National Grant Opportunities
To be an effective advocate or self-advocate, one needs to make the best use possible of available tools and support resources. The following are just a handful of suggestions for places to turn for information during one's own advocacy efforts..
Webpage Description Various mental health support grants. While admittedly outdated, the information is being left here in hopes the original resources provide leads to future grant opportunities..
School Mental Health Program and Policy Analysis Centers
LISTING School Mental Health Program and Policy Analysis Centers
CATEGORY SAMHSA/HRSA Health FedGrant
DEADLINE February 3, 2005 (2005-02-03)
DESCRIPTION Per SAMHSA: Supports two national centers to advance understanding of successful and innovative school mental health policies and programs, including mental health promotion efforts and mental health services. Goal is to strengthen the abilities of educators, schools, school districts, and State education agencies, as well as community-based health and mental health providers, to address student mental health problems and psychosocial issues.
Research on Co-Morbid Mental and Other Physical Disorders
LISTING Research on Co-Morbid Mental and Other Physical Disorders
CATEGORY NIMH/NIH Health
DEADLINE Multiple dates (see grant listing)
DESCRIPTION Per website: The [National Institute of Mental Health] encourages studies on the co-occurrence and co-morbidity of mental disorders with other physical disorders. Important goal is to identify potent, modifiable risk and protective factors amenable to intervention, and to translate the results of such studies into initial tests of theory-driven prevention and early intervention strategies. Institute will consider applications that focus on any combination of co-morbid mental and other physical disorder across the lifespan; it is incumbent upon the applicant to demonstrate the public health significance of the study by describing the severity and/or prevalence of the disorders studied.
Community Participation in Research
LISTING Community Participation in Research
CATEGORY FedGrant: Education; Health; Environment
DEADLINE Multiple dates (see grant listing)
DESCRIPTION (From their website) The ultimate goal of this PAR is to support research on health promotion, disease prevention, and health disparities that is jointly conducted by communities and researchers. (This appears to be a very broad spectrum grant.)
Functional Assessment of People with Mental Disorders
LISTING Functional Assessment of People with Mental Disorders
CATEGORY Mental health research
DEADLINE See grant listing
DESCRIPTION Focus is the application of biobehavioral science methods and approaches to develop and refine definitions of and measures for function, disability, and morbidity, as well as to develop ongoing reliable and valid assessment of these processes in people with mental disorders.
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