Grants

Grant Opportunities

Simons Foundation's Autism & Neuroscience Division 2027 Fellows-to-Faculty request for applications (RFA)

The Simons Foundation’s Autism & Neuroscience Division has opened the 2027 Fellows-to-Faculty request for applications (RFA). We wanted to flag it for anyone who knows senior postdocs and early-career scientists heading into the faculty job market this year. We're looking to support scientists whose vision for their future lab aligns with one of our mission areas in autism science, healthy cognitive aging, or ecological neuroscience. The program aims to nurture new talent and broaden the community of researchers contributing to these fields. This RFA is open to both applicants with experience in these areas and to those newly applying their expertise here, and we highly encourage basic science proposals from applicants with clinical training or who bring theory and computational approaches, among others. Applications are due January 13, 2027. Please view our recent blog post, webinar recording, and the newsletter below for more information.

MQ Mental Health Research Schizophrenia Fellowships

MQ Mental Health Research are now accepting expressions of interest from researchers with 3-7 years of post-doctoral research experience whose work focuses on schizophrenia. MQ Fellowship grants are for up to £250,000 over three years and are open to researchers working in any scientific discipline anywhere in the world. This Fellowship grant round is specifically focused on impactful research into Schizophrenia.

Center for Scientific Review's Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program

The program aims to help early career scientists become more competitive as grant applicants through first-hand experience with peer review and to enrich and diversify Center for Scientific Review’s pool of trained reviewers.

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.