If you’re looking for mental health research funding opportunities, this is a great place to start. We update this page once a week to look for the latest funding opportunities in mental health research. This list may not be exhaustive, but it is a good place to start.
NIHR
Application Deadline: 27th July 2022
Application Deadline: 27th July 2022
Application Deadline: 25th May 2022
Application Deadline: 19th July 2022
Application deadline: 25th May 2022
Application Deadline: 25th May 2022
Wellcome Mental Health Award
looking backwards, moving forward – understanding how interventions for anxiety, depression, and psychosis work
As part of Wellcome’s new mental health as a key global health challenge strategy, they are offering funding of up to £5 million pounds for research on interventions for anxiety, depression and psychosis. Find out more.
Application Deadline: 24th May
Wellcome Mental Health Data Prize
The Wellcome Data Prize in Mental Health will look at multidisciplinary collaborative approaches to researching anxiety and depression in young people. Teams from South Africa and the UK will use existing data to build digital tools to enable future research.
The prize is open to any discipline that uses evidence in rigorous and transparent ways and is not limited to people from psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience backgrounds.
Application Deadline: 5th June 2022
Kavli Trust Programme on Health Research
The Kavli Trust Programme on Health is looking to award up to 20 million NOK (1.7 million GBP) in funds towards research exploring evidence gaps on children’s and young people’s mental health.
The pre-proposal form is now open to applicants from Norway, Sweden, Finland or the United Kingdom.
Deadlines and key dates:
Launch of the pre-proposal form: Jan 7th 2022 / 12:00 CET
Pre-proposal deadline: Mar 15th 2022 / 23:59 CET
Invitation to the final round: May 28th 2022/ 12:00 CET
Full proposal deadline: Aug 31th 2022 / 23:59 CET
Final decision: Early November 2022
Wellcome Grant Funding
The Wellcome Early-Career Awards are for ECRs in any discipline ready to develop their research identity.
Deadline: 21 June 2022