Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)

Funding Agency:
National Institutes of Health

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications for centers to support transdisciplinary teams of clinical and mental health services researchers, behavioral scientists, social scientists, health information and communications technologists, health systems engineers, decision scientists, and mental health stakeholders (e.g., service users, family members, clinicians, payers) to engage in high-impact studies that will significantly advance clinical practice and generate knowledge that will fuel transformation of mental health care in the United States. Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers will support the rapid development, testing, and refinement of novel and  integrative approaches for (1) optimizing the effectiveness of therapeutic or preventive interventions for mental disorders within well-defined target populations; (2) organizing and delivering optimized mental health services within real world treatment settings; and (3) continuously improving the quality, impact, and durability of optimized interventions and service delivery within    various care systems that provide mental health interventions and services. The ALACRITY Centers program is intended to support research that maximizes synergies across various components of the mental health research ecosystem, including new discoveries in clinical research, transformative health care technologies, advances in information science, and new federal and state mechanisms for organizing mental health care. The Centers are intended for transdisciplinary projects that could not be achieved using standard research project grant mechanisms. The ALACRITY Centers program is also expected to facilitate widespread sharing of relevant data, methods, and resources that will accelerate clinical research and practice and provide opportunities for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career investigators to participate in transdisciplinary, T2 translational mental health research.

 

Deadlines;

  • Letter of Intent Due Date(s): 30 days prior to the application due date
  • Application Due Date(s): May 17, 2024; May 19, 2025; May 18, 2026

​PAR-24-210 Expiration Date Expiration Date: May 19, 2026

Agency Website

Amount

$7,500,000

Amount Description

Direct costs are limited to $1,500,000 per year.

The total project period may not exceed 5 years.

    Funding Type

    Grant

    Eligibility

    Faculty
    Institutional

    Category

    Interdisciplinary
    Medical
    Medical - Clinical Science
    Medical - Translational
    Social Sciences

    External Deadline

    May 17, 2024