2019 IOCDF Research Grant Program (Young Investigator, Breakthrough, Innovator Awards)

About this program

The International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) is offering research grants to support scientific studies in OCD and related disorders through Young Investigator, Innovator, and Breakthrough Awards. Young Investigator Awards provide up to $50,000 (paid over one year in quarterly installments) for graduate students or researchers within five years of their terminal degree and fund work on OCD, pediatric OCD, PANS/PANDAS, hoarding disorder, and body dysmorphic disorder. Breakthrough (up to $500,000) and Innovator (up to $300,000) Awards are disbursed annually over three years for investigators with at least five years of post-terminal-degree research experience and prioritize projects focused on curing, preventing, or treating OCD. Applications are peer-reviewed with feedback provided; proposals were available beginning January 2, 2019 at ocdresearchgrants.org.