Mental Health Award: Transforming early intervention for anxiety, depression and psychosis in young people

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Mental Health Award: Transforming early intervention for anxiety, depression and psychosis in young people
Wellcome
PsychologyClinical/health

“This funding is focused on psychological and/or social interventions only”, for anxiety, depression and psychosis; any discipline relevant to mental health science.

Two-stage call on early intervention for anxiety, depression and psychosis in young people: £200,000 for the Foundation Phase and £5 to £8 million for the Impact Phase. The call asks for a definitive effectiveness study of a psychological and/or social intervention.
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: One-off call (“Frequency: One-off”); currently “Closed to applications” (as of 31 July 2026).
Funding amount: £200,000 for the Foundation Phase and £5 million to £8 million for the Impact Phase
Target group: Research teams led by an established researcher, “From any relevant discipline”. Administering organisation location: “Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China)” — Austria is not excluded. Note this is a different condition from where the work happens: “The research must take place in the UK or a low- and middle-income country (LMIC)”. Co-applicants are required.
Career stage: R3 R4
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 31.07.2026
Website: wellcome.org
Mental HealthFrühinterventionPsychoseJugendliche
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Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31