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PAR-23-050: Clinical Studies of Mental Illness (Collaborative R01) (Clinical Trial Optional)

Closed Closed January 7, 2025 Opportunity PAR-23-050

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of National Institutes of Health notices from 2022.

National Institutes of Health offered grants to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. Applications closed on January 7, 2025.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed October 10, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.

About this NIH notice

Projects funded under PAR-23-050 were run by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH, 29 projects). Contact the program officer at the institute that fits your project before you apply; the notice lists them.

Application due dates, page limits and budget limits are set in the notice. Read PAR-23-050 in the NIH Guide.

Key dates

PostedDecember 13, 2022
DeadlineJanuary 7, 2025
Archived by Grants.govFebruary 6, 2025

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses.

All 15 applicant types the notice lists

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations); Regional Organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession.

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What the grant funds

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks to support collaborative clinical studies, not involving treatment development, efficacy, or effectiveness trials. Primary areas of focus include mental health genetics, biomarker studies, and studies of mental illnesses (e.g., psychopathology, neurodevelopmental trajectories of psychopathology) also when associated with HIV/AIDS. Applicants should apply to this FOA when two or more sites are needed to complete the study. Accordingly, the collaborating studies share a specific protocol across the sites and are organized as such in order to increase sample size, accelerate recruitment, or increase sample diversity and representation. In studies with a large number of sites, it is expected that one site will be submitted as a coordinating R01 for data management and/or other centralized administration.

Category: Health.

Funded under PAR-23-050 so far

NIH funded 29 projects under PAR-23-050 in fiscal 2024 to 2026, at 25 institutions. The median yearly award was $525,660.

Most projects: Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (New York), 2, Lieber Institute, Inc. (Maryland), 2, McLean Hospital (Massachusetts), 2, University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania), 2, Columbia University Health Sciences (New York), 1.

Recently funded projects
ProjectInstitutionFiscal yearAward
1/5 Clinical Outcome Prediction of Psychosis from EHRs (COPPER) R01Columbia University Health Sciences2026$921,159
2/2 - Neurodevelopmental Trajectories in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome in Adolescence and Young Adulthood R01Children's Hosp of Philadelphia2026$484,313
2/7 PsycheMERGE: Advancing Precision Psychiatry R01Massachusetts General Hospital2026$799,612
2/5-Biomarkers to Enhance Early Schizophrenia Treatment (BEEST) R01Feinstein Institute for Medical Research2026$630,879
1/7-PsycheMERGE: Advancing Precision Psychiatry R01Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai2026$600,645
1/5 Biomarkers to Enhance Early Schizophrenia Treatment (BEEST) R01Centre for Addiction and Mental Health2026$289,948
2/3 Understanding PTSD through Postmortem Targeted Brain Multi-omics R01Lieber Institute, Inc.2026$797,817
5/5 Biomarkers to Enhance Early Schizophrenia Treatment (BEEST) R01University of California, San Diego2026$400,000

From NIH RePORTER, which lists each project once per fiscal year it was funded. Amounts are the yearly award.

Who has won Mental Health Research Grants grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Mental Health Research Grants (93.242) awarded $8.8 billion across 6,785 grant awards, an average of $1.3 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Yale UnivConnecticut185$371 million
University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationPennsylvania200$297 million
University of California, Los AngelesCalifornia176$234 million
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York144$212 million
The Washington UniversityMissouri149$211 million

Top states: California ($1.4 billion), Massachusetts ($1.1 billion), New York ($1.1 billion), Pennsylvania ($667 million), Connecticut ($422 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is PAR-23-050 still open?

No. It closed on January 7, 2025.

Who can apply for Clinical Studies of Mental Illness (Collaborative R01) (Clinical Trial Optional)?

National Institutes of Health accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Clinical Studies of Mental Illness (Collaborative R01) (Clinical Trial Optional)?

Closed January 7, 2025. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

Who has been funded under PAR-23-050?

NIH RePORTER lists 29 projects funded under PAR-23-050 in fiscal 2024 to 2026, at 25 institutions. The most were at Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Lieber Institute, Inc., McLean Hospital.

Who has won Mental Health Research Grants grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Yale Univ, University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, University of California, Los Angeles. The program made 6,785 awards worth $8.8 billion in that time.

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