Fellowship for Communication Professionals in Child & Adolescent Mental Health

Applications are now open for the 2025 - 2026 Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Communicator Fellowship at the Child Mind Institute through July 31st, 2025. 

This is an incredible opportunity providing support for passionate storytellers and strategic communicators to expand innovative projects that advance the communication of issues related to child and adolescent mental health care. The program will fund a project of up to two years with up to USD$100,000.

One grant is available in 2025-2026. Applicants must be affiliated with a media organization, NGO, university of similar organization, and must be based in any eligible low- or middle-income country or in an SNF Global Center hub country – Brazil, Greece, or South Africa. 

  • Reach out to us at [email protected] for more information.
  • Please consult the request for applications (RFA): SNF GC COMM RFA
  • Register below for a webinar on the application:

Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)
Global Center Communicator Fellowship Webinar
June 12, 2025 09:30 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Link: REGISTER HERE

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Program Timeline (May–October 2025 – dates subject to change)

  • June 3, 2025 – Fellowship Application Launch
  • June–July 2025 – Outreach and Applicant Support
  • July 31, 2025 – Application Deadline
  • August–Mid-September 2025 – Review and Selection
  • October 2025 – Fellows Announced

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the Child Mind Institute has developed a collaborative, scalable approach to meet the diverse needs of international communities. Working with partners to map the mental health landscape, co-develop training curricula, deploy multidisciplinary workforce training, and foster new leaders through fellowships, we are improving access, quality, and equity in child and adolescent mental health care in low- and middle-income countries.