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FUNDING & AWARDS

2025-present       NIH R01 MH134936 PI: Daphne Holt, M.D., Ph.D.                           

                             A randomized controlled trial of a preventive behavioral intervention for young                                           adults with psychotic experiences. 

                            Role: Co-I (20% effort)

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2025-2026           T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychiatric Genetics and Translational Research

                            Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology

                            National Research Service Award (NRSA)-funded training program (T32 MH017119)                                     focused on advanced methods in psychiatric epidemiology and biostatistics

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2024                      Society of Research for Psychopathology President's Award

                        Annual award acknowledging research contributions by scholars from diverse and                                        underrepresented backgrounds

 

2024                      Flux Society 2024 Travel Award

                        Annual award recognizing research in progress for early career researchers including                                  graduate students and postdoctoral 

                              fellows

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2023-2025              R37MH119194-04S1

       Administrative Supplement to R37MH119194

       National Institutes of Mental Health

      “Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms Underlying Stress Vulnerability during                               Adolescence”

       Role: Candidate funded by award

       Principal Investigator: Katie A. McLaughlin, Ph.D.

       Total Funding: $252,536

 

2023                       Massachusetts General Hospital Eugene L. Emerson Award

        Annual award in recognition of an outstanding research paper by a Fellow in                         Psychology

 

2022                       Summer Institute on Biological Approaches in the Social Sciences, Russell Sage                                Foundation Grant

                               Provides funding for interdisciplinary early career researchers to gain training in                                            Biological Approaches in the Social Sciences

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2022                        Schizophrenia International Research Society Early Career Award

        Award for graduate students, residents, fellows, or young faculty members, based on          research contributions and recommendation from Department’s Director of Training

 

2019-2022              F31MH119776

        Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral               Fellowship (Parent F31)

        National Institute of Mental Health

       Role: Principal Investigator

      Advisors: Vijay A. Mittal, Ph.D., Thomas McDade, Ph.D.

      Total Funding: $135,048

      Goal: Support dissertation research examining cumulative environmental stressors              over time and relations to neural structure in youth at risk for developing psychosis

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2019-2022              Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

        Declined by awardee due to NRSA Parent F31 offer acceptance

 

2019                       Sigma Xi Honor Society Membership Nomination

 

2018                       Northwestern Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences Fellowship

        Finalist

        Total Funding Awarded as finalist: $3,000

 

2018                       Northwestern Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences Research                                    Award

        Total Funding Awarded: $3,000

 

2018                       Walter Dill Scott Scholarship

 

2017                       Northwestern University Society, Biology and Health Cluster Fellowship

 

2017                       National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)

        Honorable mention in Psychology-Cognitive Neuroscience

 

2014-2016              National Institutes of Mental Health Post-Baccalaureate Research Training Award

© 2026 by Teresa G. Vargas

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