National Institute of Mental Health Grants

Open National Institute of Mental Health grants

• Analyses to Reveal Trajectories and Early Markers of Imminent Shifts in Suicidal States

  Up to $20MDeadline: Aug 17, 2029open

  Research shows that nearly half of suicide decedents visit a health care provider in the weeks prior to their death. Yet, existing suicide screening a...

• Cross Scale Interrogation of NPD Genes (SING) in mice

  Up to $3.8MDeadline: Nov 30, 2029open

  Neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders (NPDs) are highly prevalent and devasting neurological conditions without cure. Recent genetic studies on...

• Efficacy of kTMP, a novel non-invasive brain stimulation method, for the treatment of anhedonia patients.

  Up to $1.7MDeadline: Jul 31, 2028open

  /Abstract The discovery of more effective treatments for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a pressing clinical demand. Non-invasive brain stimulation...

• Bilateral Prefrontal and Insular TMS for Depression in Schizophrenia

  Up to $1.1MDeadline: Aug 14, 2027open

  Depression is a common symptom domain in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Depression in schizophrenia can be difficult to treat, leading ...

• Basic Income Guarantee Chicago: A Trial of Basic Income

  Up to $820KDeadline: May 31, 2030open

  In this R01, we intend to test the impact of basic income guarantee on the lives of young people living with HIV. The proposal will build off prior ba...

• MicroRNAs in neural-derived extracellular vesicles as biomarkers in first episode schizophrenia

  Up to $795KDeadline: Mar 31, 2031open

  Schizophrenia (SZ), a major chronic psychiatric illness, is characterized by psychotic symptoms, negative symptoms (e.g., lack of motivation, social w...

• The Role of Puberty in Corticostriatal Circuitry Development and Avoidance in Adolescents with Anxiety

  Up to $783KDeadline: Jul 31, 2030open

  Summary Nearly one in three youth are diagnosed with an anxiety disorder during childhood or adolescence, which often persists into adulthood and incr...

• Dissecting the circuits and population dynamics that represent unconditioned and conditioned stimuli in the ventral hippocampus

  Up to $781KDeadline: Dec 31, 2029open

  Neural population dynamics are in constant flux, with patterns of activity across neurons being updated to account for changes in the relationships be...

• Non-synaptic function of Syngap1 in human neurodevelopmental disorders

  Up to $773KDeadline: Dec 31, 2029open

  SUMMARY Advances in human genomics have dramatically accelerated our understanding of the genetics of complex brain disorders, including autism spect...

• Precision TMS with integrated visualization and analysis of real-time E-field and EEG source imaging

  Up to $752KDeadline: Jan 31, 2030open

  Summary Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an FDA-approved treatment for several brain diseases, such as major depressive disorder, obsessive-...

• AI-Facilitated Partner Communication for PrEP

  Up to $737KDeadline: May 14, 2029open

  The AI-Facilitated Partner Communication for PrEP study aims to enhance HIV prevention among women by empowering them with skills to discuss pre-expos...

• Neural Mechanisms of Threat Learning and Avoidance: Adaptive and MaladaptiveBehaviors

  Up to $736KDeadline: Feb 28, 2031open

  This project aims to investigate the roles of a newly identified population of neurons in the supramammillary nucleus (SuM) that are essential for thr...

• Evaluating Social Brain Health in HIV: An RDoC-based approach

  Up to $733KDeadline: Jan 31, 2030open

  Evaluating Social Brain Health in HIV: An RDoC-based Approach In our daily life, we frequently interact with others (e.g., friends, staff at grocery s...

• Transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Treatment for Autistic Adolescents and Young Adults

  Up to $705KDeadline: Apr 30, 2029open

  /ABSTRACT This proposal will address the critical need for evidence-based transdiagnostic sleep interventions for autistic adolescents and young adul...

• Advanced Optical and Sono-Chemogenetic Systems for Probing Dopamine Dynamics in the Non-Human Primate Brain

  Up to $629KDeadline: Feb 28, 2031open

  Cell-type specific recording and manipulations are powerful methods for targeting categories of neurons that have a particular behavior or disease rel...

• Elucidating social competence: neural mechanisms for competition and cooperation

  Up to $627KDeadline: May 31, 2030open

  TITLE: Elucidating social competence: neural mechanisms for competition and cooperation ABSTRACT The ability to shift social behavior based on availab...

• Neuroimaging Studies of Reward Processing in Depression

  Up to $603KDeadline: Feb 28, 2027open

  Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) remains a major public health problem with poorly understood etiology and pathophysiology. Impairment in reward proce...

• Brain Network Mechanisms of Rapid Instructed Task Learning

  Up to $565KDeadline: Feb 23, 2027open

  /ABSTRACT The ability to quickly learn novel cognitive procedures from instructions – rapid instructed task learning (RITL; “rittle”) – is substantial...

• Non-invasive brain stimulation using two-coil kTMP: simultaneous stimulation at two cortical targets and deep brain stimulation at a single target

  Up to $558KDeadline: Aug 14, 2026open

  /Abstract Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) offers great potential to treat many brain disorders, and there is much room for improving methods and...

• Harnessing Data Science to Improve HIV Care Continuum Outcomes: A Hybrid Type 2 Trial Evaluating a Machine-Learning Algorithm-Based Implementation Strategy

  Up to $554KDeadline: Jan 31, 2030open

  7. PROJECT SUMMARY Innovations in treatment and care for people with HIV (PWH) have had tremendous positive impacts on health, longevity and quality o...

Where National Institute of Mental Health grants go

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How to apply for National Institute of Mental Health grants

Most National Institute of Mental Health applications require: an organizational profile with mission and programs, a project proposal aligned with the funder's stated priorities, a project budget, and supporting attachments (IRS determination letter, board list, recent financials). Federal applicants additionally need a SAM.gov UEI and an active Grants.gov account.