Our aims and objectives

ECNP's goals are to:

Support innovative research in the convergent disciplines of neuropsychopharmacology and facilitate the communication of ideas, discoveries and best practices.

Encourage the scientific activities of countries in Europe and co-ordinate the development of common European standards.

Promote the entry of early career scientists into the field and support their ongoing professional development.

Provide guidance and information to the public on matters relating to brain function and the treatment of brain disorders.

Facilitate dialogue with regulators, government bodies, international agencies and industry.

What we do

To achieve its aims, ECNP organises a wide range of activities, programmes and events across Europe.

Meetings

ECNP Congress, Europe’s leading platform for the communication and cross-fertilisation of research results and ideas in disease-targeted brain research, attended annually by nearly 7,000 psychiatrists, neuroscientists, neurologists and psychologists from around the world.

ECNP New Frontiers Meetings, high-level scientific incubators for cross-talk between researchers, industry and regulators on key future trends and frontier developments.

ECNP Roadmap Meeting on Precision Psychiatry, for international consensus-building on the case for precision psychiatry approaches and strategies for implementation.

ECNP Workshop on Applied Neuroscience, for Europe’s outstanding (pre-)doctorate and psychiatric resident researchers.

ECNP Workshop on Clinical Research Methods, training in key critical approaches for up-and-coming research clinicians.

Initiatives

ECNP Networks, clusters leading European researchers, organised around key topics and themes in the field.

ECNP Knowledge Hub, for high-quality content about and training in the latest translational developments and insights for both clinical and non-clinical scientists, including Courses, Webinars, and Podcasts.

Neuroscience-based Nomenclature, the ECNP-led collaboration to revise the classification of psychiatric medications.

ECNP Early Career Academy, for future leaders in the field of applied and translational neuroscience.

Publications

European Neuropsychopharmacology, ECNP’s legacy journal for translational treatment research.
Neuroscience Applied, ECNP’s open-access journal for brain research applied to human disorders.