Opportunity Information: Apply for PAR 23 265
The NIMH Short Courses for Mental Health Related Research funding opportunity (PAR-23-265) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Education Program (R25) grant that supports the development and delivery of short, targeted educational courses focused on mental health-related research. The core purpose is workforce development: strengthening the nation s biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research capacity by supporting education activities that complement or enhance existing research training. In practice, this announcement is aimed at organizations that can design and run high-quality short courses that build research skills relevant to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) mission, such as methods, tools, and approaches that help researchers conduct stronger mental health research.
This opportunity uses the NIH grant mechanism under the Health funding activity category, associated with CFDA number 93.242, and is listed as a discretionary grant program. A key boundary of the announcement is embedded in the title: Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed. That means the supported activities should be research education rather than conducting an independent clinical trial as part of the R25 project. The emphasis is on training and educational programming (for example, structured short courses, workshops, or intensive trainings) rather than running clinical trial research through this award.
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of U.S.-based organizations and governmental entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (federally recognized); Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; and a wide range of nonprofit organizations (both those with 501(c)(3) status and those without 501(c)(3) status). For-profit organizations are also eligible (other than small businesses), and small businesses may apply as well. The opportunity also explicitly calls out additional eligible applicant categories such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), as well as faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, eligible federal government agencies, and U.S. territories or possessions. These inclusions signal NIH s interest in expanding research education reach and capacity across diverse institutions and communities.
At the same time, there are clear limits related to foreign participation. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities and non-domestic (non-U.S.) institutions are not eligible to apply as the applicant organization. Non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are also not eligible to apply. However, foreign components are allowed as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, meaning a U.S. applicant may be able to include certain foreign components in the project when justified and consistent with NIH policy, even though the applicant itself must be domestic.
Key administrative details included in the listing are the administering agency (National Institutes of Health) and the closing date shown as May 25, 2025. The listed award ceiling is $200,000, which indicates the maximum award amount reflected in the source data provided. The posting creation date is March 3, 2023. The expected number of awards is not specified in the supplied data, which often means awards depend on available funds, application volume, and program priorities in a given cycle.
Overall, this R25 opportunity is best understood as support for structured short-course programs that strengthen mental health-related research skills and help build a capable, diverse research workforce. It is designed for organizations that can deliver impactful research education, often by leveraging experienced faculty, well-designed curricula, and strong dissemination or recruitment strategies to reach trainees who will contribute to the future mental health research enterprise, without using the grant to conduct an independent clinical trial.Apply for PAR 23 265
- The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIMH Short Courses for Mental Health Related Research (R25 -Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.242.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-03-03.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-05-25. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $200,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.
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