Mental Health Research UK

Mental Health Research UK (Charity No: 1125538) is the UK's first charity dedicated to funding research into the causes of mental illness in order to develop better treatments with fewer side-effects. Co-founded in 2008 by Professor Clair Chilvers, the late John Grace QC, and Dr. Laura Davidson, the charity advertises funds available for Ph.D research scholarships, for which Universities apply. The charity has a scientific advisory board, and shortlisted candidates are interviewed. The successful University then advertises for the best Ph.D student in a further competitive process. To date, Mental Health Research UK has awarded nine research scholarships, each worth in the region of £120,000, in the areas of schizophrenia, depression, bipolar, and suicidal behaviour. In 2014, MHRUK linked with the Schizophrenia Research Fund (SRF), with the Trustees of SRF joining MHRUK's Trustees who now manage both charities. MHRUK has pledged to use 95% of all funds raised for the charity for its core aim: mental health research.

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• Depression awareness campaign
• Trustees
• References

Mental Health Research UK has a strong link to the legal profession, with three of its Trustees being barristers (John Grace QC, Dr. Laura Davidson, and the President of the Supreme Court, Lord David Neuberger). The charity set up the John Grace QC Ph.D scholarship focusing on schizophrenia in memory of the late John Grace who died from a brain tumour in 2011, and who had a relative who suffered from the disorder.