Health · Active
Mental Health National Research Service Awards · NIH · High-volume · modest band
Mental Health National Research Service Awards (CFDA 93.350) - federal assistance administered by National Institutes of Health (NIH), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $30K–$60K
- Typical award range
- 26
- Indexed opportunities
- 8
- Open now
- NIH
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Mental Health National Research Service Awards ranks #43 of 504, #18 of 22 within NIH, and #105 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 93.350 is an active Health program with 26 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 8 are open for application.
- $30K–$60K
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- September 28
- next application deadline
- $500,000
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 21%
- of the catalog is Health
Mental Health National Research Service Awards · floor-band ceiling on a busy book (#492/502)
Mental Health National Research Service Awards sits below most listed ceilings (2nd percentile among 502 active programs), a floor-band Assistance Listing card, not a mega solicitation.
Mental Health National Research Service Awards vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$60,000 Top 98% higher than 2% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-06-05
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 93.350 · NIH VOL-STEADY · #43/504
VOL-STEADY · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · NOFO-OPEN · CEIL-MODEST · ELIG-MIX · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 26 indexed
- TOP-DECILE #43/504
- PHOTO-FINISH Conservation Research… · 81.086
- NOFO-OPEN 8 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-MODEST $30K–$60K
- ELIG-MIX 2 eligible desks
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 26 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Nearest Grants.gov-volume peer outside Health: Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) (±3 indexed rows)
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 93.350
VOL-STEADY · #43/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±3 row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestAntarctic Research… · nearConservation Resear… · nearMental Health Natio… · this listingAerospace Education… · nearMigratory Bird Cons… · nearPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
High NOFO volume inside modest award sizes
Mental Health National Research Service Awards is a high-throughput CFDA (26 indexed opportunities) with only a modest SAM.gov range ($30,000 to $60,000). Many doors, smaller tickets: eligibility fit and close dates dominate over ceiling comparisons.
Assistance Listing text · NIH
Fellowship awards supporting training of mental health researchers at pre- and post-doctoral levels.
Multi-door applicant board · 2 SAM.gov types
CFDA 93.350 prints 2 distinct applicant types (Individual / Person, Educational Institution). Mental Health National Research Service Awards is a broad multi-door Assistance Listing, filter fit before reading NOFO volume as demand.
Predominantly cooperative agreements (CA) · CFDA 93.350
59% of the 83 indexed listings under CFDA 93.350 are cooperative agreements (CA), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Mental Health National Research Service Awards typically uses to move money. None of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $358.9 million across 23 listings (avg $15.6 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 50 across 8 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 93.350, 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 93.350
Only 8 of 83 indexed listings under CFDA 93.350 are open (10%); the book is mostly archived. Reported award ceilings swing from $50,000 to $10.0 million (200×); 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)
- 8 open · 75 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $400,000 (38 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 93.350 8 Open
Clinical and Translational Science Award (UM1 Clinical Trial Optional)
Limited Competition: Mentored Research Career Development Program Award in Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program (K12 Clinical Trial Optional)
Limited Competition: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Predoctoral Research Training Grant for the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program (T32 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Limited Competition: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Postdoctoral Research Training Grant for the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program (T32 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Preclinical Proof of Concept Studies for Rare Diseases (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Limited Competition: NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program Research Education Grants Programs (R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for the NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
Limited Competition: High Impact Specialized Innovation Programs in Clinical and Translational Science (RC2 Clinical Trials Optional)
Awards Supporting Cutting-Edge Technologies for Translational Science (ASCETTS) (R21 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
Industrialization and Translation of Extracellular Vesicles for use in Regenerative Medicine (UT1/UT2) Clinical Trial Not Allowed
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (26 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 93.350: 26 indexed opportunities · 8 open on the recent slice.
- Start with the open listing PAR-24-272 (closes September 28, 2026) 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: Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs… (10.210). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
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