Psychiatry Funding: Annual List 2.2025

Scalable Neural Interfaces: Opportunity seeds

Advanced Research+Invention Agency

13-Feb-25

£500,000GBP

Addressing Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Human-Animal Interaction

Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI)

13-Feb-25

$49,000USD

Early Stage Testing of Pharmacologic or Neuromodulatory Device-based Interventions for the Treatment of Mental Disorders (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

14-Feb-25

Pilot Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trials for Mental Health Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

14-Feb-25

Effectiveness Trials to Test Mental Health System Interventions (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

14-Feb-25

Confirmatory Efficacy Clinical Trials of Non-Pharmacological and Pharmacological Interventions for Mental Disorders (R01 Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

14-Feb-25

Early Stage Testing of Pharmacologic or Neuromodulatory Device-based Interventions for the Treatment of Mental Disorders (R33- Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

14-Feb-25

First in Human and Early Stage Clinical Trials of Novel Investigational Drugs or Neuromodulatory Device-based Interventions for Psychiatric Disorders (U01 Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

14-Feb-25

Spinal Cord Injury research projects

Stoke Mandeville Spinal Research

14-Feb-25

£150,000GBP

Full-Scale Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trials for Mental Health Interventions (R01 - Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

15-Feb-25

Mood and Psychosis Symptoms during the Menopause Transition (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

$275,000USD

Advancing Learning Health Care Research in Outpatient Mental Health Treatment Settings (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

$450,000USD

Innovative Pilot Mental Health Services Research Not Involving Clinical Trials (R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

$450,000USD

Utilizing Invasive Recording and Stimulating Opportunities in Humans to Advance Neural Circuitry Understanding of Mental Health Disorders (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

$275,000USD

Navigator Emergency Department Diversion Models for Non-Urgent Mental Health Concerns (R34 Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

$450,000USD

Social disconnection and Suicide Risk in Late Life (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

$275,000USD

Schizophrenia and related disorders during mid- to late-life (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

Towards a Better Understanding of the Neurological Effects of Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses (R21 - Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

$275,000USD

Novel Mechanism Research on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS) in Alzheimer's Dementia (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

$275,000USD

NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

$275,000USD

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

$275,000USD

NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21 Clinical Trial Required)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

16-Feb-25

$275,000USD

Development of Psychosocial Therapeutic and Preventive Interventions for Mental Disorders (R33 Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

18-Feb-25

Development of Psychosocial Therapeutic and Preventive Interventions for Mental Disorders (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

18-Feb-25

APF Trauma Psychology Grant

American Psychological Association (APA)

21-Feb-25

$3,000USD

APF Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Grant

American Psychological Foundation (APF)

American Psychological Association (APA)

21-Feb-25

$3,000USD

Novel Assays to Address Translational Gaps in Treatment Development (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

21-Feb-25

National Cooperative Drug/Device Discovery/Development Groups (NCDDG) for the Treatment of Mental Disorders (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

24-Feb-25

National Cooperative Drug/Device Discovery/Development Groups (NCDDG) for the Treatment of Mental Disorders (U19 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

25-Feb-25

Research grants

International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)

28-Feb-25

$300,000USD

Prader-Willi Syndrome Research

Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (FPWR)

28-Feb-25

$150,000USD

Innovative Mental Health Services Research Not Involving Clinical Trials (R01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Mar-25

Integrating Mental Health Care into Health Care Systems and Non-Health Settings in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Mar-25

Utilizing Invasive Recording and Stimulating Opportunities in Humans to Advance Neural Circuitry Understanding of Mental Health Disorders (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Mar-25

Navigator Emergency Department Diversion Models for Non-Urgent Mental Health Concerns (R01 Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Mar-25

Novel Mechanism Research on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS) in Alzheimer's Dementia (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Mar-25

Laboratories to Optimize Digital Health (R01 Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Mar-25

Assay Development and Screening for Discovery of Validated Chemical Hits for Brain Disorders (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Mar-25

Social disconnection and Suicide Risk in Late Life (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Mar-25

Towards a Better Understanding of the Neurological Effects of Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Mar-25

Research Opportunities for New and "At-Risk" Investigators to Promote Workforce Diversity (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Mar-25

NIDCR Behavioral and Social Intervention Clinical Trial Planning and Implementation Cooperative Agreement (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

7-Mar-25

Young Investigator Grants

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF)

12-Mar-25

$70,000USD

Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

12-Mar-25

Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

12-Mar-25

NIMH Career Transition Award for Tenure-Track Intramural Investigators (K22 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

13-Mar-25

Lesbian Health Fund (LHF)

GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality

15-Mar-25

$10,000USD

Applied research competition grants

Organization for Autism Research

17-Mar-25

$50,000USD

Metabolic Psychiatry Scholar Award

Baszucki Group

18-Mar-25

$150,000USD

Early Career Award Program

Thrasher Research Fund

18-Mar-25

$25,000USD

Todos Juntos Research Grants

Healthy Americas Foundation

28-Mar-25

$10,000USD

FamilieSCN2A Action Potential Grant

FamilieSCN2A Foundation

1-Apr-25

$75,000USD

AACAP Marilyn B. Benoit, MD, Child Maltreatment Mentorship Award

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)

19-Apr-25

$8,000USD

The AACAP Leatherman-Drell-Ritvo Fund Grant Award

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)

19-Apr-25

$4,000USD

John and Polly Sparks Early Career Grant for Psychologists Investigating Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED)

American Psychological Foundation (APF)

American Psychological Association (APA)

24-Apr-25

$22,000USD

NCAA Innovations in Research and Practice Grant Program

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

5-May-25

$50,000USD

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

7-May-25

Clinical Repurposing Research to Impact Veterans

Cures Within Reach

8-May-25

$75,000USD

Notice of special interest - research using implementation science to support the delivery of evidence-based practices in community-based mental or general medical healthcare settings

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

8-May-25

Accelerating Drug Discovery for FTD

Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD)

13-May-25

$350,000USD

Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

17-May-25

$1,500,000USD

Junior faculty research grants

The Huo Family Foundation

23-May-25

£600,000GBP

Accelerating Solutions to Improve Access and Quality of Empirically-Supported Practices for Youth Mental Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

5-Jun-25

Rising star awards

One Mind Institute (formerly IMHRO)

6-Jun-25

$300,000USD

SFARI Pilot Awards

Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative

Simons Foundation

13-Jun-25

$300,000USD

Optimizing Behavioral Sleep Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults (R34 Clinical Trial Required)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

13-Jun-25

SFARI Pilot Progression Award

Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative

Simons Foundation

13-Jun-25

$900,000USD

Genetic Architecture of Mental Disorders in Ancestrally Diverse Populations II (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

13-Jun-25

NIMH Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (NIMH BRAINS) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

20-Jun-25

DOD Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Emerging Topics Research Award

U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)

20-Jun-25

LIMITED Scientific Innovations Award (SIA)

Brain Research Foundation (BRF)

22-Jun-25

$150,000USD

DoD Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Translational Research Award

U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)

27-Jun-25

$1,000,000USD

DoD Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Focused Program Award

U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)

27-Jun-25

$5,000,000USD

Research grants

Baily Thomas Charitable Fund

1-Jul-25

£5,000GBP

Marian R. Stuart Grant

American Psychological Foundation (APF)

American Psychological Association (APA)

10-Jul-25

$20,000USD

Research Grant Program

Univers Foundation

19-Jul-25

¥1,000,000JPY

Mental Health Award: applying neuroscience to understand symptoms in anxiety, depression and psychosis

Wellcome Trust

23-Jul-25

£5,000,000GBP

Precision Neurotechnologies

Advanced Research+Invention Agency

29-Jul-25

£10,000,000GBP

Quality of Life Awards

Brain Tumour Charity

31-Jul-25

Research Focus grants

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

1-Aug-25

$1,500,000USD

Research Grants

The Cure JM Foundation (Cure JM)

1-Aug-25

$150,000USD

Research on Mental Health Problem Comorbidities with Gambling Disorder

International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG)

15-Aug-25

$187,500USD

ABPN Dorthea Juul, PhD, Education Research Award

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.

20-Aug-25

$100,000USD

AIDS Research Center on Mental Health and HIV/AIDS (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

25-Aug-25

$1,500,000USD

Developmental AIDS Research Center on Mental Health and HIV/AIDS (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

25-Aug-25

Research Grants

L.I.F.E. Foundation

31-Aug-25

$100,000USD

Distinguished Investigator Grant Program

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF)

12-Sep-25

$100,000USD

Linking Early Neurodevelopment to Neural Circuit Outcomes RFA

Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative

Simons Foundation

12-Sep-25

$900,000USD

Institutional Challenge Grant

William T. Grant Foundation

12-Sep-25

$650,000USD

Linked Standard Research Innovation Grants

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

15-Sep-25

$450,000USD

David H. and Beverly A. Barlow Grant

American Psychological Foundation (APF)

American Psychological Association (APA)

18-Sep-25

$8,500USD

Bruce and Jane Walsh Grant in Memory of John Holland

American Psychological Foundation (APF)

American Psychological Association (APA)

18-Sep-25

$21,500USD

Project grants

Nordic Mensa Fund

30-Sep-25

€10,000EUR

Dr. Diana Slaughter Kotzin and Mr. Joseph G. Kotzin Fund Grant

American Psychological Foundation (APF)

American Psychological Association (APA)

2-Oct-25

$9,500USD

BRAIN Initiative: Brain-Behavior Quantification and Synchronization Transformative and Integrative Models of Behavior at the Organismal Level (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

9-Oct-25

BRAIN Initiative: Brain-Behavior Quantification and Synchronization Transformative and Integrative Models of Behavior at the Organismal Level (U01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

9-Oct-25

Profound Autism Pilot Grants

Autism Science Foundation (ASF)

18-Oct-25

$35,000USD

Bidirectional Influences Between Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

20-Oct-25

Bidirectional Influences Between Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

20-Oct-25

$275,000USD

John and Polly Sparks Grant for Rural First-Responders Mental Health Interventions

American Psychological Foundation (APF)

American Psychological Association (APA)

23-Oct-25

$34,000USD

The Science of Perception Box RFP

Tiny Blue Dot Foundation

28-Oct-25

$900,000USD

Awards for learning, development and research

Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT)

31-Oct-25

£2,000GBP

Advancing Mental Health Research Grant

Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health

1-Nov-25

$5,000USD

The Victoria S. Levin Grant for Early Career Success in Young Children's Mental Health Research

Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)

8-Nov-25

$25,000USD

Pilot Innovation Grants

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

15-Nov-25

$50,000USD

Standard Research Innovation Grants

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

15-Nov-25

$125,000USD

Distinguished Investigator Innovation Grants

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

15-Nov-25

$150,000USD

Early Career Researcher Innovation Grants

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

15-Nov-25

$140,000USD

Discovery Research Grants

Breakthrough Discoveries for Thriving with Bipolar Disorder

19-Nov-25

$4,500,000USD

National Poverty Fellows Program

Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

2-Dec-25

$100,000USD

Suzanne Wright Memorial Research Accelerator Grants

Autism Science Foundation (ASF)

11-Dec-25

$7,500USD

Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation: Transformation of Mental Health Care Program

Klingenstein Philanthropies

15-Dec-25

$200,000USD

Pathways Research Award

Alkermes

31-Dec-25

$100,000USD

Review of novel, emerging and alternative mental health interventions for women Veterans

Veterans Affairs Canada

Government of Canada

17-Jan-26

$70,000CAD

Resilientd grants

Leprosy Research Initiative

24-Jan-26

€280,000EUR

Endowed Young Investigator Award in Geriatric Oncology in Honor of Dr. Arti Hurria

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

31-Jan-26

$50,000USD

Graduate Research Grants

Organization for Autism Research

3-Feb-26

$2,000USD

Hodgkin-Huxley Research Grant

FamilieSCN2A Foundation

Continuous

Research Consultation Awards

EMDR Research Foundation

Continuous

$1,000USD

Research grants

King Salman Center for Disability Research

Continuous

General grants

Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts

Continuous