Optimizing Behavioral Sleep Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults (R34 Clinical Trial Required)
This grant aims to improve sleep interventions for adolescents and young adults with mental health issues through pilot trials and emphasizing underserved populations.
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Funder: National Institutes of Health
Due Dates: October 30, 2024 (New) | June 13, 2025 (New, Renewal, Resubmission, Revision) | Letters of Intent: September 30, 2024 | May 14, 2025
Funding Amounts: Up to $450,000 direct costs over 3 years (max $225,000/year); NIH expects to fund up to 6 awards with $1.5M total in FY25.
Summary: Supports pilot clinical trials to adapt, optimize, and test behavioral sleep interventions for adolescents and young adults (ages 12–25) with or at risk for mental health disorders, with emphasis on underserved populations.
Key Information: Clinical trial required; both sleep and mental health outcomes must be included; foreign and domestic applicants eligible.
Description
This opportunity, offered by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) at NIH, funds pilot research to adapt, optimize, and test empirically supported behavioral interventions addressing common sleep problems in adolescents and young adults (ages 12–25) who have or are at risk for mental health disorders. The goal is to generate preliminary data on feasibility, acceptability, safety, and potential effectiveness in real-world settings, and to assess the intervention’s impact on both sleep and mental health outcomes. There is a strong emphasis on addressing the needs of youth from understudied and underserved populations.
Projects must include a clinical trial and are expected to provide a preliminary test of the intervention’s impact on target mechanisms, as well as collect data needed to justify a future, larger-scale effectiveness trial. Interventions may include adaptations of existing evidence-based sleep interventions, device-based approaches, or broader behavior change strategies not yet tested in this population. Studies should be informed by developmental science and include stakeholder input (e.g., youth advisory panels).
