Bidirectional Influences Between Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Research explores how social media impacts adolescent mental health bidirectionally excluding efficacy trials, targeting ages 10-20.
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Funder: National Institutes of Health
Due Dates: January 28, 2025 | October 20, 2025 | December 9, 2025 (final deadline)
Funding Amounts: ~$5 million total for FY25-26 (5–6 awards across two NOFOs); budgets not limited but must reflect actual project needs; max project period: 5 years.
Summary: Supports research on the bidirectional relationships between adolescent social media use and mental health, focusing on mechanisms, risk/resilience, and intervention strategies.
Key Information: No effectiveness/efficacy trials accepted; projects must go beyond simple screen time measures.
Description
This opportunity from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) seeks to advance understanding of how social media use and adolescent mental health interact, including psychiatric symptoms and risk or resilience for psychopathology. Research should explore both how social media impacts adolescent mental health and how mental health status influences social media behaviors. The focus is on adolescents aged 10–20, emphasizing rigorous, nuanced measurement of social media use, mechanisms of risk and protection, and the development of intervention strategies. The program encourages studies that move beyond basic measures (such as time spent online) and welcomes projects examining both positive and negative impacts, disparities, and intervention delivery via digital platforms. Effectiveness/efficacy trials are not supported under this funding opportunity.
