The following research projects have been recommended for funding by CPRF's Professional Advisory Board and Approved by the Board of Directors

RESEARCH GRANTS CIBC Wood Gundy Children's Miracle Award Dr. Patrizia Cavazzoni, University of Ottawa "Genetics of Suicidal Behaviour in Bipolar Disorder " Dr. Stan Kutcher, Dalhousie University "Consumer Evaluation of Chronic Illness Impact and Family Burden in Adolescent Onset Bipolar Disorder: A Comparison of Mood-Disordered, Epileptic, and Normal Youth and Their Parents "

Supported by th Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada

Dr. Serdar Dursun, Dalhousie University "Nitric Oxide Inhibitors: A New Strategy for Schizophrenia"

Supported by the Bank of Montreal Dr. Raymond W. Lam, University of British Columba "Catecholamine depletion Studies in seasonal Affective Disorder"

Supported by the Bank of Nova Scotia Dr. Mario Tiberi, Loeb Research Institute, Ottawa "Regulation of the Human Dopamine D3 Receptor Function"

Supported by the Weston/Lablaw/Holt Renfrew Group of Companies Dr. L. Trevor Young, McMaster University "Mood Stabilizers and the Regulation of Fos and Jun Family Proteins"

RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIPS Supported by Canada Life and RBC Dominion Securities Dr. Lesley A. McKarney, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry (now CAMH) "Expression of D2 Receptors in D1 Neurons as a Model for Dopamine Hyperactivity and Psychosis"

The Royal Bank of Canada Award Dr. Susan E. Rotzinger, University of Alberta "The Effects of Lithium on the Phosphoinositol Cycle in Bipolar Parients"

Supported by the Toronto Star Dr. Charlotte A. Waddell, McMaster University "Doing Better with "Bad Kids": What Happens to Conduct Disorder Research? "

Supported by the McColl-Early Foundation, the Toronto-Dominion Bank, and AGF Management Limited (Mary Early Fellow) Dr. Albert H.C. Wong, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry (now CAMH) "In Vivo Gene transfer of Dopamine receptor Gene Using a Recombinant Adenoviral Vector-Behavioural and Pharmacological Modulation"