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General Inquiries
The BCSP is an academic research institution. Unfortunately, we cannot respond to every inquiry or guarantee a response.
The BCSP conducts basic neuroscience research, and does not conduct clinical trials or offer treatment for mental health conditions. If you would like to learn about potentially being a research participant in BCSP basic neuroscience research on human subjects, please visit our research page or email BCSPresearchsubjects@berkeley.edu.
If you are interested in clinical trials for mental health disorders, you can find a map of them here.
If you are seeking mental health care, please contact a licensed mental healthcare provider where you live. If you are having a medical emergency, please call “911” or go to the nearest emergency room. If you are having thoughts of suicide, please call or text “988” to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
If you are interested in working for the BCSP, including undergraduate and graduate research opportunities, student internships, or other roles, please visit Berkeley Jobs, Handshake or our LinkedIn.
We appreciate your interest!
Supporting BCSP
The UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics is entirely funded by the generous philanthropic support of donors. Gifts of every size make a terrific impact on our ability to sustain and grow our science, journalism, applied research and policy, and culture and community work.
Please consider making your gift today here or connect with Patrick Gutteridge, Senior Director of Development at gutteridge@berkeley.edu or 415-385-3687.
For Media
For media inquiries, please reach out to BCSPmedia@berkeley.edu. Please include your publication and deadline in the subject line.
For additional background, download our fact sheets on different aspects of psychedelics.