Wellcome Trust – Applying Neuroscience to Understand Symptoms in Anxiety, Depression and Psychosis

The Wellcome Trust has launched a new Mental Health Award - Applying Neuroscience to Understand Symptoms in Anxiety, Depression and Psychosis. The call wishes to fund innovative projects that combine computational and experimental neuroscience approaches to improve understanding of symptoms of anxiety, depression and psychosis.

Applicants must address the research priority of understanding the development, maintenance or resolution of one or more symptoms associated with anxiety, depression and/or psychosis. Researchers must take a symptom-based approach rather than looking solely at diagnostic categories and are required to provide:
 

• Evidence that the one or more symptoms chosen are a core feature of anxiety, depression and/or psychosis (broadly defined, the one or more symptoms chosen may be transdiagnostic or specific to one mental health problem). 
• A brief explanation of why the one or more symptoms chosen are important for people with lived experience of anxiety, depression and/or psychosis. This could be evidenced through existing qualitative literature and/or focus groups as part of project development. 

• More information about the program is available here
• Webinar on 14 May, registration here
• The application portal can be found here