CIMH Award for outstanding research in mental health announced for the first time
The Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) in Mannheim/Germany stands for internationally known research and treatment concepts in psychiatry and psychotherapy, child and adolescent psychiatry, psychosomatics and addiction medicine. In 2025, the fiftieth year of its existence, the Institute presents the CIMH Award for Excellence in Mental Health Research for the first time. The CIMH Award is intended to honor an established researcher who has made an outstanding contribution to mental health research.
The CIMH Award is endowed with EUR 10,000. It will be presented as part of the celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the CIMH in spring 2025. The award winner will give the opening lecture at the scientific symposium to mark the 50th anniversary.
“Thanks to new approaches, methods and technologies, neuropsychiatric research has made great progress in recent years. We expect this progress to continue to accelerate. The CIMH Award is intended to honor an outstanding body of research in this area", says Prof. Dr. Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Chairman of the Board and Director of the CIMH.
The CIMH Award is based on nominations. Nominations can be sent to Prof. Dr. Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg until September 15, 2024: cimh-award@zi-mannheim.de.
Nominations should outline the importance and exceptional achievements of the nominee in the relevant field of research and be accompanied with a current CV, a list of publications and of third-party funding. Self-nominations are not possible.
The Scientific Advisory Board of the CIMH will select the award winner. Further information can be found at www.cimh-award.de.
About CIMH
The Central Institute of Mental Health (Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, www.zi-mannheim.de) stands for internationally outstanding research and pioneering treatment concepts in psychiatry and psychotherapy, child and adolescent psychiatry, psychosomatics and addiction medicine. The clinics of the CIMH guarantee psychiatric care for the population of Mannheim, Germany. Mentally ill people of all ages can rely on the most advanced treatments based on international standards of knowledge at the CIMH. Educating people about mental illness, creating understanding for those affected and strengthening prevention is another important part of our work.
The CIMH is one of Europe's leading institutions for psychiatric research and is a site of the German Center for Mental Health (www.dzpg.org). The CIMH is linked to the University of Heidelberg through jointly appointed professors from the Mannheim Medical Faculty and is a member of the Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim (www.health-life-sciences.de).
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