Project Grant R21MH141459
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded Research Foundation For Mental Hygiene, Inc. (operating as New York State Psychiatric Institute) $868,015 on June 12, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to support a project titled "SAFER: Suicide Assessment and Follow-Up After Emergency Department Release for 8-12-Year-Old Children." The award funds the development and implementation of suicide assessment and follow-up protocols for elementary school-aged...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded Teachers College Columbia University $173,128 on February 12, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to conduct research examining how preteen youth understand death and suicide and the implications for clinical suicide assessment. The recipient will collect self-report data on death conceptualizations and traditional suicide assessments from two research studies examining suicide among preteen youth. The study...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded the University of Illinois $100,228 on September 30, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to conduct qualitative research on implementation of suicide prevention evidence-based practices in outpatient pediatric behavioral health settings. The recipient will recruit pediatric mental health clinicians, youth patients ages 12–18, and patient caregivers from public outpatient child psychiatry clinics to participate in...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded The General Hospital Corporation (Massachusetts General Hospital) $824,404 on September 1, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to develop machine learning models that integrate clinician-conducted suicide risk assessments with electronic health record data to improve prediction of suicidal behavior and guide precision interventions in outpatient behavioral health settings. The research leverages routine clinical...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded $1.579 million to the Research Foundation For Mental Hygiene, Inc., operating as the New York State Psychiatric Institute, on July 1, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to fund basic neuroscience research into the circuit mechanisms by which early-life adversity produces sustained reward deficits. The research examines how childhood trauma—including abuse, neglect, and chronic stress—alters neural circuits governing...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded Children's Research Institute $654,005 on June 1, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to investigate the function of paralaminar amygdala neurons from adolescence to adulthood using a mouse model. The recipient will examine how paralaminar nucleus neuronal responses change over the adolescent-to-early-adulthood transition, determine the necessity and sufficiency of these neurons in that transition, and characterize...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded $186,839 to the Research Institute At Nationwide Children's Hospital on August 15, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) for a K23 career development grant supporting research into the static and dynamic neurocircuitry associated with fluctuations in non-suicidal self-injury. The award funds a longitudinal training study that will examine temporal variability in non-suicidal self-injury urges and behaviors by...
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants program, awarded a $3,231,590 Project Grant to Weill Medical College of Cornell University. The award, effective September 1, 2023, aims to leverage longitudinal survey and electronic health record data to examine the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child mental health, including new or worsening conditions and suicidal ideation/attempts. The study will quantify these outcomes,...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $534,191 on April 1, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to develop robust fine-mapping tools for genetic discovery in neuropsychiatric traits using deep phenotype data from diverse populations. The project addresses the challenge of understanding genetic causes of complex neuropsychiatric conditions including autism spectrum disorders, bipolar disorder, and...
- The National Institute of Mental Health awarded Massachusetts General Hospital $197,578 on June 1, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242, K23MH144215) to investigate sleep and circadian timing irregularities as short-term risk factors for adolescent suicide through intensive longitudinal study. The research recruits 100 adolescents hospitalized for suicidal thoughts and behaviors, continuously monitoring objective sleep metrics via wrist actigraphy and collecting...
The National Institute of Mental Health awarded The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $402,289 on August 14, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to identify and understand suicide risk among young children using electronic health records from pediatric emergency departments. The recipient will analyze approximately 7,000 electronic health records from 8- to 12-year-old patients across five pediatric emergency departments within the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network to identify sociodemographic and clinical factors related to suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children. The research will compare children presenting with suicide-related concerns to those admitted for non-suicide-related psychiatric concerns and will examine predictors of return emergency department visits for suicidal thoughts and behaviors within one year of discharge, utilizing both structured electronic health record data and clinician free-text notes to identify risk factors. The award period runs from August 14, 2026, through August 13, 2028, with place of performance at Columbia University in New York, New York. This R21 project grant reflects NIMH's research support mechanism for exploratory and developmental projects designed to encourage new research directions.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $402.3k | 8/18/26 |