This funding opportunity supports teams of integrative researchers using novel experimental approaches to address high-risk, high-impact questions in basic brain and behavior research. It aims to uncover mechanisms underlying mental disorders, support translation between basic and clinical neuroscience on severe mental illnesses, and advance understanding of neurobehavioral trajectories of psychopathology beginning in development. Projects must be uniquely suited to this mechanism and not achievable through standard grants.
Eligible applicants include state, county, city, and special district governments; public and private higher education institutions; Native American tribal governments and organizations; nonprofits; for-profit organizations excluding small businesses; and small businesses. Foreign organizations and
