NIMH Call for Funding Opportunity to Support Mental Health Treatment

Deadline: 15 July 2015

The National Institute of Mental Health invites applications to address implementation questions facing World Bank designated low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in their efforts to scale up sustainable, evidence-based mental health interventions and thereby eliminate the mental health treatment gap for children, women, and men.

Award Information

Funding Instrument: Cooperative Agreement
Application Types Allowed: New
Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards: The number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications. NIMH intends to commit $3,000,000 in FY 2016 to fund approximately 5 awards.
Award Budget: Application budgets are limited to $500,000 direct costs per year.
Award Project Period: The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is five years.

Eligibility Information

Following higher education institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as public or private institutions of higher education:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions), Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations, and foreign components are eligible to apply.
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support.
Applicant organizations may submit more than one application, provided that each application is scientifically distinct.
Applicants must have an active DUNS number and SAM registration in order to complete the Grants.gov registration.