Joint Award to Junior BPD Researchers Granted Jointly by BPDRF, NEA-BPD and NARSAD

BPDRF, the National Educational Alliance - Borderline Personality Disorder NEA-BPD), and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) are initiating an annual competition for an award to a young/junior investigator (possibly investigators) for borderline personality research. Dr. Dennis Charney of NIMH suggested that such an award might help attract young investigators to borderline research.

For details about this exciting new mechanism to attract and to recognize young researchers, visit the NEA-BPD's web site.

POSTING DATE: September 12, 2003

2003 Awardees Announced

The BPDRF Established Investigator Award and Young Investigator Award are designed to support basic or clinical research in five core scientific areas: reliability and validity of diagnosis; genetics and epidemiology; psychobiology; neuroimaging; and treatment, including innovative approaches.

The Foundation announced the awards for young and established investigators in April 2003. To see the list of the awardees click here.

POSTING DATE: April 15, 2003

The RFA for Translational Borderline Personality Research Has Been Released

NIDA has joined NIMH for this RFA. NIDA is seeking new, science-based treatment models and procedures for persons who are drug dependent and who also have BPD. NIMH seeks translational research generally for BPD, including new, valid measures and the development and exploration of new, science-based treatment models and procedures.

For full details, visit the NIH web site.

POSTING DATE: September 2, 2002

BPDRF Extends Funding For Additional Three Years

Originally framed as the "Manhatten Project" for understanding and treating borderline personality disorder (BPD), the first three years of BPDRF's initiative to bring attention to and research support for BPD have been very successful. Perhaps the most impressive success has been the National Institute of Mental Health's (NIMH) taking up research in the field via Requests for Applications (RFAs). Indeed, NIMH's participation is more than a private foundation might ever have hoped for.

Although the original mission of the BPDRF has been fulfilled, in 2002 the Foundation decided to continue funding for an additional three years. In particular, new funding will support young investigators in order to enable them to gather the data necessary to qualify for grants with governments and private sponsors.

The procedures for the the additional phase starting in 2003 are described in the Guidelines.

POSTING DATE: August 22, 2002

Drs. Kandel and Greengard Honored with Nobel Prizes for Their Pioneering Research in Neuroscience
Two of the three recipients of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine are leaders within the Borderline Personality Disorder Research Foundation (BPDRF). MORE...

POSTING DATE: November 29, 2000

Weill Cornell Teams with Harvard in Major Study of Borderline Personality Disorder
A research team consisting of scientists from the Department of Psychiatry of Weill Cornell Medical College and the Department of Psychology of Harvard University has launched a major study of the enigmatic form of mental illness known as "borderline personality disorder" (BPD). MORE...

POSTING DATE: September 19, 2000