Education Programs of Excellence in Scientifically Validated Behavioral Treatment (R25) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Education Programs of Excellence in Scientifically Validated Behavioral Treatment (R25) opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number RFA-MH-09-110) is a National Institutes of Health research education grant designed to strengthen and modernize clinical training in behavioral treatments for mental health and substance use disorders. The central focus is curriculum development that produces "clinician scientists" meaning professionals who are genuinely trained to operate in both worlds: delivering high-quality clinical care while also designing, conducting, and interpreting clinical research. The idea is not simply to teach existing therapy techniques, but to build educational programs that help trainees develop, test, and rapidly move innovative, learning-based behavioral treatments into real clinical settings where they can improve patient outcomes.

A major goal of this FOA is to recognize and expand strong clinical training programs that already emphasize research-based clinical practice, then elevate them into national models that other institutions can learn from and replicate. In practice, that means the supported programs are expected to demonstrate excellence in teaching scientifically validated behavioral interventions, and to show a clear structure for training clinicians to evaluate evidence, contribute to clinical trials or related research, and shorten the lag between discovery and day-to-day practice. The announcement specifically emphasizes "rapid translation into practice," signaling that NIH wants educational pipelines that do not treat research and clinical care as separate tracks, but as integrated skill sets that reinforce each other.

The funding mechanism is the NIH Research Education (R25) award, which is commonly used to support educational activities such as curriculum design, structured training experiences, and program development efforts rather than traditional investigator-initiated research projects. While the FOA is issued under NIH broadly, the participating institutes and the funding levels highlighted in the announcement reflect a joint interest in mental health and addiction treatment training. For fiscal year 2009, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) indicated an intention to commit about $250,000 to support up to 7 awards, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) indicated about $200,000 to support up to 5 awards. Total estimated funding across the announcement is listed as $450,000, and the notice makes clear that awards depend on the availability of funds as well as the receipt of enough high-quality, competitive applications.

The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and uses the grant instrument type, with activity categories spanning education and health. It is associated with CFDA listings that include Mental Health Research Grants (93.242), Alcohol Research Programs (93.273), and Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs (93.279), reflecting the behavioral treatment and translational-training emphasis across mental health, alcohol, and drug abuse domains. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement, which typically reduces barriers for applicants that may not have substantial discretionary funds to contribute.

Eligibility is intentionally broad, encompassing many types of U.S.-based organizations and government entities. Eligible applicants include public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofits (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) categories), state and local governments (including counties, cities/townships, and special district governments), independent school districts, tribal governments and tribal organizations (including federally recognized tribes and other tribal entities), public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, small businesses, and for-profit organizations (including those other than small businesses). The FOA also explicitly lists additional eligible applicants such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, faith-based and community-based organizations, regional organizations, eligible federal agencies, and U.S. territories or possessions. This wide eligibility structure suggests NIH was seeking strong training environments wherever they exist, not only within traditional academic medical centers.

Key administrative details place this as a time-limited 2008-2009 opportunity: it was posted and created on November 13, 2008, with an original and current closing date of January 14, 2009, and an archive date of February 14, 2009. The full announcement was hosted through the NIH grants website, and the provided support contact for access or linking issues was the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) webmaster (FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV). Overall, the program can be understood as NIH using the R25 education mechanism to build a stronger national workforce of clinician scientists who can both deliver and continuously improve evidence-based behavioral treatments, especially in areas where mental health and addiction burdens are high and where implementation gaps often slow the adoption of proven interventions.

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