Norrsken Mind offers funding opportunities to European researchers and non-profit initiatives in psychedelic science. Applications for funding must address at least one of the foundation’s three focus areas: research, education and implementation.
Christina Rångemark Åkerman, former Director General of the Swedish Medical Products Agency, Carl Johan Fürst, Professor emeritus of palliative medicine at Lund University, and Mikael Horal, former Head of Fundraising at Karolinska Institutet, have been appointed as new board members.
The Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research (ICPR) is returning for its sixth edition on June 6-8, 2024. In the day preceding ICPR on June 5, the Pathways to Access Summit (PATHS) convenes key stakeholders from Europe and beyond to explore the opportunities and challenges around the development, approval, and potential integration of psychedelic medicines into European health care.
The EU-funded PsyPal project, exploring the use of psilocybin in palliative care, will be launched at the European Parliament in Brussels on 9 April 2024 from 12:15 to 13:45. The launch event will offer a comprehensive overview of the project’s objectives and its potential impact on future mental health treatments.
A European consortium of 19 partners has been awarded EUR 6.5 million by the European Union, marking the largest EU grant to psychedelic research to date and the first time that the EU has funded a multi-site clinical study into psychedelic-assisted therapy.
Norrsken Mind adopts a shared leadership model and appoints Marcus Stråth as Co-Managing Director alongside Emma Christersson, current Managing Director. Marcus joins Norrsken Mind from the strategic communications advisory firm Brunswick Group. He has previously supported Norrsken Mind as Head of Communication.
Norrsken Mind raises 36 MSEK to support research on psychedelic substances and awards grants to research at Karolinska Institutet and Umeå University
Norrsken Mind supports researchers at Karolinska Institutet in investigating...
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