BBRF Distinguished Investigator Grants
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BBRF Distinguished Investigator Grants support established scientists’ innovative neurobiological and behavioral research to open new approaches to understanding or treating severe mental illness.
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Funder: Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Full application)
Funding Amounts: Up to $100,000 for one year, including allowable overhead
Summary: Supports established investigators pursuing innovative neurobiological and behavioral research to understand or treat severe mental illness.
Key Information: Applicants must be full professors or equivalent with peer-reviewed, competitively funded research programs; previous Distinguished Investigator awardees cannot apply again.
Description
The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation’s Distinguished Investigator Grant program supports established scientists with outstanding research accomplishments who propose particularly innovative neurobiological and behavioral research. It funds basic and clinical investigators whose work could open new approaches to understanding or treating severe mental illness. Successful projects may provide a foundation for later funding from other sources.
The program emphasizes investigator-initiated ideas in neuroscience and psychiatry. It is designed to develop key personnel and resources, enable the rapid initiation of research in innovative areas, and create unique scientific opportunities. Research must address the Foundation’s supported psychiatric disorders or suicide prevention. Trans-diagnostic designs involving several disorders are welcome.
