Project Grant SB1MH142181
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $313,800 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to Miresource, Inc. in Foster City, CA. This grant will fund the development of a scalable and engaging platform to help patients track their mental health, receive personalized care recommendations, and access timely referrals. The project aims to address the significant gap in untreated mental illness and shorten the time between symptom onset and...
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $499,887 project grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to Docbotic Inc. in Naperville, IL. The grant funds the development of BETTERBOT, an SMS chatbot that integrates artificial intelligence and large language models to deliver evidence-based behavioral activation therapy tailored to individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The project aims to address barriers to mental health care for TBI patients,...
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), through the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), awarded a $759,581 project grant to The McLean Hospital Corporation located in Belmont, MA. The grant, titled "Harnessing Smartphones for Real-Time Detection of Affective Disturbance and Future Depression Risk in Adolescents," will fund research to develop data-driven approaches to predict and interrupt states of high negative affective states (e.g., sadness, anger, anxiety)...
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $780,698 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The 4-year grant aims to optimize the integration of human and digital support in a meditation app to address the public health burden of depression and anxiety. The project will examine the effects of adding introductory coaching, on-demand email-based coaching, and digital prompts to the Healthy Minds Program...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), is supporting the development and validation of an AI-enabled virtual assistant app called CLAIRITY. The app aims to automate the identification of individuals at risk of suicide, depression, and anxiety, and guide them to appropriate interventions. The $458,782 award will enable the awardee, Clarigent Corporation, to characterize the effects of using an...
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1,199,261 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to Ampa Inc. The grant, awarded on September 15, 2025, will fund the development of a next-generation Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) system that aims to make highly effective, personalized depression treatment more accessible and scalable. The key innovations include precision TMS targeting using neurocardiac response signals, camera-based...
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $295,234 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to 3-C Institute for Social Development Inc. (doing business as 3C Institute), a woman-owned small business located in Durham, North Carolina. The grant, awarded on July 19, 2024, with a completion date of July 18, 2025, will fund the development of ASSIST-MH, a new interactive digital support system for school mental health providers. The ASSIST-MH...
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $2,406,884 Project Grant to The Leland Stanford Junior University to establish the Center for Responsible and Effective AI Technology Enhancement of Treatments for PTSD (CREATE). The funding, provided under the NIMH's Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), will support the development and evaluation of large language model-based tools to address the insufficient capacity for evidence-based psychotherapy implementation and...
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $744,121 project grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to The Leland Stanford Junior University. The grant aims to develop foundation models (FMs) - a novel artificial intelligence approach - to analyze large brain imaging datasets and address challenges in clinical neuroscience and psychiatry research. Key objectives include creating FMs tailored for open-source functional MRI datasets, integrating...
- This Project Grant award of $447,132.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), supports the development of an AI-powered tool by Empathy Rocks Inc. to standardize the administration and scoring of Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs) in clinical trials for mental health conditions. The key objectives are to (1) expand a clinically validated dataset of real-world COA assessments, with a focus on measures like the MADRS,...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $1,444,181 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to Colliga Apps Corp. in Austin, TX. The funding supports the development of a centralized platform that enables the fast and inexpensive creation, testing, and dissemination of expert-developed, evidence-based, AI-enhanced digital mental health therapies. This platform, called Colliga, aims to address key barriers to widespread adoption of digital mental health technologies, such as high development costs, regulatory challenges, and lack of trust among providers and patients. The project, which runs from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2028, will establish an integrated ecosystem where scientists, providers, and patients can collaborate on designing and accessing curated, scientifically validated mental health apps to expand treatment options and democratize access to high-quality digital care.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.4m | 8/21/25 |