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NIMH Releases Funding Opportunity Announcement for Digital healthcare interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19.

  • 1.  NIMH Releases Funding Opportunity Announcement for Digital healthcare interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19.

    Posted Jun 18, 2020 09:31

    The CSWE Public Policy Initiative (PPI) is sharing a notice of intent to publish a funding opportunity from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).  The PPI is able to provide high-level context about this opportunity.

    NIMH released a notice of intent to publish a funding opportunity for research that will "determine the role and impact of digital health interventions to address secondary health effects of social, behavioral, and economic changes following the COVID-19 pandemic." This is a funding opportunity for new R01 grants and researchers will be required to partner with digital health experts and/or existing digital health platforms to prepare and submit applications.

    NIMH expects to publish the full funding opportunity on June 20, 2020 with an estimated first application due date of July 20, 2020.

    The anticipated budget for each award will be up to $750K in direct costs per year for up to three years.

    The full notice of intent to publish can be found here.



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    Andrew Herrin
    Legislative Research Assistant
    Lewis-Burke Associates LLC
    Washington, DC DC
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