Kathryn Bruzios, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar with the SMART Center, has been accepted to the 2026 CHIPS (Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services) Research Training Institute. CHIPS is a one-year interdisciplinary training institute for early career researchers who are preparing for an NIMH grant that’s focused on child mental health interventions or service delivery. She applied because she is preparing her K award, which will apply a leadership adaptation of BASIS (Beliefs and Attitudes for Successful Implementation in Schools) to the implementation of a depression prevention program. Dr. Bruzios is hoping to learn how to better blend mental health and implementation science as priorities in the K award as well as expand her network and learn from others who are in the process of or have been awarded a K.