Closed · RFA-MH-27-180 · CFDA 93.242 · Discretionary

Advancing Research on Empirically-Supported Interventions for Older Adults Living with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

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

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
October 15, 2026
Close date
6
Expected awards

The verdict

Advancing Research on Empirically-Supported Interventions for Older Adults Living with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) is a closed discretionary listing from National Institutes of Health that offered Varies by applicant across 6 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 12,419 other opportunities from National Institutes of Health.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
6
expected awards
93.242
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on October 15, 2026. Watch CFDA 93.242 (Mental Health Research Grants) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was Varies by applicant.

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

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed October 15, 2026

Posted May 28 Closes Oct 15

Est. Total Funding

$3,000,000

Expected Awards

6

Instrument

Grant

Description

The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to foster research that will inform and support the optimization, delivery, sustainability, and effectiveness of empirically-supported practices for addressing the mental health needs of older adults with serious mental illness (SMI). To this end, NIMH seeks applications that propose work that is focused on practice-relevant questions and conducted within and/or across settings where older adults with SMI are likely to be identified as needing care (e.g., primary care and geriatric specialty clinics, assisted living and long-term care facilities, and community centers). Applications may propose research related to adapting, optimizing, and implementing efficacious treatment and services interventions and strategies to improve clinical and functional outcomes among aging populations; examining mutable factors that impact fair and impartial mental health care access, utilization, quality, and outcomes and may serve as targets for intervention development for older adults with SMI; and developing and testing innovative treatment and service interventions that address barriers to accessing quality mental health care. Projects may also focus on systems-level factors and approaches for addressing SMI and improving access to evidence-based interventions in later life, such as evaluation of health system policies and practices, interventions that facilitate care transitions and continuity across settings, and strategies to improve care linkages and coordination across systems.

Wide-open applicant board · 15 Grants.gov doors

Advancing Research on Empirically-Supported I… prints 15 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +11 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Health (HL). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Institutes of Health book (9,741 peers, 78% of 12,420).

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State governments
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County governments
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City or township governments
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Special district governments
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Independent school districts
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Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
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Federally recognized tribal governments
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Public / Indian housing authorities
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Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
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Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
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Private institutions of higher education
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For-profit organizations other than small businesses
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Small businesses
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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Agency Contact

Division of Services and Intervention Research (DSIR) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) NIMH.DSIR.inquiries@mail.nih.gov

What to do next

Advancing Research on Empirically-Supported I… 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

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