MQ has lengthy been dedicated to rising the psychological well being analysis workforce. For the final 10 years we have now invested in our flagship Fellowships programme. However, the share of researchers leaving academia straight after finishing their PhD could also be as excessive as 70%. In response, we launched the MQ Scholarships Programme to assist assist the subsequent technology of ground-breaking psychological well being researchers.
82 scientists utilized to be a part of this 12 months’s first cohort and our skilled worldwide funding committee selected six tasks to assist. Of these, one relies in Australia, one in Colombia, one in India, one in Uganda, and two in the UK.
Over the subsequent two years, every researcher will get the assist they should ship their tasks. Not simply in phrases of the required monetary backing, but additionally by way of vital capability and profession improvement.
These are the six early profession researchers we’re happy to be supporting with this new programme: