Funding: Improving Mental and Behavioral Health

New Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) funding opportunity: Up to $12 million in direct costs for studies with a duration of up to five years.

Studies should:

• Compare two or more approaches for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or care delivery related to mental and behavioral health conditions
• Address a critical clinical or care delivery problem
• Include evidence-based, impactful, patient-centered outcomes as indicated by patients, families, and caregivers (particularly those with lived experience) from the population of interest, as well as relevant members of the broader health and healthcare community
• Examine diverse populations with an overall sample size that will allow precision in the estimation of hypothesized effect sizes and, as appropriate, analysis of heterogeneity of treatment effect

PCORI is particularly interested in submissions that address the following Special Areas of Emphasis (SAEs), although applicants are not limited to these areas:

• Mental and behavioral health of children and youth
• Suicide prevention and crisis response
• Strategies to improve mental healthcare access and delivery

Learn more and apply.