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

What is the clinical and cost-effectiveness of adjuvant medication for the treatment of antipsychotic-induced sexual dysfunction?

Application Deadline: 27th July 2022

What is the clinical and cost-effectiveness of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1) therapy for weight loss in patients with severe mental illness? 

Application Deadline: 27th July 2022

This call is for a national alongside-evaluation of the implementation of the Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision Green Paper.

Application Deadline: 25th May 2022

Evaluating how the Mental Capacity Act (2005) has been implemented in practice across health and social care organisations.

Application Deadline: 19th July 2022

Apply for a grant to support new partnerships between diverse groups of researchers in neurosciences and mental health.

Application deadline: 25th May 2022

Apply for funding for research projects focused on neurosciences and mental health – an ongoing scheme with applications opening every February, June and October.

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

Find out more here.

Wellcome Grant Funding

Wellcome Early-Career Awards

The Wellcome Early-Career Awards are for ECRs in any discipline ready to develop their research identity.

Deadline: 21 June 2022

 

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