Research Initiatives
New and Emerging Children’s Mental Health Research
Advancing Texas mental health priorities through research and career development
Children and families across Texas face growing mental health challenges while access to care remains uneven. Research supported through the New and Emerging Mental Health Research (NECMHR) Grant helps inform programs like CPAN, PeriPAN, and TCHATT— ensuring new knowledge reaches children and families.
What is NECMHR?
NECMHR funds research and career development opportunities for early-career investigators and trainees at TCMHCC institutions across Texas. The program supports projects aligned with state mental health priorities and helps build research capacity in child, adolescent, and perinatal behavioral health.
The grant is provided every two years, contingent on legislative funding.
What NECMHR Does
NECMHR strengthens child, adolescent, and perinatal mental health research in Texas by:
- Funding research focused on child, adolescent, and perinatal mental health.
- Supporting early-career investigators.
- Building research capacity across Texas health-related institutions.
- Advancing solutions that can be applied in real-world settings.
This work strengthens the pipeline from research to practice — helping new knowledge reach clinicians, communities, and families.
Funding Applications Now Available
Impact
NECMHR-funded projects help build evidence in areas that shape prevention, treatment, access, and mental and behavioral care delivery across Texas, including:
Depression and suicide prevention
Trauma and early childhood experiences
Access to care and service delivery
Innovative treatment approaches
Who Participates in NECMHR?
Types of NECMHR Grants
Explore Funded Research
Past grant cycles awarded approximately $8.4 million per cycle as of DATE. View funded investigators and projects:
