Optimizing Behavioral Sleep Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults (R34 Clinical Trial Required)
NIMH will fund pilot clinical trials to adapt and optimize behavioral sleep interventions for adolescents and young adults with or at risk for mental health disorders, including preliminary tests of sleep and mental health outcomes and intervention mechanisms.
⚑ Clinical trial required · Foreign organizations, non-domestic components, and foreign components are not allowed · Behavioral sleep intervention pilot R34; emphasizes feasibility, tolerability, acceptability, safety, and preliminary effectiveness in real-world settings
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 58 good | evaluation research with education outcomes (core line, secondary); signature methods: community engaged, surveys longitudinal; social/behavioral work is central; funds evaluation research; biomedical core — IPPRA health lane is communication/crisis/policy (capped); clinical-trial/biomedical core — IPPRA angle is policy/community (capped) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 40 partial | technical depth: substantial; funds evaluation research (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 15 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
NIMH seeks applications for pilot research to adapt, optimize, and test behavioral interventions that address common sleep problems in adolescents and young adults with or at risk for a mental health disorder. This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) supports pilot clinical trials designed to evaluate the feasibility, tolerability, acceptability, safety, and potential effectiveness of the approach in real world settings. Applications should aim to conduct a preliminary test of the intervention's impact on sleep and mental health outcomes, as well as an examination of the mechanisms that underlie the intervention's effectiveness, and to obtain preliminary data needed as a prerequisite for larger-scale effectiveness trials. In addition, interdisciplinary, collaborative teams of investigators from the fields of mental health, sleep medicine, developmental science, clinical trials research methods, behavioral economics, implementation science, data science, and human computer interaction are encouraged.
Eligibility
Refer to Section III. Eligibility Information in the NOFO for additional information on eligibility.Foreign Organizations/International Collaborations:Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are not eligible to apply.Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.
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