Research on System Support and Tools for Provider Training and Quality Monitoring for Suicide Preventive Care (RP1- Clinical Trial Optional)

Solicitation RFA-MH-28-145 is a Notice of Funding Opportunity from the National Institutes of Health, under the Department of Health and Human Services, seeking research to develop, optimize, and test scalable strategies and tools for provider training and quality monitoring in evidence-based suicide prevention interventions. The program focuses on two primary research areas: creating technology-supported approaches for training providers in risk assessment and management, and validating pragmatic strategies for monitoring the delivery and quality of services to improve supervision and implementation fidelity. The initiative supports both exploratory projects, with a project period of 1 to 3 years and a 6-page limit, and standard research projects, with a project period of 4 to 5 years and a 12-page limit. The National Institute of Mental Health intends to commit 3,000,000 dollars in both FY2028 and FY2029. Applications are evaluated based on innovation, approach, feasibility, investigator expertise, and the institutional environment, with additional scrutiny placed on the protection of human subjects and the use of vertebrate animals. Eligible applicants include small businesses and other for-profit organizations, though non-domestic entities and foreign components are strictly prohibited. Awardees must maintain active registrations in the System for Award Management, eRA Commons, and Grants.gov. Clinical trials must comply with ClinicalTrials.gov registration and reporting requirements, and all awardees must implement cybersecurity incident reporting procedures that notify the agency within 48 hours of discovery. The response deadline is February 17, 2028.