# Research Education in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency

> **NIH NIH R25** · NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC · 2024 · $215,999

## Abstract

Summary
The National Academy of Medicine and the National Institute of Mental Health have described a critical shortage
of child and adolescent psychiatrists (CAPs) who pursue research as a major part of their career. Several efforts
have sought to increase the number of CAP researchers, but the workforce remains insufficient to translate
rapidly emerging genetic, developmental neurobiology, and epidemiology findings into the clinic. We are
determined to improve the yield of researchers for our field by developing an R25-funded research track that is
focused specifically on child and adolescent psychiatry residency. Here, we propose to create the Research
Education in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (RE-CAP) research track within the NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital / Weill Cornell / Columbia University / New York State Psychiatric Institute CAP residency, the largest
program in the U.S. With our multiple institution partnership, we are able draw from our two top-ten psychiatry
residency programs, in addition to recruiting promising trainees from across the country. Fulfilling the stated goal
of the NIMH R25 mechanism (PAR-20-094) to “develop, maintain, and expand the interest and ability of
psychiatry residents to conduct research…”, we will provide enhanced exposure to clinical and translational
research in the first year of CAP residency in order to develop and expand interest in research. The R25 funding
will permit a select group of residents to extend their second year of clinical training into two years, while receiving
greater than 50% protected time for research. Intensive mentorship from world-class scientists at Columbia
University or Weill Cornell Medical College will provide them substantial momentum to enter a competitive
postdoctoral research fellowship and sustain a trajectory toward a research career.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10773169
- **Project number:** 5R25MH125775-04
- **Recipient organization:** NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC
- **Principal Investigator:** Kate Dimond Fitzgerald
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $215,999
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-05-01 → 2026-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10773169

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10773169, Research Education in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency (5R25MH125775-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10773169. Licensed CC0.

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