Waverley House Accelerator for Mental Illness and Addiction Research – Now Recruiting Five Early-Career Mental Health Research Leaders

The University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research (IMHR) and The Royal are pleased to launch the Waverley House Accelerator for Mental Illness and Addiction Research — a transformative initiative designed to recruit and support the next generation of research leaders in mental illness and addiction science. 

Supported through a landmark investment from the Waverley House Foundation, the Accelerator will recruit five exceptional early-career investigators whose work has the potential to advance discovery, innovation, and clinical impact across mental health research. 

Areas of Interest:

  • Mood and anxiety disorders 
  • Addiction and substance use 
  • Neuroimaging and biomarkers 
  • AI and computational psychiatry 
  • Neuromodulation and interventional psychiatry 
  • Clinical trials and implementation science 
  • Psychosis and schizophrenia research 
  • Youth mental health 
  • Precision psychiatry 
  • Translational neuroscience 

Application can be submitted:

 www.theroyal.ca/waverley-house-accelerator-for-mental-illness-and-addiction-research