Health · Active
Mental Health Research Grants · NIH · High-volume · mega band
Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) - federal assistance administered by National Institutes of Health (NIH), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $200K–$5M
- Typical award range
- 185
- Indexed opportunities
- 20
- Open now
- NIH
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Mental Health Research Grants ranks #12 of 504, #1 of 22 within NIH, and #42 of 106 among Health programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 93.242 is an active Health program with 185 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 20 are open for application.
- $200K–$5M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- October 15
- next application deadline
- $225,000
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 21%
- of the catalog is Health
Mental Health Research Grants · midpack ceiling on a busy book (#226/502)
Mental Health Research Grants lands midpack on published ceilings (55th percentile; rank #226 of 502). The printed high is a catalog cap, not a guaranteed outlay.
Mental Health Research Grants vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$5,000,000 Top 45% higher than 55% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2025-03-31
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 93.242 · NIH VOL-BUSY · #12/504
VOL-BUSY · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · NOFO-OPEN · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-EDU · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-BUSY 185 indexed
- TOP-DECILE #12/504
- NEAR-PEER Social, Behavioral, a… · 47.075
- NOFO-OPEN 20 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $200K–$5M
- ELIG-EDU Educational institution
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 185 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Nearest Grants.gov-volume peer outside Health: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) (±19 indexed rows)
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 93.242
VOL-BUSY · #12/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±19 row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestGeosciences · nearMathematical and Ph… · nearSocial, Behavioral,… · nearMental Health Resea… · this listingBiological Sciences · nearPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Hottest mega-dollar solicitation lane
Mental Health Research Grants sits in the hot×mega corner: 185 indexed Grants.gov rows and a mega SAM.gov ceiling ($200,000 to $5.0 million). Both competition density and dollar capacity are elevated versus the catalog median; read open listings first, then ceiling peers.
Assistance Listing text · NIH
Research to understand and treat mental illness, behavioral disorders, and brain disorders.
Campus applicant desk · Health
Educational institutions are the sole printed applicant type for CFDA 93.242. Mental Health Research Grants reads as a campus Assistance Listing, not a civic or commercial open desk.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 93.242
89% of the 585 indexed listings under CFDA 93.242 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Mental Health Research Grants typically uses to move money. None of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $478.5 million across 143 listings (avg $3.3 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 4,000,155 across 37 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 93.242, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Mostly archived listings · CFDA 93.242
Only 26 of 585 indexed listings under CFDA 93.242 are open (4%); the book is mostly archived. Reported award ceilings swing from $50,000 to $13.3 million (266×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. 100% of listings carry the Health (HL) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 26 open · 559 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $225,000 (226 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Health (HL)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
NIH · administering agency
National Institutes of Health
Biomedical and behavioral research grants for universities, institutions, and investigators.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 93.242 20 Open
Effectiveness Trials for Post-Acute Interventions and Services to Optimize Longer-term Outcomes (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
Pilot Effectiveness Trials for Post-Acute Interventions and Services to Optimize Longer-term Outcomes (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
Laboratories to Optimize Digital Health (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation Device Development for Mental Health Applications (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation Device Development for Mental Health Applications (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Utilizing Invasive Recording and Stimulating Opportunities in Humans to Advance Neural Circuitry Understanding of Mental Health Disorders (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Utilizing Invasive Recording and Stimulating Opportunities in Humans to Advance Neural Circuitry Understanding of Mental Health Disorders (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Navigator Emergency Department Diversion Models for Non-Urgent Mental Health Concerns (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
Navigator Emergency Department Diversion Models for Non-Urgent Mental Health Concerns (R34 Clinical Trial Required)
Innovative Pilot Mental Health Services Research Not Involving Clinical Trials (R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (185 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 93.242: 185 indexed opportunities · 20 open on the recent slice.
- Start with the open listing PAR-25-207 (closes October 15, 2027) before you compare distant categories. Open listing
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) administers 22 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Advanced Placement Program (84.333). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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