In 2019, the Congressional Black Caucus convened an emergency Taskforce to examine Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health. The Taskforce released its report in December 2019, highlighting several recommendations for increased research, intervention deve…

This initiative is intended to support the development and testing of optimized, service-ready tools to enhance suicide prevention by improving the identification and treatment of individuals at risk for suicide. Evidence-based approaches exist for red…

This re-issued initiative aims to support studies that leverage the large and diverse datasets being generated across levels of analysis (e.g., genetic, neurobiological, clinical) in order to develop novel theoretical frameworks for multiscale modeling…

This initiative would encourage innovative research projects to address gaps where high confidence risk factors associated with complex brain disorders have been identified, but the basic neurobiology of those factors is poorly understood.

This initiative would complement existing NIMH-participating initiatives that aim to support research at multiple stages in the drug development pipeline, including assay development and screening (PAR-17-438); optimization and early preclinical discov…

This concept aims to seek research to develop and pilot next generation technologies for examining brain microconnectivity in multiple species as part of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative.

The intent of this trans-NIH initiative would be to invite research to determine the role and impact of digital health interventions (e.g., mobile health (mHealth), telemedicine and telehealth, health information technology, wearable devices) to addres…

The goal of this initiative is to support the scientific work and research career development of exceptionally talented scientists who are in the early, formative stages of their careers and who plan to make a long-term career commitment to mental heal…

The goal of this proposed initiative is to advance translational research to better understand the emergence and worsening of mood and psychotic disorders (e.g., PMD, generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia) during the MT to i…

The goal of this concept is to evaluate molecular/genetic technologies and then create pilot production and distribution resources for cell type-specific access and manipulation reagents for several vertebrate species.

The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Working GroupReport to the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director, BRAIN 2025: A Scientific Vision, as well as the more recent mid-course evaluation, The BRAIN Initiative 2.0: F…

The goal of this initiative is to reissue and extend the NIMH Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers program.

The goal of this initiative is to convert the CNS HIV Antiretroviral Therapy Effects Research (CHARTER) cohort, a cohort of individuals living with HIV that have been followed for almost 20 years, to a stand-alone research resource.

The intent of this trans-NIH initiative would be to invite research to evaluate the role and impact of community interventions for NIH-designated health disparity populations and other vulnerable groups to address 1) the impacts of mitigation strategie…

Dr. Gordon speaks about the importance of the Strategic Plan for Research for the future of mental health research in the U.S.

Learn more about the goals and ambitions of the NIMH Strategic Plan for Research.

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Dr. Zhen Ni, a research fellow at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, discusses how the response to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can be recorded, how spinal cord activity can be tested, how motor cortical stimulation…

Dr. Zhi-De Deng, Director of the Computational Neurostimulation Research Program within the Noninvasive Neuromodulation Unit at the National Institute of Mental Health, discusses the physics, devices, and modeling of transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Dr. Sarah Lisanby, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health’s Noninvasive Neuromodulation Unit, describes the purpose of a series of training videos on transcranial magnetic stimulation.