Funding Opportunities:
Behavioral/Mental Health
Below is a list of funding opportunities related to providing medical homes for children with special needs.

National Institute of Mental Health
Deadline: September 25, 2008

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is offering support for research partnerships between community-based, clinical/services settings and research institutions. The goal is to conduct research that will advance knowledge about developing research infrastructure in communities and the establishment of collaborative partnerships; identify and incorporate those factors into communities; and plan, test, and implement services research interventions in community settings.

Early Identification and Treatment of Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents (R01)
Deadline(s): Varies

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites investigator-initiated research grant applications for studies focused on the early identification and treatment of mental disorders in children and adolescents. Specific examples include studies focused on: the validation of early diagnosis of mental disorders in youth, especially in young children; the development of new interventions to treat mental disorders and prevent the exacerbation of associated functional impairment; the efficacy and safety of new and existing treatments; the identification and evaluation of predictors of treatment response and underlying mechanisms of action for new and existing treatments; the long-term effectiveness and impact of early intervention on later course; and the factors that promote or impede access to services and impact the effectiveness of services for these patients in community and practice settings. Assessment methods may include behavioral, neuropsychological, neuroimaging, and other physiological measures or markers. Intervention strategies to be studied may include pharmacological, psychosocial, and rehabilitative interventions, separately or in combination.

For more information, visit: www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9684

Nick Traina Foundation
Deadline: Rolling

The Nick Traina Foundation is seeking proposals from organizations involved in the diagnosis, research, treatment and/or family support of manic-depression, suicide prevention and child abuse. The foundation may give special consideration to proposals that address manic depression in children and young adults. Applications are accepted year-round.

More information can be found at: www.nicktrainafoundation.org/main.htm, or by calling: 415/771-4224

NIMH Research Education Grants (R25)
Letters of Intent Due: 30 Days Prior to the Application Receipt Date
Application Due: October 1 Annually for New Applications; November 1 Annually for Revised and Competing Renewal Applications

The goal of the NIMH Research Education Program is to foster the development of mental health researchers via creative and innovative research educational programs including regional and national programs as well as programs involving a single institution. Through this funding opportunity, the NIMH encourages educational experiences that will attract, train, and advance the career development of clinician scientists committed to research careers relevant to the mission of the NIMH. NIMH also encourages educational programs that will help prepare researchers for interdisciplinary research careers, including translational research careers that are relevant to the mission of the NIMH.

To learn more about this grant, go to: grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-05-153.htm

Research on Women’s Mental Health and Sex/Gender Differences in Mental Health Across the Lifespan

The National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) are inviting for-profit or nonprofit organizations, colleges and universities, state or local government, or Native American tribal governments or organizations to apply for funding.

Summary:This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits exploratory/developmental (R21) research grant applications on women's mental health and sex/gender differences in mental health across the lifespan.  The epidemiology and disability burden of mental disorders provide clear evidence of the value of a focus on sex differences research. There are differences in both the prevalence and clinical course of mental disorders between men and women.   Starting in childhood, girls have higher rates of anxiety disorders than boys. Boys have higher rates of autism and attention deficit disorder.  After puberty, women have higher rates than men of depression, eating disorders, and anxiety disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Men are more likely to suffer from substance abuse disorders.  For other serious mental disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, gender disparities in incidence are not found.  However, significant differences in clinical course have been demonstrated across the lifespan.  This pattern of disparities in the epidemiology of mental disorders in males and females provides indirect evidence of genetic, hormonal, biological, social, cultural and developmental factors in etiology and course.  An increasing body of basic and clinical research also provides evidence of neurobiological sex differences that may predispose to clinical differences in mental disorders.  The finding of sex/gender differences in epidemiological, basic, and clinical studies has also increased interest in the application of that knowledge to improving interventions and services for males and females.  In recognition of the importance of studying sex/gender differences in health outcomes, NIH has provided guidelines to researchers for inclusion of women and men in clinical research and for gender analysis of clinical trials outcomes.  Through research such as that called for in this FOA, NIMH seeks to increase the understanding of the significance of sex/gender differences in mental health outcomes and to assess their significance for mental health prevention, treatment and services

For more information, please go to:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-334.html.

Last Updated August 7, 2008