Project Grant R34MH093511

This $385,877 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program aims to optimize the integration of child psychosocial screenings in primary care. The grant will fund the development and testing of the CareLoop intervention, which uses process service mapping to enhance referral and linkage pathways and promote whole-person,...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to The Johns Hopkins University to develop and pilot the Caregiver-Informed Treatment Engagement (CITE) Program. The $242,795 grant, awarded on Feb 21, 2025, aims to create a virtual group intervention for caregivers of youth of color who have been referred to mental health services by a pediatric community primary care center. The goal is to improve access to...

Federal Grant Award Summary Children's Hospital Los Angeles received a $769,500 Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) awarded on March 15, 2026, with a completion date of March 14, 2029. The grant supports the development and evaluation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Autistic Youth (CBT-DAY), an autism-adapted evidence-based treatment intervention designed to address the substantial gap in...

Federal Grant Award Summary Bend Health, Inc. received a $291,491 Project Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. The award funds the development and feasibility testing of an enhanced digital mental health intervention designed to address self-injurious thoughts or behaviors (SITBs) among adolescents. Specifically, Bend Health will expand its existing Remote Rapid...

Federal Grant Award Summary Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc. (doing business as Influents Innovations) received a $313,554 Project Grant 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, 2026. The project deliverable is the development and initial evaluation of Parenting-Net, a prototype unguided digital cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention designed to...

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...

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 Project Grant Award Summary The University of Connecticut's Innovations Institute and the Family-Run Executive Leadership Association (FREDLA) were awarded $15.2 million by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services under the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (CFDA 93.104) program to operate the National Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth, and Family...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded $863,276 to the University of California, San Francisco on February 3, 2026, under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to conduct a randomized controlled trial examining the effectiveness of the Resilience in Action (RIA) curriculum for young adults with autism spectrum disorder (YAASD). The research project, which extends through November 30, 2030, will expand testing of the RIA...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded the University of Illinois a $721,485 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 – Mental Health Research Grants) on March 15, 2026, for a three-year period concluding March 14, 2029. This Research Development (R34) award supports the design and implementation planning of "CPKD D-LITE," a digital low-intensity mental health treatment intervention targeting adolescents and young adults (AYA) in Chicago Park District...