Deadline: 09-Oct-21
Applications are now open for the prevention of Perinatal Depression to improve Intervention Delivery for At-Risk Individuals.
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage research addressing major gaps identified in the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation statement concerning interventions to prevent perinatal depression, with an emphasis on populations experiencing mental health disparities.
The research scope for this FOA includes:
- refining and pilot testing strategies for identifying women at risk for perinatal depression;
- developing and testing tools for selecting those most likely to benefit from preventive interventions;
- refining and testing service-ready efficacious preventive interventions that are of appropriate intensity/dose, and are scalable, such that they can be delivered with fidelity by setting providers; and,
- optimizing and testing strategies that can be used to train providers and to support delivery of evidence-based approaches with fidelity across diverse health care and community settings.
NIMH Specific Areas of Interest
The general Scope of Research for this FOA includes developing and pilot testing:
- Scalable strategies for identifying women at risk for perinatal depression and those who might benefit from preventive interventions.
- Service-ready efficacious preventive interventions that are of appropriate intensity/dose, and are scalable, such that they can be delivered with fidelity by setting providers.
- Strategies that can be used to train providers and to support delivery of evidence-based approaches with fidelity across diverse health care and community settings.
Non-responsive Areas of Research (all applications)
Applications proposing any of the following research topics will be identified as non-responsive and will not be reviewed:
- Studies that focus on women with diagnosable or diagnosed depression as opposed to at-risk women
- Studies that test interventions that have been used to treat diagnosable perinatal depression
- Studies that involve psychometrically validating screening instruments or that focus only on testing strategies for identifying at-risk women without testing a preventive intervention
- Studies that focus on intervention outcomes without assessing and examining whether the intervention effects are driven by change in hypothesized proximal targets/mechanisms
- Studies that rely on research staff, rather than using the workforce within the target setting, to deliver the intervention
- Studies that propose complex, provider-intensive interventions without incorporating features that are designed to enhance scalability
Funding Information
- NIMH intends to commit a total of $2 million in FY 2022 to fund an estimated 3 to 6 awards for this.
- Direct costs are limited to $450,000 over the R34 project period, with no more than $225,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year.
- The maximum project period is 3 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
- The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
- Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- For-Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
- Local Governments
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
- Federal Governments
- Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
- U.S. Territory or Possession
- Other
- Independent School Districts
- Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
- Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
- Regional Organizations
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions)
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=334351