This Analysis Appreciation Day is concentrated on careers in analysis. MQ is dedicated to supporting researchers so as to develop the psychological well being analysis workforce and get us nearer to the following breakthrough in psychological well being.
For too lengthy, psychological well being analysis has been underfunded. Nonetheless, that hasn’t stopped individuals from eager to dedicate their time and careers to studying about psychological diseases and growing efficient options.
However with out funding to assist these proficient researchers, too many have been compelled out of the sector as a result of there merely usually are not sufficient analysis grants to go round.
For the final 12 years, MQ has labored to assist and develop the analysis workforce via our Fellowship programme. We’ve got funded 68 unbelievable researchers throughout 14 international locations 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 situations.
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 not too long ago gained their Doctorates or PhDs.
Along with this, The MQ Transdisciplinary Grants programme, funded by Wellcome, are for researchers working in fields outdoors 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, resembling via our information science workshops with DATAMIND or our Analysis Impression Accelerator work to assist researchers develop their principle of change all helps to develop abilities.
