The EMDR Europe Association is funding clinical and basic Research Programs.
EMDR Europe supports research with yearly grants in the field of EMDR with a current priority of pilot randomized controlled trials for the treatment of psychological trauma and other comorbid psychiatric disorders.
Apply by March 30, 2021 at 23:59 PM and send to m.hase@emdr-lernen.de. Only proposals sent by this date will be considered. EMDR Europe sponsors trials only in the EU.
Grant approval notifications will be mailed in July. It is the policy of EMDR Europe to provide no feedback on applications, other than funding notification.
Funding is up to 15’000 EUR per project, for a maximum of 2 years. Research projects not supported by academic institutions, nor health authorities, may be oriented by the EMDR Europe Research Ethics Committees.
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Grants awarded by EMDR Europe
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2011 VIENNA
Total Awarded 8000 Euros
Benedict Amann and Patricia Novo (Spain)
BET-study of EMDR in bipolar patients; € 5.000Zoï Kapoula et Stephanie Hanoteau (France)
EMDR and eye movement working neurophysiological mechanisms; € 3.000 -
2012 Madrid
Total Awarded 15000 Euros
Trudy Mooren and Carljin de Roos (The Netherlands)
EMDR treatment of refugee children; € 7.000Marco Pagani and Giorgio Di Lorenzo (Italy)
EEG recording during EMDR therapy; € 4.000Claire Chailleux and Stephanie Kahlfa (France)
Brain mechanisms of EMDR; € 4.000 -
2013 Geneva
Total Awarded 23200 Euros
Iva Bicanic (The Netherlands)
Early EMDR Intervention to prevent PTSD in rape victims; a randomized control trial; € 20.000Derek Farrell (United Kingdom)
Effectiveness of bilateral stimulations in EMDR phase 2 “safe place exercise”, in relation to vividness, emotionality and heart rate variability: Randomized controlled trial; € 1.200Zoï Kapoula (France)
Publication cost of a paper “EMDR and Neurophysiological mechanisms; € 2.000 -
2014 Edinburgh
Total Awarded 37000 Euros
Emilia Kaczinszky (Hungary)
Early intervention for traumatically injured patients in traumatological hospital: A prospective controlled trial; € 10.000Trudy Mooren (The Netherlands)
A randomized comparison of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and waiting list in traumatized refugee children; € 5.000Benedikt Aman, Ramon Landin Romero (Spain)
Comparison of a novel EMDR bipolar protocol/supportive therapy: A multicenter single blind randomized controlled trial; € 6.000Stephanie Khalfa (France)
Role of bilateral alternate stimulations in EMDR treatment: an fMRI experiment; € 7.000Thomas Borsato (Italy)
Changes in brain connectivity and plasticity during and after EMDR treatment: a TMS-EEG and fMRI study; € 3.000Natasha Soureti (Greece)
A randomized controlled trial using the effectiveness of EMDR versus a waiting list, on unemployed depressed individuals; € 6.000 -
2015 Milan
Total Awarded 61000 Euros
Thomas Borsato (Milan, Italy)
Changes in brain connectivity and plasticity during and after EMDR treatment: a TMS-EEG, tDCS and fMRI study; € 4.000Nicolas Cazenave (Toulouse, France)
Recovering autobiographical memory in soldiers suffering from PTSD: applicability and effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and
Reprocessing (EMDR); € 3.000Irene Cetin (Milan, Italy)
EMDR: applicability and effectiveness in the trauma after therapeutic abortion in an Obstretical-Gynaecological ward; € 5.000Anja Hareskov Jensen (Denmark Sexual Assault Center, Denmark)
Early EMDR Intervention for acute victims of rape in preparation for treating ASD symptoms and preventing PTSD: a randomized controlled study of the effect of early EMDR (recent Traumatic Episode Protocol: R-TEP); € 5.000Alessandra Minelli (Brescia, Italy)
EMDR Therapy in Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD) in-patients: clinical and biomarker efficacy; € 8.000Michael Mueller-Pfeiffer (Zurich, CH)
Blocking Memory Reconsolidation by EMDR; € 9.000Serena Passoni (Milan, Italy)
Effectiveness and applicability of EMDR-Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR-IGTP) for the reduction of psychological distress in care giver of patient with dementia A single-blind randomized control trial; € 7.000Annabelle Alice Pozzoli (Asti, Italy)
Relapse and Binge eating prevention: an experimental design concerning the efficacy of the EMDR applied to Bulimia Nervosa; € 4.000Ingo Schaefer (Hamburg Germany)
Treatment of PTSD in patients with substance use disorders using EMDR- An effectiveness study; € 10.000Cristina Trentini (Rome, Italy)
EMDR affects neural processing of emotions in children with complex trauma; An hdEEG study; € 6.000 -
2016 Den Haag
Total Awarded 64500 Euros
Minelli Alessandra (Italy)
EMDR therapy in eating disorders in-patients: clinical and biomarkers efficacy; 9.000 €
Moscowitz Andrew (Denmark)
Treating PTSD in Refugees: A randomized controlled pilot study comparing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to Narrative Exposure Therapy; 8.500 €
Ostacoli Luca (Italy)
Neurobiological processing of emotions in Major Depression: comparing the effects of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Anti-Depressant Medication; 10.000 €
Pawils Silke (Germany)
Feasibility and Effectiveness of EMDR group therapy for traumatized refugee preschoolers – a cluster randomized Before-and-after study to assess practicability and pre-post changes in PTSD symptoms of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment protocol adapted to the kindergarten setting; 7.000 €
Stellerman Kerstin (Germany)
Randomized-controlled-Pilot study of Effectiveness of EMDR therapy for adolescents with substance or internet dependency/addiction; 15.000 €
Trentini Cristina (Italy)
Does EMDR modulate the neural substrate of emotional discrimination in adolescent withe borderline personnality disorders; 15.000 €
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2017 Barcelona
Total Awarded 69200 Euros
Farrell Derek (England)
Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Trauma Focus) versus EMDR Therapy (GTEP) Group Intervention in Adult Trauma Populations in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq: A Randomised Control Study; € 10.000
Fumagalli Monica (Italy)
Taking care of the primary attachment relationship in a maternity ward: the EMDR intervention with acute childbirth trauma; € 7.000
Khalfa Stephanie (France)
Effects of REM sleep modulation by EMDR therapy on cerebral metabolism; € 7.000
Passoni Serena (Italy)
Effectiveness and applicability of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR-IGTP) for the reduction of psychological distress in caregiver of patients with dementia. A single-blind, randomized controlled trial; € 10.200
Ruggeri Mirella (Italy)
Efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (emdr) plus broad form of enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT-eb) in patients with eating disorders. a randomized controlled trial; € 25.000
Ten Hoor Nina (The Netherlands)
EMDR and Exhibitionism: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Reducing Deviant Sexual Arousal; € 10.000
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2018 Strasbourg
Total Awarded 75000 Euros
Ana Moreno-Alcázar (Spain)
Pilot single blind, randomized controlled study of EMDR versus TAU in inpatients with severe mental disorders and psychological trauma; € 15.000
Alessandra Minelli (Italy)
Transcriptional and miRNA signatures associated to the efficacy of the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD) in-patients; € 15.000
Marianne Littel (The Netherlands)
Improving addiction-focused EMDR: a reconsolidation-based approach; € 15.000
Sara Carletto (Italy)
Early psychotherapeutic intervention after childbirth trauma: comparison between EMDR and Supportive Expressive Dynamic Psychotherapy; € 15.000
Benedikt Amann (Spain)
Prevalence of psychological trauma in patients with a recent diagnosis of HIV and the efficacy of EMDR therapy versus TAU in a pilot RCT in clinical symptoms and biological markers of HIV; € 15.000
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2019 Krakow
Total Awarded 75000 Euros
Dr. S. Sobczak
Trauma and Dementia (TRADE); € 20.000
Dr Pagnini
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for Clients with Multiple Sclerosis in comorbidity with Depression: A Pilot Study; € 20.000
Dr Moreno
A phase II rater-blinded randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing therapy versus treatment as usual in patients with severe mental disorder and comorbidity of substance use disorder, and history of psychological trauma; € 20.000
Prof Müller-Pfeiffer
EMDR Treatment in PTSD Following Acute Coronary Syndromes; € 15.000