Institute for Mental Health Research winter 2024 grants program now open

The Institute for Mental Health Research winter 2024 grant competition is open. 

These grants are available to credentialed investigators associated with any recognized research or health institution in the state of Arizona. This funding mechanism is specifically meant to seed, through substantial pilot activity, research that will lead to significant subsequent funding from federal agencies or major national philanthropic organizations, or to make a durable positive impact on existing mental health programming in Arizona. 

The competition will award up to $250,000 in grants with individual awards of up to $50,000 for innovative mental health research. This round of IMHR research support has the explicit goal of advancing mental health programming to improve community health. To that end, all IMHR grantees are expected to pursue either subsequent larger-scale funding from national sources that follows up on the successes of their IMHR-supported research, or to have a specific plan for how the results of their project can influence current mental health programming in the state. 

Full details on the application process are available on IMHR’s website. The deadline is March 1, with award notifications by May 31.