This Analysis Appreciation Day is targeted on careers in analysis. MQ is dedicated to supporting researchers in an effort to develop the psychological well being analysis workforce and get us nearer to the subsequent breakthrough in psychological well being.
For too lengthy, psychological well being analysis has been underfunded. Nonetheless, that hasn’t stopped folks from desirous to dedicate their time and careers to studying about psychological diseases and growing efficient options.
However with out funding to assist these gifted researchers, too many have been pressured out of the sector as a result of there merely are usually not sufficient analysis grants to go round.
For the final 12 years, MQ has labored to assist and develop the analysis workforce by our Fellowship programme. We now have funded 68 unimaginable researchers throughout 14 nations and helped to retain their expertise and abilities inside psychological well being science, and assist them to speed up our understanding of various psychological well being circumstances.
In 2024, MQ launched our Scholarships programme for early profession researchers to additional develop the analysis workforce.
While MQ’s flagship Fellowships are aimed toward researchers who have already got 5-7 years of expertise, the brand new MQ Scholarships assist researchers who’ve lately gained their Doctorates or PhDs.
Along with this, The MQ Transdisciplinary Grants programme, funded by Wellcome, are for researchers working in fields exterior of the standard psychological well being science disciplines to encourage them to make use of their distinctive insights to additional psychological well being analysis.
Supporting careers is extra than simply funding
At MQ we perceive that funding isn’t sufficient to develop and develop the analysis workforce. By facilitating collaboration and networking although our convening work, we assist to foster connections between researchers at completely different levels of their careers.
Offering coaching, reminiscent of by our information science workshops with DATAMIND or our Analysis Impression Accelerator work to assist researchers develop their concept of change all helps to develop abilities.
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