Mental Health Grants
Federal funding for mental health research, treatment programs, and behavioral health services from SAMHSA, NIMH, and HHS. Covering depression, anxiety, PTSD, substance use, and community mental health.
Track federal investments in mental health research, crisis services, and community behavioral health.
Active Opportunities (121)
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to encourage applications seeking to develop the next genera...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Cutting-Edge Basic Research Award (CEBRA) is designed to foster highly innov...
The goal of this NOFO is to support doctoral candidates from a variety of academic disciplines for up to two years for t...
A. STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to award multiple cooperative agreements to ac...
The Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) and participating National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutes, Centers, and Of...
This initiative seeks to solicit applications for research projects that address the link between social disconnection i...
NIMH seeks applications for innovative research projects to test strategies to increase the reach, efficiency, effective...
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The ove...
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to advance translational research to better understand the e...
This R61/R33 concept complements NIMHs suite of clinical trial NOFOs by supporting feasibility and infrastructure develo...
Clinical Trials to Test the Effectiveness of Treatment, Preventive, and Services Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Requi...
NIMH seeks applications for research projects to evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic and service delivery interven...
Reissue of RFA-20-351.The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to encourage applications to pursue in...
The purpose of this NOFO is to build research about the effectiveness, implementation, and optimization of family naviga...
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to advance translational research to better understand the e...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) is designed to encourage and facilitate the entry of investigator...
The purpose of this NOFO is to build research about the effectiveness, implementation, and optimization of family naviga...
This NOFO is a call to action in response to the mental health crisis in the United States. We seek applications that wi...
The purpose of the NIDA Animal Genetics Program is to identify genetic, genomic, and molecular (epi)genetic variants tha...
Pilot Effectiveness Trials for Treatment, Preventive and Services Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Required). As part o...
Although the majority living with schizophrenia and related disorders are over 35 years old, including those first diagn...
The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage applications for studies that will enhance knowl...
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit applications for pilot projects to identify new d...
CDC seeks to enhance the nationâs ability to rapidly mobilize, surge, and respond to public health emergencies (PHEs) ...
Reissue of PAR-20-119. This FOA encourages applications to advance the discovery, preclinical development, and proof of ...
Reissue of PAR-20-118. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encourages applications to advance the discovery, precl...
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Announcement (NOFO) is to encourage innovative research that will inform and suppo...
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Announcement (NOFO) is to encourage pilot research that is not an immediate precur...
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to encourage applications to pursue invasive neural recordin...
This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) will support research towards understanding and mitigating the deleterious eff...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) invites grant applications for Environmental Health Sciences Core...
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit grant applications to support research on the discovery and...
The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study provides the scientific community with biospecimens (urine,...
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages applications for institutional research career development (K12) ...
Data science is an important cross-cutting research approach in the 2022 - 2026 NIDA Strategic Plan and increasing the c...
The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage applications for studies that will enhance knowl...
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to encourage applications seeking to develop the next genera...
NIMH seeks applications for pilot effectiveness projects to evaluate the preliminary effectiveness of therapeutic and se...
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to invite applications that bundle independent protocols for...
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to encourage cooperative agreement applications to support e...
Although the majority living with schizophrenia and related disorders are over 35 years old, including those first diagn...
This initiative seeks to solicit applications for research projects that address the link between social disconnection i...
The purpose of this Notice of Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) is to invite applications proposing the innovative analysi...
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to invite applications proposing the innovative analysis of ...
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support high priority research at the intersection of H...
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support high priority research at the intersection of H...
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to foster research that will inform and support the optimiza...
The goal of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to address the opioid crisis and/or overdose events by supporti...
NIMH seeks applications for pilot research to adapt, optimize, and test behavioral interventions that address common sle...
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OVC FY 2026 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Assistance Formula...
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support investigators who have the interest and capabilit...
The U.S. Department of Stateâs Embassy Ouagadougou is pleased to announce an open competition for organizations to sub...
The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) announces the anticipated availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 grants ...
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to support innovative basic, clinical, translational, and im...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications from clinical centers to participate in a consortium to t...
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for a Limited Competition that will invite applications from eligible org...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications for a Research Coordinating Center (RCC) to participate i...
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for a Limited Competition that will invite applications from eligible org...
The National Research Service Award (NRSA) program supports the training of postdoctoral researchers in biomedical, beha...
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to facilitate the entry of investigators into multiple high-...
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible...
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible...
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible...
The purpose of this program is to implement the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment public health m...
The purpose of this program is to prevent and reduce substance use and overdose among American Indian and Alaska Native ...
The Delta Rural Integrated Health Network Program seeks to improve healthcare delivery in the region by supporting the d...
The purpose of this program is to support American Indian and Alaska Native tribes in planning and developing a comprehe...
The purpose of this program is to: help prevent and reduce the initiation and progression of substance use and its relat...
The purpose of this program is to fully prepare graduate-level health professional students to understand, identify, int...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is announcing the continuation of the Superfund Hazardou...
The purpose of the NBTS grant program, Assistance Listing 10.527, is to increase the retention and graduation rate of Tr...
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to establish a Center that trains researchers in formal prod...
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) acknowledges the pressing challenges facing behavioral health care within co...
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) Office on Women's Health (OWH) announces the anticipated availab...
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) Office on Women's Health (OWH) announces the anticipated availab...
The purpose of this program is to: help prevent and reduce the initiation and progression of substance use and its relat...
The purpose of this program is to establish new, or enhance existing, mobile crisis teams that serve children, youth, an...
The purpose of this program is to develop and implement a program to divert youth and/or adults with mental health or co...
The purpose of this program is to strengthen and expand the state systemâs ability to provide integrated, evidence-bas...
The purpose of this program is for the prevention of suicide, suicide attempts, and deaths by suicide among American Ind...
The purpose of this program is to improve local awareness among youth and young adults of the risks associated with fent...
The purpose of this program is to increase student access to evidence-based support services and mental health care by d...
The purpose of this program is to enhance comprehensive treatment and recovery services for children (ages 11 and under)...
The purpose of the TOR program is to assist in addressing the overdose crisis in Tribal communities by increasing access...
The purpose of this program is to develop and disseminate training and technical assistance to address the high prevalen...
The purpose of this program is to provide comprehensive services for pregnant and postpartum women with substance use di...
The purpose of this program is to expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support services in existin...
The purpose of this program is to sustain and enhance services at existing Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics...
The purpose of this program is to build and strengthen community infrastructure and readiness to support early intervent...
The purpose of the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health program is to develop or enhance evidence-based programs tha...
The purpose of the 988 Tribal response program is to improve connection and response to 988 contacts (including calls, c...
The purpose of this program is to improve state and territory response to all 988 contacts (including calls, chats, and ...
The purpose of the program is to expand efforts among Lifeline crisis centers to support individuals post-contact to pro...
The purpose of the CCBHC State Planning Grants is to support states in: developing and implementing certification system...
The purpose of this program is to develop and establish new Community Behavioral Health Clinics to address gaps in behav...
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is committed to advancing work that furthers the U.S. Department of Justiceâs (DO...
The purpose of this program is to support comprehensive, street-based engagement, treatment, and recovery support servic...
The MMHSUD Program helps improve maternal mental health and substance use disorder outcomes for pregnant and postpartum ...
ââThe Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) program helps improve mental and behavioral health for children an...
The purpose of the Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems SEED Project: Scaling Effective Early Childhood Systems Develop...
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OVC FY 2026 National Mass Violence Center. This opportunity suppo...
The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)âImpact funds rural communities to drive measurable improvements ...
The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) announces the anticipated availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 grants ...
Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)-Planning supports organizations in rural communities to build the part...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research Program (TBIPHRP) Clinical...
This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) seeks to establish a course to equip researchers studying drug use, drug misus...
The purpose of the Treatment, Recovery and Workforce Support program is to support individuals in substance use disorder...
The purpose of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Technical Assistance (RCORP-TA) is to connect rural communi...
Grants awarded under this announcement are to provide disaster reimbursement and assistance funds to those State Units o...
The Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood Program (TPEC) will advance the U.S. Department of Health and Human Serv...
The purpose of this program is to support a Regional Pediatric Prevention Network (RPPN). The RPPN strengthens local and...
The purpose of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part D program is to provide family-centered care in outpatient o...
The purpose of this program is to support organizations in mobilizing and connecting community resources to increase acc...
The purpose of Behavioral Health and Community Safety Partnerships is to support communities in reducing the behavioral ...
Federal mental health funding flows through two parallel channels: formula allocations distributed to states and competitive grants awarded directly to qualifying organizations. SAMHSA's Community Mental Health Services Block Grant distributes approximately $700 million annually to states, which sub-award to community mental health centers and behavioral health nonprofits. Competitive SAMHSA grants — including Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) expansion awards, Crisis Services grants, and Opioid Treatment Program grants — are awarded directly to organizations meeting specific eligibility criteria. NIMH, part of NIH, funds mental health research at universities and research institutions through R01, R21, and specialized training grants. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline funding, administered by SAMHSA, supports crisis centers and call center operations across the country. For community organizations without research capacity, SAMHSA's Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) behavioral health workforce grants and the Substance Abuse Prevention Block Grant offer the most accessible entry points into federal behavioral health funding.
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