Closed · RFA-MH-21-120 · CFDA 93.242 · Discretionary

Mental Health Research Awards for Investigators Early in their Career in Low and Middle-Income Countries (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institutes of Health, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $500K
Award range
Closed
Status
December 9, 2021
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Mental Health Research Awards for Investigators Early in their Career in Low and Middle-Income Countries (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) is a closed discretionary listing from National Institutes of Health that offered Up to $500,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 12,419 other opportunities from National Institutes of Health.

up to $500K
award range
Closed
application status
93.242
CFDA program
12,419
other opportunities from National Institutes of Health

Archived opportunity record

Mental Health Research Awards for Investigato… is closed (last close December 9, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 93.242 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. National Institutes of Health still indexes 12,419 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed December 9, 2021

Posted Feb 23 Closes Dec 9

Instrument

Grant

Description

Mental illnesses are a global concern, presenting shared opportunities to advance science across international boundaries. 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 health research. This initiative seeks to assist these researchers in launching an innovative basic, translational, clinical, or services research program that holds the potential to transform the understanding, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of mental illnesses in low resource international settings.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · RFA-MH-21-120

Grants.gov marks Mental Health Research Awards for Investigato… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Health (HL). Only 187 other National Institutes of Health listings share this exact eligibility-code string (2% of 12,420).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 93.242

Mental Health Research Grants

National Institutes of Health

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What to do next

Mental Health Research Awards for Investigato… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 93.242 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Mental Health Research Grants indexes 185 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • National Institutes of Health lists 12,419 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

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