A total of (3) subsidies of 10 000 $ each to support young early career researchers conducting research on the neurobiological aspects of mood disorders.
The objective is to allocate the financial resources required to set up the necessary techniques and generate preliminary results that will be used to improve future funding applications to national and international organizations (CIHR, FRQS, NARSAD, etc.).
This call for proposals is for projects addressing the fundamental, clinical and translational bases of the neurobiological mechanisms of mood disorders. By fundamental, we mean all projects that propose the use of models (animal, cellular, mathematical, etc.) and which aim to elucidate questions related to molecular, cellular, functional and other mechanisms involved in the expression of mood disorders. By clinical we mean all projects that aim to study specific populations with mood disorders or likely to develop them, focusing on for example the identification of biomarkers. By translational we mean all projects which aim to bridge the gap between fundamental and clinical studies as described above. Projects can also be addressing developmental principles, susceptibility/ resilience, therapeutic, phenotypic, etc.
The competition is funded by the Neurobiology Axis of Mood Disorders of the RQSHA, co-directed by Drs. Benoit Labonté and Linda Booij. In addition to promoting the development of research among researchers at the start of their careers, this competition also aims to promote the dissemination of research to the public and to raise public awareness of the importance of research in psychiatric disorders.
The subsidy will be awarded to a young researcher member of the RQSHA. The deadline for this call is December 21st 2020 at midnight.