Mental Health Award by Wellcome

Wellcome has announced a call to fund projects that combine computational and experimental neuroscience approaches to improve understanding of symptoms of anxiety, depression and psychosis. Deadline: 9 July 2024.

This funding call is focused on projects that investigate symptoms of anxiety, depression and psychotic disorders. This includes:

  • All types of anxiety and depressive disorders (including obsessive compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder)
  • All forms of psychotic disorders (including schizophrenia, postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder).

Novel insights should be directly applicable to developing new or improved interventions.

Who can apply

  • Diverse and interdisciplinary teams, with collaborations covering multiple areas of expertise (for example, biological, psychological and social).
  • Researchers at any stage of their career, including those who are new to the field of mental health science.
  • The team must include either a lead applicant or coapplicants based in each country where the research will take place.
  • Team must consist of at least two applicants (including the lead applicant) and must not exceed eight applicants (excluding collaborators).
  • The lead applicant must be able to contribute at least 20% of their research time to this project.
  • Based anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China). 

Further requirements are found on the call webpage.

Funding

The maximum amount of funding that may be sought is £2-5 million per project.

The project duration is 3 to 5 years.

How to apply

Please visit the Call Page here for further information and how to apply for this call.

Contact

For questions about this call, please contact Wellcome funding:

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Published May 10, 2024 1:06 PM - Last modified May 10, 2024 1:06 PM