Victoria S. Levin Award for Early Career Success in Young Children's Mental Health Research
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
Up to $25,000 to buy an early career researcher release time to write and submit a major NIH application on early childhood mental health, plus travel to NIH meetings and a pre-review of the application by a senior scientist.
- Indicative award
- up to $25k (total award)Page states up to $25,000, non-renewable; budget justification limited to one page with no indirect costs.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · JanNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Most recent published deadline was Friday, January 9, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Recurs annually; no future date published as of August 2026.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Postdoctoral
- Eligibility
- Current SRCD member in good standing, employed at a nonprofit institution in the US or abroad, doctoral degree earned within 10 years of application, with an established mentor already NIH-funded in early childhood research, and committed to submitting a major NIH application.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- early childhood mental health · nih grant writing · release time · mentorship
- Apply at
- https://www.srcd.org/professional-advancement/awards-grants/victoria-s-levin-award
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
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