International OCD Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) awards research grants to improve understanding, diagnosis and treatments for OCD and related disorders including hoarding disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, classroom anxiety and others.
IP TAKE: The International OCD Foundation envisions a world where “everyone impacted by OCD and related disorders has immediate access to effective treatment and support.” Its grantmaking supports individual researchers, however, as opposed to treatment programs or support groups, with separate grant programs for senior and early-career investigators. This funder accepts applications in January and February of each year. Detailed application instructions are provided on this accessible funder’s website.
PROFILE: Founded in 1986 by a small group of people suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), the International OCD Foundation’s mission is “to ensure that no one affected by OCD and related disorders suffers alone.” IOCDF awards grants to researchers in the field of OCD and related disorders. Its website also features an array of supportive resources for professionals and others involved in or suffering with OCD.
Grants for Mental Health and Brain Research
The International OCD Foundation runs the following grants and awards programs:
The Research Grant program runs two separate funding programs:
Innovator Awards are designated for senior researchers and aim to support “research with the potential to revolutionize scientific understanding of OCD, accelerate progress toward new and more effective treatments, and discover ways to prevent OCD from taking hold in the first place.” Recipients of these $300,000 awards must have completed a medical or psychiatric residency or PhD. by September 1 of the year prior to application.
The Michael Jenike Young Investigator Awards are given in the amount of $50,000 and are intended for “early career researchers pursuing projects investigating OCD, BDD, hoarding disorder, or other disorders related to OCD.” This awards program also maintains a “dedicated fund to support research on the role that race, ethnicity, and culture play in OCD and related disorders, including how they influence symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and treatment access.”
Applications for research grants are accepted from in January and February each year.
IOCDF also runs the following annual recognition-based awards programs:
The Career Achievement Award recognizes “the significant and notable contributions of a professional in the field of OCD and related disorders.”
The Patricia Perkins Service Award honors “any professional or IOCDF member who has stood out as a long-time (10+ years) and active contributor to the IOCDF in multiple ways.”
The Illumination Award recognizes media professionals “who have represented OCD and/or related disorders in a respectful, accurate, and appropriate way, and/or who have challenged stereotypes and helped to fight stigma around mental health issues.”
The Hero Award is given to “any individual that has stood out as a particularly effective advocate for OCD and related disorders or who helped raise awareness of these disorders.”
The Youth Hero Award, similarly, honors “any youth (under 18) that has stood out as a particularly effective advocate for OCD and related disorders or who helped raise awareness of these disorders.”
Outstanding Research Poster Awards recognize “excellence in OCD and related disorders research.” These awards generally go to two or three presenters at the foundation’s annual conference.
Important Grant Details:
This funder’s research grants are awarded in set amounts by program.
Innovator Awards are awarded in the amount of $300,000
Michael Jenike Young Investigator Awards are awarded in the amount of $50,000
This funder does not name geographic priorities for its research grants, but more than half of all research grants support U.S.-based researchers.
Descriptions of the work of past recipients is available at the foundation’s grant recipients archive page.
The foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications, usually at the beginning of each year, with submissions due by the end of February. Application guidelines vary by program, with detailed instructions provided on the foundation’s website.
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