IBRO’s Accelerator for Neuroscience in Mental Health

Deadline: October 24th 2023 | IBRO’s Accelerator For Neuroscience In Mental Health

Title; IBRO’s Accelerator For Neuroscience In Mental Health
Organisation: International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO)
Fund/Grant: £50,000
Deadline: October 24th 2023
Eligible countries: All

Do you want to take part in a special and significant professional chance to start a research partnership with a focus on mental health? You are cordially invited to submit an application for the IBRO-Wellcome Neuroscience Capacity Accelerator for Mental Health, a ground-breaking initiative designed to strengthen the capacity of significant neuroscience research initiatives in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).

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IBRO and Wellcome are working together to develop neuroscience research projects and tackle critical global issues with mental health. This call, which has a broad mission, aims to fund projects that will advance knowledge generation in neuroscience with regard to better understanding anxiety, depression, and psychosis, broadly defined, and/or discovering novel methods of predicting, stratifying, and intervening as early as possible.

An overview of the programme:

Aims

  • Support the collaborators in their preparation of future successful project proposals by strengthening capacity for leading neuroscience research collaborations at an early stage in LMICs. Fund projects that either advance understanding of anxiety, depression, or psychosis or discover new opportunities for early interventions in those conditions.
  • Expanding networks outside of the traditional circles, working with partners from various fields whose experience complements one another, and establishing initiatives and ideas are some examples of such activities.
  • Creating strategies for working with LE specialists, producing pilot data, etc.

What is the topic of the show?

  • The ability Accelerator offers you the chance to enhance your research competence and ability for productive collaborations in addition to providing financial support. Projects may aim to broaden networks outside of the typical circles, including with partners from various scientific fields with complementary expertise, creating plans to work with Lived Experience (LE) experts, and generating pilot data, all with the aim of composing effective future project proposals.
  • As a capacity-building programme, the Capacity Accelerator will also provide grantees with a customised professional development programme that includes a range of activities over a 6–9 month period, from in-person exchanges to online seminars and webinars.

How come you should apply?

  • The Capacity Accelerator can help you improve your capacity to develop winning grant proposals in the future, regardless of whether you are from an academic institution, a research institute, a not-for-profit organisation, or a non-academic healthcare organisation. Get up to £50,000 in cash, but more importantly, build your network and abilities to further your professional and personal development. The grant will help you lay the groundwork for enduring, fruitful collaborations.
  • They use the terms “anxiety,” “depression,” and “psychosis” broadly to refer to all varieties of anxiety and depressive disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder, as well as all varieties of psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, postpartum psychosis, and bipolar disorder.

Potential Projects

  • Project proposals should: be for a period of 6 to 9 months; demonstrate the potential for long-term scientific collaboration; emphasise strategies for the development of research proposals; when pertinent, address ethical considerations in both study design and uptake (if applicable); and be for projects that will be completed within this time frame.

eligibility requirements

  • Researchers or clinicians looking for new chances to collaborate with a small group of partners—generally 2-3 partners in total—to further their research or research trajectory.
  • The lead applicant must have the experience necessary to spearhead and direct a collaborative research project, or have the requisite support infrastructure in place, and must either be based in or connected with an institution in an LMIC.
  • take the position of independent researcher.
  • The co-applicant(s) need not have independent investigator status or be based in or associated with an LMIC.
  • The co-applicant(s) must offer complementing abilities and materials required for the project’s execution.
  • Collaborations might take place on a worldwide scale or among individuals based in the same nation.
  • A candidate may work for a university, a research centre, a non-academic healthcare organisation, or a non-profit organisation.

For more information, visit IBRO.

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