Grants to APAF Fellows Foster Research on Pandemic’s Effects on Psychiatry

APA Foundation's (APAF) was recently highlighted in Psychiatric News in an article detailing the seven young psychiatrists who received small mentored grants from APAF.

The grants up to $15,000.00 were awarded to APAF Fellows with an interest in research to design and conduct a research study related to the impact of COVID-19 on:

• patients with mental and substance use disorders,
• the psychiatric workforce (including early career psychiatrists), and/or
• the practice of psychiatry.

The fellow's research activities are being carried out under the supervision and guidance of a mentor at his/her primary institution and in collaboration with a mentor in the APA Division of Research. This initiative will enables the APA and APA Foundation to actively participate in:

• enhancing the field's understanding of the impact of COVID-19 in diverse populations;
• diversifying, sustaining and strengthening the clinical investigators workforce in psychiatry.

Read the full article here.