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Mental Health Award: Transforming Early Intervention
Foundation Phase opens week commencing 28 July 2025; Impact Phase opens February 2027
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Details
| Funder | Wellcome |
| Budget | £200,000 for the Foundation Phase; £5 million–£8 million for the Impact Phase |
| Duration | 12 months (Foundation Phase); up to 5 years (Impact Phase) |
| Consortium | Required — team of at least 3 applicants (lead + 2 coapplicants) including one early-career researcher and one implementation partner as coapplicants |
| Application | 2-stage: Foundation Phase (£200k, 12 months) → Impact Phase (£5M-£8M, up to 5 years), by invitation to Foundation Phase awardees |
| Frequency | One-off |
Eligibility & scope
Funds definitive effectiveness studies and implementation/scaling strategies for psychological and/or social interventions for early intervention in anxiety, depression and psychosis in people aged 10-30, in the UK or LMICs. Administering organisation can be anywhere except mainland China; commercial organisations cannot be the administering organisation.
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