Innovative Mental Health Services Research Not Involving Clinical Trials (R01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health
Full-scale, non-trial research on mental health services delivery: mutable factors shaping access and quality, new research tools and methods, and analyses of large administrative or service datasets.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)The NOFO states application budgets are not limited but must reflect the actual needs of the project. No dollar figure is published.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Feb, Jun, OctPublished deadline: 2026-10-05 — 51 days awayStandard due dates of February 5, June 5 and October 5 each year through October 2027; NOFO expires January 8, 2028.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Community organisation
- Eligibility
- Public and private higher education institutions, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, for-profits, state/local/tribal governments, independent school districts, faith-based and community-based organizations, and foreign entities. Clinical trials are not allowed.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- mental health services · service system quality · large dataset analysis · measurement development
- Apply at
- https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-283.html
- 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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