Optimizing Behavioral Sleep Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults
This grant will fund pilot research to adapt and test behavioral sleep interventions for adolescents and young adults at risk for mental health disorders, focusing on feasibility, effectiveness, and underlying mechanisms.
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Due Dates: October 22, 2026: Full application deadline
Funding Amounts: Estimated total program funding: $1,500,000; ~6 awards expected; typical duration is pilot/feasibility (R34 mechanism).
Summary: Supports pilot clinical trials to adapt, optimize, and test behavioral sleep interventions for adolescents and young adults with or at risk for mental health disorders.
Key Information: Foreign organizations and non-U.S. components are not eligible.
Description
This opportunity, offered by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) at NIH, seeks applications for pilot research to adapt, optimize, and test behavioral interventions addressing common sleep problems among adolescents and young adults who have or are at risk for mental health disorders. The program supports pilot clinical trials designed to evaluate the feasibility, tolerability, acceptability, safety, and preliminary effectiveness of such interventions in real-world settings. Investigators are encouraged to conduct a preliminary assessment of the intervention's impact on both sleep and mental health outcomes, investigate mechanisms underlying intervention effectiveness, and gather preliminary data necessary for future, larger-scale effectiveness trials. Collaborative, interdisciplinary teams from fields such as mental health, sleep medicine, developmental science, clinical trials research, behavioral economics, implementation science, data science, and human-computer interaction are especially encouraged to apply.
