Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Award

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Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Award Application Form

The 2025 SGJIA application period is now OPEN.

All applications must be received by 4:00pm EST February 10, 2025.

Please email Mary Miller at marym@isbd.org with any questions.

Application Form

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*I am applying as a:

*Have you previously won a Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Award? (please see eligibility information)YesNo

*Are you applying from a developing country? See details to the right of this form.YesNo

If yes, you must attach your letter of support, including the necessary statement, here.

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Attach your up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (no longer than 2 pages) here:*

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Attach your brief statement of intent here (250 words maximum, explaining why you are applying for this award),*

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Attach a letter of support from your sponsor (this can be the same letter attached above if you are applying from a developing country).*

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Attach an original unpublished manuscript meeting the requirements detailed on the right side of this form.*

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Eligibility

To honor Samuel Gershon's vision to advance research in psychiatry, we will accept applications for this award from any individual engaged in the pursuit of understanding and improving outcomes for bipolar disorder.

Eligible applicants must:

Have a clear scholarly focus in bipolar disorders
Work in academic settings where they are pursuing research activities
Presently be a trainee, postgraduate student, or at a relatively early stage in their career. Faculty members up to and including Assistant Professor rank working in the field of bipolar disorders will be considered

Applicants from around the world, irrespective of age, nationality, sex, or race are encouraged to apply.

Winners from previous years are NOT eligible to apply.

Are you applying from a developing country?

In order for your application to qualify as a developing country submission, a statement from an advisor/mentor certifying that the research was conducted in a developing country must be submitted with your application. This statement can be included in the letter of support as requested in the Application Instructions.

Manuscript Requirements

The topics of the papers submitted must address key aspects of bipolar disorder. The manuscript should be based on original work that has not been published elsewhere and should demonstrate a significant contribution from the author submitting for this award (reflected by first/last authorship on the paper). Papers can be submitted or under review but cannot be published. The paper should be submitted as an article formatted for publication according to Bipolar Disorders: The Journal (BDTJ) guidelines.

IMPORTANT- The BDTJ manuscript format guidelines are used to provide consistency across all SGJIA applications. The manuscript that is submitted for the SGJIA will NOT be published in BDTJ as part of the award process. All authors must independently submit any manuscripts to BDTJ. The SGJIA application and/or review process has no influence on any future BDTJ submissions and/or reviews.

Award Presentation and Notification

Winners will be notified in May 2025. All winners will be expected to attend the 27th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders taking place September 17-19, 2025, in Chiba, Japan.

Questions?

Please contact Mary Miller, MSW, ISBD Program Manager at marym@isbd.org.