the associate professor level or equivalent who are clearly independent and have won national competitive support as a principal investigator. Please note that an assistant professor who is a principal investigator on a NIH R01 grant is now eligible for the NAR...
Source: ScanGrants feed - October 14, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Source Type: funding

Scholarship Awards for the Meeting Synaptopathies in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: SHANK Mutations as a Window Into Synaptic Function
Scholarship Awards for the Meeting Synaptopathies in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: SHANK Mutations as a Window Into Synaptic Function Thursday, November 13, 2014 1:00 PM - Friday, November 14, 2014 6:00 PM (Eastern Time) Washington, DC Abstracts are due October 5, 2014. Join us at the "SHANK Symposium" in Washington, DC, a Satellite Event prior to the Society of Neuroscience 2014 Meeting Synaptic dysfunction represents a major cause of autism, intellectual disability, epilepsy, and schizophrenia.  These disorders frequently show deleterious mutations in genes encoding synaptic proteins, ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - September 29, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation Source Type: funding

Schizophrenia Research Fellowship
The American Psychiatric Foundation is sponsoring the one-year Psychiatric Research Fellowship for three post-graduate psychiatry trainees specifically to focus on research and personal scholarship. Minimal time (less than 15%) will be devoted to teaching, patient care, consultation, or other duties. The protection of time for research should be assured by the department chairman. More information is available from: American Psychiatric Association Division of Diversity and Health Equity 1000 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 1825 Arlington, VA 22209-3901 1-703-907-8653 It is recommended that applicants contact the A...
Source: ScanGrants feed - August 25, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Psychiatric Foundation Source Type: funding

Call for Nominations: Early Academic Career Award on Schizophrenia Research
The American Psychiatric Foundation is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the APF Early Academic Career Award on Schizophrenia Research to help support the research of a junior faculty member with an interest in schizophrenia research. Awards will be made to three candidates who have completed a psychiatry residency, at least one year of a psychiatry research fellowship, and are seeking to make a commitment to a research career with the end goal of successfully transitioning to that of an independent investigator. The Award, through an unrestricted grant from Genentech, Inc., is intended to assist in this ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - August 25, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Psychiatric Foundation Source Type: funding

Call for Applications: Kempf Fund Award for Research Development in Psychobiological Psychiatry
The American Psychiatric Association invites applicants for the Kempf Fund Award for Research Development in Psychobiological Psychiatry. This award recognizes a senior researcher who has made a significant contribution to research on the causes and treatment of schizophrenia as both a researcher and a mentor. A $1,500 award will be made to the senior researcher, and $20,000 will support the research career development of a young research psychiatrist working in a mentor-trainee relationship with the award winner on further research in this field. Submissions will be judged on the excellence of the nominee's o...
Source: ScanGrants feed - August 25, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Psychiatric Association Source Type: funding

Call for Applications: 2014 NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grant
NARSAD is an acronym for National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, the former name of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. All applications must be completed and submitted online through the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation website by Tuesday July 1, 2014 at 11:59 P.M. EST. Faxed, emailed, or mailed applications will not be accepted. The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is the largest non-governmental, donor-supported organization that distributes funds for brain and behavior disorder research. The Foundation’s NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grant Pro...
Source: ScanGrants feed - June 10, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Source Type: funding

Exploratory Studies of Smoking Cessation Interventions for People with Schizophrenia (R21/R33)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-14-230 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: EducationHealthCFDA Number: 93.24293.27393.27993.399Eligible 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...
Source: Grants.gov - May 20, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Education Health Source Type: funding

Exploratory Studies of Smoking Cessation Interventions for People with Schizophrenia (R33)
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-14-231 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: EducationHealthCFDA Number: 93.24293.27393.27993.399Eligible 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...
Source: Grants.gov - May 20, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Education Health Source Type: funding

Exploratory Studies of Smoking Cessation Interventions for People with Schizophrenia (R33)
Funding Opportunity PAR-14-231 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide support for grant applications of two major types. Type I will conduct exploratory testing of novel, targeted treatments for smoking cessation for individuals with schizophrenia. Type II will conduct exploratory testing of targeted implementation strategies of existing efficacious treatments at the service-delivery system level. Smokers with schizophrenia who have co-occurring alcohol and/or substance abuse disorders are also a population of interest. Under this FOA, t...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 19, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Exploratory Studies of Smoking Cessation Interventions for People with Schizophrenia (R21/R33)
Funding Opportunity PAR-14-230 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide support for grant applications to generate and conduct preliminary tests of targeted smoking cessation treatments for individuals with schizophrenia. Smokers with schizophrenia who have co-occurring alcohol and/or substance abuse disorders are also a population of interest. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 19, 2014 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Cooperative Agreement to Benefit Homeless Individuals - States (Short Title: CABHI-States)
Funding Opportunity Number: SM-14-010 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.243Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-SAMHSClosing Date: Apr 14, 2014Award Ceiling: $1,200,000Expected Number of Awards: 18Creation Date: Feb 24, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and Center for Mental Health Services is a...
Source: Grants.gov - March 4, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding

Call for Applications: 2014 NARSAD Independent Investigator Grant
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is now accepting online applications for the 2014 NARSAD Independent Investigator Grant. Applications must be submitted by Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Submit your application as early as possible to avoid any last-minute technical complications that may arise with your submission. The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is the largest non-government, donor-supported organization that distributes funds for brain and behavior disorder research. The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Independent Investigator Grant offers up ...
Source: ScanGrants feed - December 3, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Source Type: funding

4th Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference Travel Fellowship
 4th Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference Travel Fellowship The 4th Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference will take place 5-9 April 2014 in Florence, Italy at the Firenze Fiera Congress Center. The Schizophrenia International Research Society Biennial Conference focuses on new drug development and the status of cutting edge basic and translational research in the field of schizophrenia. More than 1600 researchers from 53 countries attended the 3rd Biennial Conference in Florence in 2012. We look forward to welcoming you again to Florence, Italy! Eligib...
Source: ScanGrants feed - August 15, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Schizophrenia International Research Society Source Type: funding