Notice of Upcoming Funding Opportunity for Team Grant - National Platform for Evidence-Based Programs and Practices: Youth Mental Health
This funding opportunity is now available on ResearchNet.
Introduction
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of the National Platform for Evidence-Based Programs and Practices: Youth Mental Health (the Platform). This funding opportunity is led by the CIHR Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction.
Overview
This upcoming funding opportunity is part of the Youth Mental Health Fund (YMHF), supported by the Government of Canada's strategic investment to create lasting and meaningful improvements in the mental health of youth and their families.
The objective of this funding opportunity is to:
- Establish a national evidence platform focused on the review of evidence of youth mental health interventions, programs and practices, relevant to the Canadian context, including but not limited to YMHF-funded and e-mental health (e-MH) interventions.
The Platform, supported by its representative governance structure, will:
- Define and operationalize evidence standards and ways of knowing (Evidence Framework) for youth mental health interventions, programs and practices, including e-mental health interventions;
- Review and rate evidence on mental health interventions, programs and practices according to the Evidence Framework;
- Host a publicly accessible registry of reviewed and rated interventions; and
- Mobilize learnings to support policy and decision-makers, practitioners, youth and families in making evidence-informed decisions regarding youth mental health interventions.
The following are expected to be included in the Evidence Framework:
- Scientific and methodological standards of efficacy and effectiveness evidence, and
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis ways of knowing and doing.
Other dimensions to be considered for the Evidence Framework and the Platform are a) readiness for scale, b) relevance to Canadian context, and c) perspectives of youth and people with lived and living experiences.
The Platform must accommodate, where relevant, the review and evaluation of YMHF-supported interventions and will need to incorporate several key design elements including but not limited to:
- Leadership and governance
- Data management and governance strategy
- Capacity building
- Knowledge Mobilization
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Sustainability
Youth mental health interventions include interventions, programs and practices that aim to prevent, and/or reduce the symptoms of mental health, substance use, and/or neurodevelopmental, conditions, including clinic-, school- or community-based, psychological, pharmacological, and interventions to increase their access and adherence to these interventions, and e-Mental Health interventions.
Webinar(s)
CIHR will be hosting webinar(s) to inform participants about the requirements of this funding opportunity and to answer questions. To find out more information and to register, visit the Webinars page.
Funds Available
The total amount available for this funding opportunity is anticipated to be up to $7,350,000, enough to fund one team. The maximum amount per grant is anticipated to be $2,450,000 per year for up to three years.
Anticipated Timelines
These timelines are estimates and subject to change
Launch: Spring 2026
Webinar: July 6th, 2026
Registration Deadline: Fall 2026
Application Deadline: Fall 2026
Funding Start Date: Spring 2027
The official CIHR funding opportunity will be posted on ResearchNet in the coming weeks.
For a full list of CIHR funding opportunities, please visit ResearchNet.
Contact Information
CIHR Contact Centre at 613-954-1968 or support-soutien@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Disclaimer: The information contained herein is anticipatory only and does not represent an official funding commitment by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Accordingly, the information, contained herein may differ from the official funding opportunity that will be published on ResearchNet.
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