Behavioral health services and evaluation grants
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Service delivery, workforce and infrastructure money rather than investigator-led science — but most awards carry an evaluation requirement, which is a durable route into funded applied research.
- Indicative award
- $100k–$5M (total award)Service grants are often large and multi-year, with tightly prescribed budget categories.
- Timing
- Periodic callsNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Notices of Funding Opportunity post through the year, often with short windows.
- Who can apply
- Any faculty rank, Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Frequently limited to community organisations, tribes, states and providers — universities usually join as the evaluation partner rather than the lead applicant.
- SSWR clusters
- Special Interest Groups
- Topics
- services · workforce · evaluation requirement · prevention · treatment
- Apply at
- https://www.samhsa.gov/grants
- 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.
Also on the Mental Health shelf
- Research Project Grant (R01)National Institutes of Healthup to $250k per year · Several times a year · Feb, Jun, Oct
- Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21)National Institutes of Healthup to $275k · Several times a year · Feb, Jun, Oct
- Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual NRSA (F31)National Institutes of HealthAmount not published · Several times a year · Apr, Aug, Dec
- Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)National Institutes of HealthAmount not published · Several times a year · Feb, Jun, Oct
- Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)National Institutes of HealthAmount not published · Several times a year · Feb, Jun, Oct
- Behavioral health workforce education and trainingHealth Resources and Services Administration$300k–$2M · Annual cycle · Dec, Jan, Feb