The MQ Mental Health Research Fellows Award supports the best and brightest early career scientists, from any discipline, who are asking challenging questions that will contribute to transformative advances in mental health research.

The program includes a package of support and up to $332,500 USD in funding over three years. ‍

Prior experience with EMDR therapy is helpful but not a requirement of this dedicated funding steam. EMDR just needs to be incorporated into the study in some way.

If you are studying: ‍

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Depression therapies

• ‍Children and young people’s mental health

• Military personnel and veterans

• Civilian trauma survivors

• Indigenous populations

And could incorporate EMDR into your research then we want to hear from you.

Get in touch with our grants team to see if you could be eligible for this funding call. We are happy to answer any questions about the scope of this funding, eligibility and the application process and can offer advice and support your application. grants@mqmentalhealth.org

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‍ If you are asking challenging questions to advance EMDR research in any scientific discipline, and meet the criteria below, then we want to hear from you.

• Applicants must be based in the USA or Canada.

• You must be post-doctoral researcher.

• You need to be based at a university, hospital, or research institution (the funding will go through them).

• MQ Fellowships requires a 50-100% time commitment over three years. ‍

Not sure if you are eligible? Please just ask us! grants@mqmentalhealth.org

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Applications must be submitted online via Flexi-Grant.

November 3rd - December 12th - Open for expressions of interest 
February 2026 - Shortlisted candidates will be invited to submit a full proposal
April 3rd 2026 - Deadline for submitting full proposals
June/July 2026 - Reviews and video response to reviewers’ comments
July/August 2026 - Final decision 

You can find out more and submit expressions of interest here.