Project Grant H79SM081452

Federal Grant Award Summary The Veterans Health Research Institute of Central New York, Inc. received a $502,500 Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) awarded on August 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for August 14, 2028. This R34 developmental grant funds the adaptation and pilot testing of the Learning Through Interactive Feedback and Training-Suicide Prevention (LIFT-UP) educational program, designed to...

Boston University Medical Campus received a $567,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), awarded September 8, 2025, with completion targeted for September 7, 2028. The grant funds research to augment Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) with peer-led support interventions designed to improve mental well-being and enhance PostTraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) recovery outcomes in vulnerable populations....

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Miresource, Inc. received a $627,600 project grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), awarded on September 12, 2025, with completion targeted for March 14, 2026. The project, conducted in partnership with the nonprofit Child Mind Institute (CMI), delivers an integrated digital mental health monitoring platform designed to improve longitudinal patient tracking and enable...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded $750,653 to Parc Innovations LLC on April 16, 2025, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to develop an automated e-learning platform for therapist training in exposure therapy. The project will create an interactive digital training system that automates both didactic and interactive components of evidence-based exposure therapy training modules previously developed through NIMH-funded...

Federal Grant Award Summary Boston Medical Center Corporation received a $939,784 Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (Mental Health Research Grants, CFDA 93.242) awarded August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2030. The grant supports development and implementation of an adaptive (stepped) intervention designed to improve access, engagement, and effectiveness of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment in routine care settings. The intervention sequences a digital...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) aims to provide comprehensive mental health crisis intervention training for law enforcement personnel across the United States. The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA), a non-profit organization specializing in law enforcement training, will develop and deliver virtual and in-person courses covering crisis...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $1.56 million Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to conduct a four-year research study (August 1, 2025 – July 31, 2029) optimizing the integration of human and digital support components within the Healthy Minds Program (HMP), a widely-used meditation application for treating depression and anxiety. The research...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), awarded a $626,753 Project Grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to conduct a pilot study on risk and protective factors for common mental disorders among migrant and asylum-seeking populations in Mexico. The 3-year project aims to 1) identify risk and protective factors for common mental disorders, 2) estimate the short-term effects of economic...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded Child Mind Institute Inc. a $578,500 Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) Project Grant effective May 1, 2025, through February 29, 2028. The award supports the development of integrated computational tools designed to link brain microstructure with functional dynamics in human and non-human primates. The project delivers three primary products: (1) an extension of the BrainBuilder tool to...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research received a $1,659,568 Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), awarded June 2, 2025, with completion targeted for May 31, 2030. The award funds the ESPRITO EPINET project, which aims to expand a learning health system (LHS) framework for improving treatment outcomes in early first-episode psychosis (FEP) care. The project will enroll an...