Project Grant R21OH012956

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $10.07 million Project Grant to the Research Foundation For Mental Hygiene, Inc., operating through the New York State Psychiatric Institute, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029. The award funds the fourth wave of a longitudinal cohort study examining parent-child transmission of trauma and its impact on aging-related mental and physical health...

The federal Project Grant awarded to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, valued at $5,393,812, supports a longitudinal study investigating the impact of changes in social determinants of health (SDOH) on the mental health of adolescents and young adults (AYA) in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research is funded through the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) administered by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The study...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $417,588 K23 career development grant to The Medical University of South Carolina on March 5, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242). The award supports a five-year research and training initiative led by Dr. Emily Tilstra-Ferrell to adapt Written Exposure Therapy (WET)—an efficient, evidence-based five-session treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults—for use with...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will fund a $177,833 research study at Wayne State University to investigate the intergenerational impact of maternal childhood trauma on children's fear neurobiology and internalizing psychopathology risk. The 1-year study will enroll 120 Black American mother-child dyads to assess the relationship between maternal trauma history, PTSD symptoms, children's...

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 Boston University Medical Campus received a $191,972 Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), awarded on September 8, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2030. The grant supports a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) examining an adapted Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) intervention designed to address posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and co-occurring lived...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Emory University received a $1.23M Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), awarded April 1, 2026, with completion targeted for March 31, 2028. The grant funds the PREVENT Study: Promoting Resilience via Early Neurostimulation After Trauma, a clinical research initiative designed to prevent chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression in trauma survivors...

This $525,764 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program aims to examine the complex relationships between compounding climate events and youth mental health. The research team at Appalachian State University will leverage data from Crisis Text Line, a mobile crisis counseling service, to study how direct and indirect exposure to compounding climate events impacts youth mental health across the United...

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,...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded the University of Pittsburgh a $185,552 Project Grant effective September 19, 2025, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to investigate neurocognitive responses to social threat and their connection to suicidality in adolescent girls. The research will generate scientific knowledge through a K23 mentored research career development award examining how sustained neural responsivity to...