CSR&D Brain, Behavioral and Mental Health (BBMH) Merit Review and Career Development Programs
CSR&D's mental health portfolio funds clinical, interventional, effectiveness, epidemiological and technological studies with human participants, with stated focus areas including PTSD treatment and suicide prevention. Includes investigator-initiated Merit Review and mentored career development awards.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)No budget caps or durations are published on the public portfolio page; they appear in individual program announcements hosted on the VA ORD intranet.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Mar, SepNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The portfolio page lists no dates. VA facility research-office pages describe CSR&D merit submission cycles in the first week of March and September, with letters of intent required several months earlier for some announcements. Confirm with your VA research office.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Intramural VA programme: principal investigators must hold a VA appointment at a VA medical center or VA-approved site. Non-VA researchers participate only through a VA-appointed PI. Applicants are directed to contact the scientific portfolio manager for their topic area before applying.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- mental health · ptsd · suicide prevention · clinical trials · behavioral interventions
- Apply at
- https://www.research.va.gov/services/csrd/default.cfm
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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