American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) - Pilot Research Award for Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows

The AACAP Pilot Research Award for Child Psychiatry Residents and Junior Faculty offers $15,000 for child and adolescent psychiatry residents and junior faculty who have an interest in beginning a career in child and adolescent psychiatry research. Recipients have the opportunity to submit a poster presentation on their research for AACAP's 65th Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, October 22-2017, 2018. The award also includes the cost of attending AACAP’s Annual Meeting for five days.

Award Requirements

• Candidates must be board eligible/certified in child and adolescent psychiatry, or enrolled in a child psychiatry residency or fellowship program.
• Candidates must have a faculty appointment in an accredited medical school or be in a fully accredited child and adolescent psychiatry clinical research or training program.
• At the time of application, candidates may not have more than two years’ experience following graduation from residency/fellowship training.
• Candidates must not have any previous significant, individual research funding in the field of child and adolescent mental health. These include the following: NIMH/NIH Funding (Small Grants, R-01) or similar foundation or industry research funding. Candidates who have received or are currently receiving "T32" funding support are eligible to apply.
• Candidates must either be AACAP members or have a membership application pending (not paid by the award) and agree to submit a poster presentation on his or her research for AACAP's 65th Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, October 22-27, 2018.

For more information, please visit: http://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Awards/Resident_and_ECP_Awards/Pilot_Research...