NIMH Mentoring Networks for Mental Health Research Education
OpenUpdated: Oct 30, 2025
Summary
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) aims to support innovative educational activities that enhance the training of a workforce for biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research, particularly through national or regional mentoring networks focused on mental health research. Eligible applicants include private and public institutions of higher education, government entities, nonprofits, and for-profit organizations. Applications are not currently being solicited, but potential applicants are encouraged to prepare strong proposals for future submission; inquiries can be directed to belinda.sims@nih.gov.
Full Description
Description
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) seeks to advance its mission through the continuation of the NIH Research Education Program to support research education activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. Specifically, this NOFO will support innovative educational activities with a primary focus on national or regional mentoring networks that enhance professional development and foster career trajectories towards independent mental health research. All proposed networks should provide significant new opportunities, and should comprise efforts substantially beyond any ongoing mentoring, networking, or research education within academic programs, institutions, or pre-existing networks; or educational collaborations among institutions. Applications are not being solicited at this time. This notice is being issued to provide potential applicants ample time to develop strong, responsive applications. Investigators with expertise and insights in mentoring networks within research education activities that contribute to the development of a skilled cadre of investigators are encouraged to consider applying to the NOFO.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Public and state institutions of higher education
Government
- Special district governments
- City or township governments
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- Public and Indian housing authorities
- County governments
- State governments
Miscellaneous
- Other
Nonprofit
- Other Native American tribal organizations
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
- Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
Business
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
Additional information
Grantor contact information
Description
belinda.sims@nih.gov
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