Cooperative Agreement SM058901

This $2.9 million Defense Health Agency project grant funds research on suicide prevention among military personnel and veterans. The grant supports a multi-site randomized clinical trial through September 2026 to evaluate the efficacy of Written Exposure Therapy for Suicide Prevention compared to treatment as usual. Researchers at Boston University and partner institutions University of Colorado Denver and University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio aim to reduce suicidal thoughts and...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded Massachusetts General Hospital a $854,029 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242: Mental Health Research Grants) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030, to develop and evaluate a multimodality adaptive intervention for reducing suicide risk in the critical three-month period following inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. The project will build upon previous research demonstrating the feasibility of a...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $378,359 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego on May 1, 2025, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) for the development and testing of PRECISE (Personalized Clinical Intervention for Suicidal Events), a data-driven personalized suicide prevention intervention. The award, which extends through April 30, 2030, supports the refinement and evaluation of this novel...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded Columbia University's Health Sciences Division a $740,250 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to adapt and implement the Youth Nominated Support Team (YST) intervention for suicide risk prevention among youth on probation. The three-year project, running from August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028, will develop and evaluate a psychoeducational social support intervention...

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded Westcare California, Inc. a $1.5 million project grant under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055) to provide suicide prevention services and resources to meet the needs of veterans and their families in California from September 2022 through September 2023. Through outreach and the provision or coordination of suicide prevention services, Westcare California will connect...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Oklahoma was awarded $20.4 million through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) to establish and operate the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC). Awarded on September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2030, this Project Grant designates...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $201,852 to support a 5-year study on the relationship between ambulatory glucose regulation and suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) among adult psychiatric inpatients. The study aims to examine whether passively collected glucose metrics can prospectively predict proximal suicidal ideation, suicidal behavior, and affective-cognitive risk...

National Community Health Partners received a $750,000 Project Grant award from the Veterans Health Administration under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This represents Year Four funding for the organization's ongoing suicide prevention initiative in Arizona. Under this award, National Community Health Partners delivers community-based, non-clinical suicide prevention services to veterans...

The Veterans Resource Centers of America will provide $1.5 million in suicide prevention resources and services to Veterans and their families through September 2023 under a Project Grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration. Funded through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055), the nonprofit will deliver community-based outreach, suicide prevention programming, and connections to VA and community mental health...

Summary San Diego State University Research Foundation received a $213,381 K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2030. This award funds advanced training and career development for the principal investigator to establish an independent research program addressing mental health service disparities among youth from...