National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services

NIMH Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (NIMH BRAINS) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

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In short: National Institutes of Health expects to make 6 awards. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.

Deadline: The funder's estimated date (Oct 20, 2025) has passed. Check the official notice Estimate, not confirmed by the funder ?
Award size: Not stated: see the official notice
Total available: $3M · about 6 awards
Match ?: Not required · Work out your budget and match
Who can apply: County government, Tribal government, State government, Small business, Larger business, Nonprofit with 501(c)(3), Private college or university, Public college or university, Tribal organization, School district, and others named in the official notice
Where: Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee

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How this fits you

Open to: Nonprofit with 501(c)(3)
Investigator research grant: groups like yours rarely apply
Available in Rutherford County (nationwide program)
No match required
Past Tennessee awards on file: 105

About this grant

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to support the research and research career advancement of outstanding, exceptionally productive scientists who are in the early, formative stages of their careers and who plan to make a long-term career commitment to research in specific mission areas of the NIMH. This award seeks to assist these individuals in launching innovative clinical, translational, or basic research programs that hold the potential to profoundly transform the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of mental health disorders. Applications are not being solicited at this time. Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects. This NOFO will utilize the R01 activity code. Research projects proposed in response to this NOFO will be expected to have a defined impact on our understanding of the pathophysiology, trajectories, effective treatment, and/or prevention of mental illness.

Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/62ed707b-d5e9-40fe-8d95-cfa4573ff618 · Printed from grantme.click/grants/0e4a5239-71b9-47b9-99ee-e73f8800c562

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Who in Tennessee has won this program

29 awards to Tennessee groups in 2 counties since 1989 · 0 in Rutherford County. Largest shown:

Past Tennessee winners
Past winner	Where	Amount	Fiscal year
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, Davidson County	$14.9M spent that year	2025
Vanderbilt University	Nashville	$14.8M spent that year	2025
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Davidson County	$8.7M	2001
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Davidson County	$8.7M	2006
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Davidson County	$8.1M	2005
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, Davidson County	$7.4M	2020
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Davidson County	$6.8M	2004
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, Davidson County	$6.6M	2012
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, Davidson County	$6.4M	2005
University of Tennessee	Memphis, Shelby County	$5.4M	2015
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Davidson County	$5.4M	2009
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, Davidson County	$5.3M	2020

Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse; USAspending.gov. Past awards show who this program funds. They don't guarantee future awards.

Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 76 pass-through grants on file · 0 in Rutherford County. Largest shown:

Tennessee pass-through grant winners
Past winner	Where	Through	Amount	Fiscal year
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, Davidson County	The Trustees of Princeton University	$1.6M	2023
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Davidson County	The Pennsylvania State University	$1.1M	2026
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	Memphis, Shelby County	The General Hospital Corporation	$955K	2025
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, Davidson County	Vanderbilt University	$920K spent that year	2025
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, Davidson County	The General Hospital Corporation	$839K	2026
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Davidson County	The Pennsylvania State University	$756K	2025
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, Davidson County	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	$734K	2025
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, Davidson County	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	$560K	2023
University of Tennessee	Memphis, Shelby County	University of Puerto Rico	$553K	2026
Vanderbilt University	Nashville	Vumc	$500K spent that year	2024
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	Memphis, Shelby County	Harvard College President & Fellows of	$495K	2023
Vanderbilt University	Nashville	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	$493K spent that year	2025

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

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About the federal program

Mental Health Research Grants
Program number 93.242 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health · Cooperative agreement (a grant with close agency involvement), project grant, training

How applications are judged

The following consideration will be used in determining projects to be funded: (1) Technical merit of the proposed project as determined by peer review; (2) Availability of funds; and (3) Relevance to program priorities.

Match

None required (federal program listing).

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