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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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Mission Statement
The NIMH Mission is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.
Interest Areas
General Topics
NIMH supports biomedical, behavioral, and health services research, as well as research training and workforce development, on the causes, diagnosis, treatment, management, and prevention of mental illnesses across the lifespan.
Priority research areas include, but are not limited to:
- Suicide prevention
- Early intervention in psychosis
- HIV research
- Digital health technology
- Genetics
- Neural circuits
- New or improved preventive, treatment, or services interventions
- Comorbidities
- Reducing mental health disparities
Additional interest areas:
- Experimental therapeutics
- Physiological and computational models
- Data sharing and data science approaches
- Multi-level analyses (genomic, molecular, cellular, circuits, behavior)
- Novel biomarkers (e.g., genetic, proteomic, imaging) and behavioral indicators for diagnosing and/or detecting risk/vulnerability, onset, progress, and/or severity of mental disorders
- Multiple disciplines (e.g., statistics, mathematics, physics, computer science, engineering) and/or community-engaged research approaches
- The role of genetic variants, epigenetic mechanisms, and gene-environment interactions that influence vulnerability to mental disorders
- Ways to increase access to evidence-based interventions, promote high quality care, improve clinical and recovery outcomes, and advance implementation science
- New targets and tools for treatment development
- Safety and efficacy of novel mechanism pharmacological agents and/or behavioral interventions
- Learning health care
- Predicting treatment response and side effects
- Harnessing real-world data to continuously improve mental health outcomes and cost-effectiveness
Assistance Listing
Assistance listings are detailed public descriptions of federal programs used across government agencies that provide grants, loans, scholarships, insurance, and other types of assistance awards. They are maintained in the System for Award Management (SAM) and can be used to search for opportunities in Grants.gov.
View NIMH Assistance Listing Numbers
- 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants
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Funding Opportunities and Notices
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Administrative Supplements
NIMH may provide administrative supplements during the current budget period and, if necessary, in future years to address unforeseen costs within the scope of an approved grant. Awards are contingent on alignment with NIMH priorities, documented need, and availability of funds.
NIMH may consider supplements to support orderly termination or temporary continuation of research to prevent loss of critical resources or personnel hardship, including responding to rare events or time-sensitive opportunities.
- Supplements may not be used to cover costs associated with an investigator’s change of institution or promotion, nor to circumvent NIMH administrative cuts.
Investigators are encouraged to contact the grants management and program officials listed on the parent award to discuss unforeseen circumstances and potential funding options.
NIMH accepts and reviews administrative supplement applications continuously until April 1 of each fiscal year (FY). Applications received after April 1 will not be considered for funding until the next FY. Earlier submission is encouraged.
NIMH Grants Management
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