Grant Opportunities
Scholarships to Enhance and Empower Diversity (The SEED Fund)
The Scholarships to Enhance and Empower Diversity (SEED) fund is a perpetual fund developed to support the training and mentoring of the brightest trainees from diverse backgrounds who will impact future generations through neuroscience. It is part of the American Psychological Foundation (APF) Fund for Racial and Ethnic Diversity and is administered by the APA Minority Fellowship Program (MFP).
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Our research grants program seeks to: Encourage established investigators to undertake innovative approaches and explore new directions in suicide research; Encourage talented new investigators to enter the field of suicide research through grants that provide training support and mentoring; Provide seed money for pilot projects that show promise in opening up new areas of suicide research.
American Psychiatric Association: Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators
The Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators program is presented by APA in conjunction with the Committee on Research Training of the Council on Research. The purpose of the Research Colloquium is to provide guidance, mentorship and encouragement to young investigators in the early phases of their training. *The APA is sponsored in part by ACNP.
The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (NARSAD)
Funds research regarding psychiatric disorders. Offers grants for researchers at a university or nonprofit research institution.
The Else Kröner Fresenius-Stiftung Foundation
The foundation was founded in 1983 by the entrepreneur Else Kröner, b. Fernau. The charitable Else Kröner-Fresenius-Foundation is dedicated to the promotion of medical research and supports medical-humanitarian projects.
The McKnight Foundation
Offers grants for neuroscience research as part of the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience.
Stanley Medical Research Institute
The Stanley Medical Research Institute (SMRI) is a nonprofit organization supporting research on the causes of, and treatments for, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Since it began in 1989, SMRI has supported more than $550 million in research in over 30 countries around the world.
