Depression Center accepting applications for five research awards

The U-M Depression Center is now accepting applications for five research awards, totaling up to $235,000.

The Center seeks applications from students, residents, fellows, post-doctoral candidates, junior investigators, assistant professors and senior investigators for a variety of awards.

Anyone within the U-M community may apply for the following awards:

• The Strategic Translational Research Award (STAR): $10,000 STAR awards are available to Depression Center members who are students, residents, fellows or post-doctoral candidates, and are designed for exploring or testing research ideas.

• The Jack L. Berman, M.D. and Barbara A. Berman, Ph.D. Depression Research Fund Award: The $25,000 Berman Research Fund award supports junior investigators seeking pilot or seed funding for innovative research projects in the area of depressive illness.

• The Oscar Stern Award for Depression Research: Created to honor Oscar Stern’s bravery, generosity and compassion, this $50,000 award is intended to promote high impact, innovative ideas leading to strategic interventions to prevent or manage mood disorders.

• The Frances & Kenneth Eisenberg Scholar: This $50,000 award is intended for an early career researcher from U-M at the level of assistant professor or below who demonstrates strong potential to advance understanding of mechanisms and treatments in depressions, bipolar and related mood disorders.

• The Frances & Kenneth Eisenberg Translational Research Award: The purpose of this $100,000 award is to support the early launch stages of transformational research projects designed to develop personalized, precise treatments. The goal is to generate preliminary knowledge gains to transform diagnostic and treatment processes for depressions and/or bipolar illnesses.

Applications are due Tuesday, May 15.

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