Effectiveness Trials to Test Mental Health System Interventions (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health
Two-phase trials of system-level interventions that change how mental health services are organised, financed, coordinated or delivered, with a feasibility R61 phase preceding an effectiveness R33 phase.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)Budgets are not limited but must reflect actual project needs. NIMH cites $27,000,000 for FY 2026 across this and companion NOFOs; no per-award figure is published.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Feb, Jun, OctPublished deadline: 2026-10-15 — 14 days awayThree cycles per year; listed dates run through June 15, 2027 and the NOFO expires October 16, 2027. R61 phase up to 2 years, R33 up to 4, 5 years combined maximum.
- Who can apply
- Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Early-career faculty, Community organisation
- Eligibility
- Higher education institutions, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, for-profits and small businesses, state/local/tribal governments, school districts, community- and faith-based organizations, and non-domestic entities. Requires a clinical trial in a real service system.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- system-level intervention · service delivery · care coordination · policy and financing
- Apply at
- https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-285.html
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
Also on the Mental Health shelf
- Research grantsAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention$30k–$200k · Annual cycle · Oct, Nov
- Grants for veterans, service members and their familiesBob Woodruff Foundation$25k–$500k · Annual cycle
- Congressionally Directed Medical Research ProgramsU.S. Department of DefenseAmount not published · Annual cycle · Apr, May, Jun, Jul
- Federal prize competitions and challengesU.S. federal agencies (Challenge.gov)$5k–$500k · Rolling / open
- Minority Fellowship ProgramCouncil on Social Work EducationAmount not published · Annual cycle · Mar, Apr
- Fund for Research and ExperimentationFahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation$5k–$20k · Annual cycle · May, Nov