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�There is no organization in the U.S. that is doing a better job of dealing with the gap between our nation�s real and profound public health needs, and our ability to fund research, than NARSAD..."

-- Steven E. Hyman, M.D.,
Provost, Harvard University,
Former Director, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Research Center

NARSAD offers grants to scientists conducting neurobiological research at a university or research institution. Since 1987, NARSAD has awarded over $233 million in the form of 3,470 research grants. Both U.S. and international applicants are eligible to apply. To learn more about our grants program and the types of projects that have been selected, click here...

» Grant Information

NARSAD awarded 220 2008 Young Investigator Awards, 44 2007 Independent Investigator Awards, 11 2008 Distinguished Investigator Awards, and 1 Staglin Family Music Festival NARSAD Schizophrenia Research Award.

» 2009 NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award

Electronic applications for the 2009 Distinguished Investigator Award are currently being accepted with a May 15, 2008, deadline.

For more information, click here.

» Grantee News

Dr. David Lewis, a Scientific Council member and the NARSAD 2005 Lieber Prize winner, was selected by the prestigious Institute of Medicine for membership based on his work in advancing the treatment of schizophrenia. (more)

» Featured Researcher

Arturas Petronis, M.D., Ph.D.
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
University of Toronto

Dr. Petronis has been thinking about the problem of causation in mental illness throughout his career in medicine. When NARSAD first funded his lab � and it has done so on three subsequent occasions � it enabled him to embark on a variation of a classic study. He wanted to look at sets of identical twins and examine the incidence of schizophrenia through a special conceptual lens, an approach called epigenetics. (more)

Announcements

2008/2009 NARSAD Grant Deadlines:
2008 Distinguished Investigator Earliest Start Date: May 1, 2008

2009 Distinguished Investigator Award Application Deadline: May 15, 2008

2008 Young Investigator Earliest Start Date: July 1, 2008

2009 Young Investigator Award Application Deadline: July 25, 2008

2008 Independent Investigator Award Earliest Start Date: September 15, 2008

2008 Staglin Awards Earliest Start Date: September 15, 2008

2009 Independent Investigator Award Application Deadline: March 5, 2009

2009 Distinguished Investigator Earliest Start Date: May 1, 2009

2009 Young Investigator Earliest Start Date: July 1, 2009

NARSAD Award Winners

Mei Huang, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2005 & 2007 Young Investigator