AACAP Physician Scientist Program in Substance Use K12 Career Development Award

Letter of Intent (required): August 1, 2025
Application Deadline: September 1, 2025

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is requesting applications for the AACAP Physician Scientist Program in Substance Use K12 Career Development Award, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The grant provides up to five years of salary support, research support, and mentored substance use research training for qualified child and adolescent psychiatrists who intend to establish careers as independent investigators in mental health and substance use research. AACAP’s K12 Career Development Program will support the research career development of early career faculty who complete child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship training on or before June 30, 2026, and who have mentorship and a solid career development plan for research training in substance use.

AACAP has an ongoing strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. Applications by members of all underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged.

Details regarding eligibility requirements and instructions for preparing and submitting applications can be found in the Request For Proposals. For additional information please contact the AACAP K12 Program Administrator, Sarah Hellwege, MEd, AACAP Director of Research, Grants, and Workforce (research@aacap.org).