Official funding announcement — preliminary draft
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Opportunity number: PAR-25-310
Official listed status: posted
Closing information: 2027-01-07 (official deadline clock time and time zone must be checked in NOFO)
Award disclosure: Applicant-level ceiling not stated in the retrieved federal synopsis; verify in full NOFO.
Applicant categories in federal synopsis: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; County governments; For profit organizations other than small businesses; Independent school districts; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments); Private institutions of higher education; City or township governments; Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Small businesses; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); Special district governments; Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification); State governments
Federal synopsis
This NOFO is a call to action in response to the mental health crisis in the United States. We seek applications that will study methods to increase access to evidence-based interventions and services for youth mental health, including those living in rural areas, inner cities, and other under-resourced areas, and youth experiencing housing and food insecurities and out-right homelessness. Applications should address research related to optimizing assessment, intervention and service strategies, overcoming challenges related to the workforce shortage, wait lists for treatment, integration of treatment and preventive interventions into settings where people are most likely to be best identified as needing care (eg: schools, social service, pediatric medicine and justice), and service interventions that address systemic barriers to access and quality of mental health care (structural, policy, organizational, value (cost/financing), management).
Draft intake record. Eligibility, program terms, current amendments and applicant ceiling must be independently verified before publishing.