Community Education Programs

Educational Outreach Award

The ACNP Education and Training Committee is accepting proposals for public outreach and education programs and activities designed to promote a greater community awareness on the advances in brain research and how those findings impact people's lives.

Funds of up to $5000.00 will be awarded to those proposals that support the goal of increasing the education and understanding of brain-related science among the general public. The College will fund up to five awards in 2010.

The deadline for the call for proposals for 2010 is October 23, 2009.

Click here for more information and application requirements.

To submit a proposal, please email all relevant documents into one PDF and email to Nicole Greer.

Educational Outreach Summary for 2008

2009 ACNP Educational Outreach Initiatives Winners

Eydie London

UCLA
A program which aims to inspire awareness and excitement about the field of neuroscience and higher education to underserved students who might otherwise not have had the opportunity, and increase opportunities for UCLA students to reach out to K-12 students to teach them about the relevance of neuroscience in their lives. 

http://www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/projectbrainstorm/

Bob Freedman

University of Colorado, Denver 
Program support for brain awareness and high school student and senior adult outreach.

http://www.childrensmentaldisorders.org/index.html

Thomas Uhde

Medical University of South Carolina
A program geared towards educating high school students about the brain and its connection to neuropsychiatric and substance abuse disorders. Additionally, this program aims to involve medical students in public education programs as a method for increasing medical student interest in psychiatry as a career.

Nicholas Goeders

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Grey Matters: A community lecture and discussion series on the brain and brain awareness week activities.

Program Flyer (PDF 260KB)Local Newspaper Coverage | Television Coverage

Ira Glick

Stanford University 
An Education Day to promote a greater awareness of current research in the understanding of the biological mechanisms of schizophrenia. 

 

Research Discussions

This forum enables discussion of articles that have appeared in Neuropsychopharmacology. It is intended to stimulate scholarly interactions among researchers, and to help educate members of the public who are interested in psychiatric illness.

Member Interviews

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International Archives

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