NARSAD announces the 2008 Independent Investigator Award for brain disorder research.  NARSAD is the largest non-government, donor supported organization that distributes funds for brain disorder research.  The NARSAD Independent Investigator Award Program offers up to $50,000 a year for two years and is intended for scientists at the associate professor level with national competitive support as a principal investigator.

The NARSAD Independent Investigator Award program is intended to facilitate innovative research opportunities rather than supplement support for ongoing work and supports basic and/or clinical investigators.  However, research must be relevant to schizophrenia, mood disorders or other serious mental illnsses including research with anxiety, bipolar disorders, personality disorders or child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.

Proposals must be submitted through WSU’s Sponsored Program Administration Office.  For additional details about the program, please visit http://narsad.org/research/apply/independent/iiwebguidelines.html

Full proposals are due to NARSAD by March 5, 2008.