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Laboratories to Optimize Digital Health

Funds a test bed built on an existing digital mental health platform, to refine interventions fast and then run a definitive trial on them.

Digital mental health tools are usually tested one at a time, slowly, by teams that had to build their own delivery platform first. This notice funds the infrastructure that removes that step.

What the National Institute of Mental Health wants is a digital health test bed built on a well-established digital mental health platform that already exists. The platform is the asset — an existing user b

Digital health test beds leveraging well-established digital mental health platforms to rapidly refine and optimise existing evidence-based digital interventions and to run clinical trials statistically powered for a definitive answer on effectiveness, increasing the reach, efficiency, effectiveness and quality of digital mental health interventions.

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Multiple per year
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.7 Jan 2028
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.26 weeks
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.

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Last verified: 25 Aug 2026Funder reference: PAR-25-136Source: www.grants.gov