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AIDS Research Centers (ARCs) and Developmental AIDS Research Centers (D-ARCs) on Mental Health and HIV/AIDS
This concept seeks to support the NIMH AIDS Research Centers program, including D-ARCs and ARCs. The Centers aim to capitalize on their coordinated infrastructure to advance high-impact, interdisciplinary HIV/AIDS research, including at the intersection of HIV/AIDS and mental health, that is relevant to the NIMH…
BRAIN Initiative: Development and Validation of Novel Tools and New Approaches for Neuroscience Research
The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative plans to continue supporting the development of innovative and transformative neurotechnology tools and approaches that enable the interrogation of cell- and circuit-specific processes in the central nervous system with greater specificity and higher cellular resolution. This…
NIMH Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (NIMH BRAINS)
This concept continues the successful NIMH Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (NIMH BRAINS) program that encourages potentially transformative high-risk, high-reward research from exceptional early stage investigators. The NIMH BRAINS program focuses on research priorities and gap areas identified in the NIMH Strategic Plan…
Brain Cell Atlas: From Data to Knowledge Base
The goal of this concept is to continue supporting an integrated BRAIN® Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN) Coordinating Unit for Biostatistics, Informatics, and Engagement (CUBIE) that will (i) enable the exploration of large-scale brain cell atlas data and knowledge, (ii) inspire research in brain function…
BRAIN Initiative: Data Archives for the BRAIN Initiative
This is a reissue of the informatics infrastructure program announcement for The Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative data ecosystem. This program has established domain-specific archives that serve as primary repositories for scientific data generated across the BRAIN research portfolio, providing long-term maintenance,…
Centers for Practice-Based Effectiveness and Services Research with Near-Term Impact
The goal of this concept is to reissue and extend the NIMH Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers program. The ALACRITY Centers program is intended to support high-impact, practice-based research with…
Immunotherapies for HIV Eradication in the CNS Compartment
The goal of this concept is to generate comprehensive evidence to determine whether immunotherapeutic strategies, including broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) and antibody-derived constructs, can safely and effectively target HIV persistence within the central nervous system (CNS) compartment while mitigating neuroimmune dysfunction and improving mental health…
The State of Telehealth Services for Psychiatry
Originally Posted 9/2025, Last Updated 11/13/2025: The recently-passed spending resolution extends Medicare telehealth coverage and the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) program through Jan. 30, 2026, and retroactively allows for payments on these services during the period where coverage lapsed during the government shutdown.…
Telehealth is Health: Celebrating Progress During Telehealth Awareness Week 2025
Virtual care is no longer an emergency workaround. It’s an essential aspect of providing timely, accessible, and equitable treatment. Telehealth Awareness Week (Sept. 14-20) is an opportunity to reflect on this transformation and the role telehealth now plays in behavioral health.
Short Courses for Mental Health Research Education
This is a re-issue of a long-standing R25 program announcement that aims to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To address this goal, this concept would focus specifically on…
Mentoring Networks for Mental Health Research Education
This is a re-issue of a long-standing R25 program announcement that aims to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To address this goal, this concept would focus specifically on…
Silvio O. Conte Centers for Basic Neuroscience or Translational Mental Health Research
The purpose of the Conte Centers program is to support interdisciplinary teams of researchers engaged in novel, creative, and integrated experimental approaches to address high-risk, high-impact scientific questions in either basic neuroscience research or in translational research that will significantly advance the state of the…
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