Recipients
Neurotorium is proud to announce the recipients of the Neurotorium Clinical Education Grants, awarded in December, 2024.
The 2025 call for Neurotorium’s Clinical Education Grants opens for applications on April 15th.
Further information about the recipients and their projects is listed below (corresponding to their photos shown in a clockwise order, starting from the top):
Catherine Abbo – Associate Professor – Makerere University:
Doctors’ Workshop-Based Learning in the Use of Medication for Child and Adolescent Mental Illnesses.
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This project delivers a three-day training workshop for medical doctors in Uganda, equipping them with practical skills in prescribing and managing medications for child and adolescent mental health conditions. The training also covers psychosocial interventions, ensuring a multimodal approach to treatment.
Graciela Mazzone – Researcher – Austral University:
Trends in Applied Neuroscience and Clinical Practice for the Global South.
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This project leverages new educational technologies to train healthcare professionals in diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems, integrating fundamental concepts with clinically relevant perspectives. By using the Neurotorium platform, it enhances accessibility and engagement, addressing the growing need for specialized neurological education.
Emma Morton – Senior Lecturer – Monash University:
Supporting Psychologists to Understand, Diagnose, and Treat Bipolar Disorder: A Co-designed Workshop.
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This project aims to enhance psychologists’ ability to understand, diagnose, and treat bipolar disorder by developing and evaluating a specialized training workshop. Through collaboration with psychologists and individuals with lived experience, the workshop aims to provide essential knowledge and practical skills to improve early detection and intervention, ultimately reducing misdiagnosis and inadequate treatment.
Emmanuel Mwesiga – Assistant Professor – Makerere University:
Peer-led Training to Enhance Neuroscience Knowledge in Ugandan Psychiatrists and Trainees.
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This project aims to enhance neuroscience knowledge among Ugandan psychiatrists and trainees through a structured, peer-led educational program using the Neurotorium platform. By training final-year psychiatry residents and scaling the program through structured monthly classes and symposiums, the initiative seeks to strengthen neuroscience-driven research on mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in Uganda and beyond.
Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo – Senior Associate Professor – King’s College London:
Importance of Early Detection and Intervention for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents.
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This project aims to improve early detection and intervention for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in adolescents by training GPs and pediatricians across 41 GP centers in London. Using high-quality neuroscience education materials, the initiative enhances frontline healthcare professionals’ knowledge and skills while integrating research and focus groups to ensure better access to evidence-based interventions for young people.
Introduction
Please note that the next application period for this grant will open on April 15th, 2025.
We wish to strengthen clinical competencies within the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders through educational activities aimed at healthcare professionals
We believe that diversity strengthens education and for this reason diversity of applicants, including, but not limited to, gender, ethnic origin and socioeconomic background, is encouraged. We especially encourage projects from, or that target, low-income countries.
Project content
Neurotorium welcomes applications for funding for non-profit educational projects aimed at healthcare professionals. The teaching activities must be at the level of vocational or university-level education, including continued-education programmes.
- The projects must aim at improving clinical understanding of the prevention, diagnosis, and / or treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders and their personal and societal consequences.
- Projects must use, wholly or partially, the educational resources offered on our platform, www.neurotorium.org.
- Projects must be firmly rooted in the environments in which the projects will be implemented. Therefore, projects must have the clear support of an established organisation.
- Established organisations within this call include, but are not necessarily limited to, universities, institutions, hospitals, clinics, and NGOs.
- Projects can be planned as multiannual activities with recurring teaching programmes, for up to three years.
Who can apply?
Applicants and educators must have relevant experience for the proposed project.
The project must be anchored within a non-commercial organisation and if granted, the funds can only be paid out to established organisations.
The project must be non-profit.
The main applicant can only apply once per year.
The start date of the project must be at least one month after the expected approval of grants.
There are no geographical limitations with regards to eligibility for this grant.
How much?
The Lundbeck Foundation expects to allocate DKK 2 million to this call per year. You can apply for up to DKK 100,000/year for a period of one to three years. The budget can only include direct costs. Travel expenses for participants with documented limited funds are accepted.
How to apply?
Please note that the application period reopens on April 15th, 2025.
Your application must include the following:
- Project title and summary.
- Start dates / end dates.
- Purpose and aim(s).
- Description of target group(s), including needs assessment.
- Project description, including:
- A description of the curriculum.
- An educational plan and timeline.
- A description of where the educational activities will take place.
- Information about the usage of Neurotorium material.
- The expected learning outcomes of the initiative.
- Expected impact, including number of participants reached and assessment plan.
- Description of any future anchoring and continuation of the project activities.
- A (tentative) list of educators, including relevant competencies and roles within the proposed educational activity.
- Applicant’s CV (max 1 page).
- If relevant, include a CV of any co-applicant(s)/partners (max 1 page).
- If relevant (in case of resubmission of application), comments on feedback from reviewers and explanation of changes.
- Detailed budget.
- Letter of support from the host institution, and/or other relevant institutions.
Please see the Guide for Applicants and the application form for further requirements and details.
Contact
You are welcome to contact Scientific Programme Manager Bryn Farnsworth von Cederwald (bfc@lundbeckfonden.com) if you have any questions regarding your application.
Evaluation process
The evaluation will be based on (listed in no particular order):
1) Idea, innovation, and concept, including:
- The quality of the project.
- How Neurotorium resources are brought to use.
- Relevant experience and commitment of applicant.
- Choice and relevance of co-applicants/partners and the degree to which the collaboration strengthens the project.
- The link between the activity and expected main outcomes.
- The level of innovation in delivery of education within the project.
2) Potential to positively impact clinical practice, including:
- The project’s potential to reinforce the understanding of the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and personal and societal consequences, of psychiatric and neurological disorders.
- Choice of target audience and activity.
- The impact of the project and plans for future continuation of the project after completion.
- Projects that have the largest possible benefit to the broadest possible audience.
3) Feasibility of the project, including:
- How the proposed activities, including measures of success and sharing of learning outcomes, are monitored and evaluated.
4) How Neurotorium is utilized in the project.
Applications will be evaluated and decided upon by the Neurotorium Editorial Board.
Important dates
Please note that the application period has now closed for 2024.
Applications should be submitted before 13:00 CET on the day of the deadline.
Application deadlines:
September 2nd, 2025
Expected approval of grants:
December 2025
What are the grant conditions?
If your application is successful, you and your host institution will be required to accept Lundbeck Foundation’s General Terms and Conditions for Research Grants. A complete program, including a complete list of consenting educators must be in place for the funds to be paid out.
The purpose of the Lundbeck Foundation is to create powerful ripple effects that bring discoveries to lives through investing actively in business and science at the frontiers of their fields.