Mental Health

Understanding and treating mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and psychosis

#19 of 29 research categories by total funding · About £30 per person in the UK

Funded awards

4,272

Published funding

£2.0B

Average published award

£598K

Active funded awards

864

NIHR-supported projects

2,911

Amounts are published for 3,320 of 4,272 funded awards. Data as of 16 July 2026.

NIHR funds the most Mental Health research — 1,149 grants (27% of the topic). The busiest year was 2020, with 421 grants.

Top Funders by Funded Award Count

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Funder	Funded awards
NIHR	1,149
ESRC	801
InnovateUK	509
Wellcome	467
MRC	460
UKRI	229
EC	114
CSO	103
AHRC	95
EPSRC	85

Funded Awards by Year

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Year	Funded awards
2006	84
2007	99
2008	69
2009	95
2010	101
2011	108
2012	108
2013	97
2014	94
2015	153
2016	186
2017	221
2018	317
2019	264
2020	421
2021	321
2022	417
2023	382
2024	404
2025	241

Grants


Retrieval-dependent Nitrous Oxide Therapy (R-NOT): A novel treatment for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)	University College London	MRC	£1.8M	2025	Active
FORWARDS; Facilitating Opiate Recovery: Withdrawal and Abstinence through Detoxification Support.	Imperial College London	MRC	£1.8M	2021	Completed
A Feasibility RCT of Single-Dose Psilocybin in Unipolar Depressive Disorder Resistant to Standard Treatments	King's College London	NIHR	£1.2M	2018	Completed
Social media, Smartphone use and Self-harm in Young People (3S-YP study)	King's College London	MRC	£541K	2019	Completed
Artificial intelligence-based, virtual reality application to provide data-driven, patient-centred treatment for people with eating disorders [Oasis].	Syncvr Medical UK LTD	InnovateUK	£228K	2024	Completed
ADDVantage MINDS - EMDR Solution	Addvantage Technologies LTD	InnovateUK	£49K	2022	Completed
Analysis of the effects of serotonin/histamine manipulation in skin cells on mental wellbeing	Imperial College London	EPSRC	Not disclosed	2022	Active
Establishing Links between Eye Gaze and Self-Referential Bias with General Wellbeing and Psychiatric Symptomology.	Queen Mary University of London	Wellcome	Not disclosed	2021	Completed
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, a menstrual mental illness or the performance of an abjected femininity?	University of Cambridge	ESRC	Not disclosed	2023	Active
Co-production, refinement and evaluation of a model of psychosocial peer support and liaison with alcohol, liver and mental health services to improve quality of life and clinical outcomes for people with alcohol-related liver disease (CALM study)	University of Plymouth	NIHR	£1.3M	2025	Active
Exploring body image as a means of preventing mental illness among south Asian young women and girls	Queen Mary University of London	ESRC	Not disclosed	2019	Completed
NIHR Global Health Research Group on sustainable care for anxiety and depression in Indonesia.	University of Manchester	NIHR	£2.9M	2022	Active
Body dissatisfaction and adolescent mental illness. Understanding causal associations and mechanisms to inform preventative interventions.	University College London	Wellcome	£2.1M	2022	Active
Mental Health Access Initiative: Expanding global access to psychotropic medication for severe mental disorders	Clinton Health Access Initiative	Wellcome	£1.8M	2025	Active
Reducing relapse in alcohol dependence with the NMDA receptor antagonist, ketamine	University of Exeter	MRC	£1.1M	2015	Completed
A Youth Culturally adapted Manual Assisted Psychological therapy (Y-CMAP) for adolescent Pakistani patients with a recent history of self-harm.	University of Manchester	MRC	£976K	2019	Completed
Safeguarding adolescent mental health in India: a co-designed feasibility study of a systems intervention targeting youth anxiety and depression.	University of Leeds	MRC	£950K	2021	Completed
Multicenter RCT to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a culturally adapted therapy (C-MAP) in patients with a history of self-harm	University of Manchester	MRC	£861K	2015	Completed
A novel treatment for anxiety disorders that is fast-acting and well tolerated with low abuse liability compared to current treatments	Kanna Health LTD	InnovateUK	£493K	2025	Active
Advancing Immersive Audio Therapy for Anxiety Disorders	Mindspire Limited	InnovateUK	£337K	2025	Completed

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