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Emerging Leaders Prize

Medical Research Foundation

This year's Emerging Leaders Prize will recognise and celebrate researchers who have made significant contributions to mental health research for children and/or young people.

We are inviting applications from outstanding UK-based researchers who are making an impact in children and/or young people’s mental health research, and have demonstrated their potential to be research leaders of the future.

Each year, our Emerging Leaders Prize celebrates the achievements of researchers working on a different research theme. The prize funding provides a springboard for the winners’ careers and ensures they can continue to tackle key health challenges – both now and long into the future.

In previous years, the prize has recognised researchers working in the fields of the impacts of climate change on health, hepatitis, lupus, COVID-19, pain, antimicrobial resistance, and adolescent mental health.

The funding is flexible, meaning that the winners decide how best to use it. This could mean spending time in a lab overseas, buying a cutting-edge piece of technology for their research, or investing in their personal career development.

What fields of research will the prize cover?

Applicants may have conducted research that is developing knowledge related to (but not limited to) the following areas:

Aetiology of mental health outcomes in children and/or young people
Risk and resilience factors
Development of effective interventions or preventative strategies

Applications within a broad field of children and/or young people’s mental health research are welcomed. We particularly encourage applications from eligible researchers working in neglected areas of mental health - including eating disorders, addiction and substance use disorders, and suicide and self-harm. However, applications including research on all mental health topics in children and young people will be considered. Research on neurodevelopmental disorders must be in the context of, or co-occurring with, mental health outcomes.

Funding Available
Up to £250,000 is available for the 2025 Emerging Leaders Prize. A top prize of £100,000 will be awarded and smaller prizes of various amounts for second place and highly commended candidates.

The research supported in this competition is possible thanks to the support of our generous donors.

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Mental Health

Others

Eligibility Requirements

The prize is open to anyone at a relevant career stage who is researching children and/or young people’s mental health. Applicants can include, but are not limited to, clinicians, scientists and allied health professionals.

Applicants must be UK-based researchers at eligible institutions (UK HEIs, Research Council research institutes, hospitals, GP practices and other clinics, and other independent research organisations). Applicants must hold a PhD, DPhil or UK MD (or equivalent non-UK clinical research doctorate) and be conducting their research at an eligible institution.

Applicants must have recently transitioned to an independent research position. They should demonstrate an upward trajectory across their past career and a track-record of nationally-competitive research, an ability to manage an independent research group, and have clear plans to develop into an internationally-recognised leader in the field.

Eligible Countries:

United Kingdom

Sponsor Details

Sponsor Institute/Organizations: Medical Research Foundation

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Address: 99 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1M 6HR

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