The Klingenstein Philanthropies is excited to announce the Transformation of Mental Health Care Program.
Donor Name: Klingenstein Philanthropies
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Foundation initiated the “Transformation of Mental Health Care,” a program focused on improving access to high quality mental health care for children and adolescents, especially those from low-income families and under-resourced communities, or other minoritized populations that may have limited supports and resources.
Goal
They are soliciting applications for academic investigators conducting research to demonstrate the benefits of novel ways to access or deliver mental health care or prevention approaches that can be implemented at scale. This application is specifically for high quality research that builds upon promising pilot work, adapts interventions for future scaling using established principles from community participatory approaches and implementation science frameworks, and has the potential to lead to a larger demonstration project. Requests for service projects and applications that primarily focus on expanding services or measuring quality within an organization without a rigorous research component or without pilot data related to the intervention will not be reviewed.
In particular, Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation is interested in improving access to high quality mental health care and prevention for children and adolescents through the use of novel models or promising approaches leveraging the latest science from mental health services research and implementation science. This includes (but is not exhaustive):
- Testing new models of care delivery (e.g., shifting delivery of clinical care tasks to non-traditional personnel such as outreach or community mental health workers)
- Adapting and testing approaches to deliver care in atypical settings (e.g., primary care, schools, home, emergency rooms, or other novel settings)
- Testing scalable digital approaches (e.g., through use of technology including internet-based engagement, apps for cell phones)
- Approaches that help parents access care for their children (e.g., peer advocates).
Eligibility Criteria
- Academic researchers from universities, research institutions, health systems or other settings that are positioned to provide rigorous high-quality research focused on transforming mental and behavioral health care that improves outcomes for children and adolescents are eligible. Investigators must reside within institutions based in the United States, where all research on the project will be completed.
- Investigators can be at any stage in their career but must have collected enough pilot data to inform the development of the proposed research project and must be well enough established to lead an effort such as this. For investigators who are early in their career, we strongly recommend collaborating with a more senior academic researcher who has expertise in program development and dissemination. Co-applicants / principal investigators are allowed if they reside at the same institution. Investigators with lived experience that enhances their capacity to successfully complete the project are encouraged to apply.
- The foundation expects to make up to two grant awards. Each award will be in the amount of $100,000 per year over a two-year period, for a total of $200,000 per grant. Payment of the second year of funding is contingent on sufficient progress during the first year of the grant.
- Applicants cannot apply for both a KTGF Fellowship grant and a Transformation of Mental Health Care grant in the same year. However, researchers previously funded through the Fellowship program will be considered if the application meets all the eligibility criteria for this grant.
- Each applicant has the opportunity to re-submit one time.
For more information, visit Klingenstein Philanthropies.
