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NIMH-Funded Research Education Programs Supporting Psychiatry Residents

The NIMH encourages applications to the following Research Education Grant (R25) funding opportunities from institutions and organizations that propose innovative research educational activities during psychiatry residency for research-oriented residents. These programs will facilitate the development of research-oriented physician-scientists who are prepared to conduct research in scientific areas that fulfill the objectives of the NIMH Strategic Plan.

Link to program announcement:

NIMH Research Education Programs Supporting Psychiatry Residents (R25) 

Currently funded programs:

For medical residents:

InstitutionProgram NameProgram Directors / Contacts
Brown UniversityPromoting Research Training During Psychiatry Residency Audrey Tyrka, MD, PhD
Noah Philip, MD
Columbia UniversityPriming the Pump: Training Physician-Scientists for Translational Neuroscience Melissa Arbuckle MD/PhD
David Leonardo MD/PhD
Emory UniversityEmory Psychiatry Clinical Scientist Training Program (CSTP) Andrew H. Miller, MD;
Katrina Johnson, PhD
Harvard UniversityFostering Research Mentorship and Training During Psychiatry Residency Maurizio Fava, MD
Rachel Ross, MD, PhD
Shelly Greenfield, MD
Mount Sinai, School of MedicineCombined Psychiatry Residency and PhD Training at Mount Sinai Wayne Goodman, MD
Antonia New, MD
New York State Psychiatric InstituteResearch Education in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD
Northwestern UniversityPsychiatry & Behavioral Sciences offers a Psychiatry Resident Research Program Evan Goulding, MD, PhD
University of California, San DiegoPsychiatry Research Residency Training Track Neal Swerdlow, MD, PhD
University of California, San FranciscoTraining the Next Generation of Mental Health Researchers Carol A. Matthews, MD
University of PennsylvaniaEducating Physician Scientists in Psychiatry (EPSP) Maria Oquendo, MD
Matthew Kayser, MD, PhD
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical CenterTranslational Research Activities in Neuropsychiatry (TRAIN) Madhukar H. Trivedi, MD
Yale UniversityIntegrated Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Training (IMPORT) in Psychiatry Robert T. Malison, MD
Robert Rohrbaugh, MD
Yale UniversityResearch Training for Medical Students & Physician-Scientists in Child Psychiatry Andres S Martin, MD, MPH