We extend to you a warm welcome to the African American Mental Health Research Scientist (AAMHRS) Consortium website. Our website features links and information that we hope will serve as a resource for African American mental health researchers. We invite you to learn more about our grant-mentoring program and use the information provided here to help facilitate network building and knowledge sharing among you and your colleagues. We are continuing to develop and improve the website and hope you will visit us often. Thank you for your interest in the AAMHRS Consortium!

:: Mission

The AAMHRS Consortium represents a national effort on the part of experienced and committed social, behavioral, clinical, prevention/intervention, and medical mental health research scientists to:

• Increase the numbers of competitive grant applications African American research scientists submit to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH);
• Advance the overall participation level of African American mental health researchers in NIMH initiatives and programs;
• Foster the development of high-quality individual and collaborative mental health research on racial/ethnic minority populations; and
• Build a supportive research network for emerging African American mental health research scientists.