We achieve this by partnering with like-minded organizations and funding promising research across the country through each of our two funding streams:

Our funded projects are designed to meaningfully involve both academia and community at every stage, with the authentic engagement of people with lived experience.

Our Seed Funding Stream supports collaborations between academic researchers and community-based researchers or service providers, while our Early Career Funding Stream pairs emerging researchers with both academic and community supervisors and mentors.

Together, these approaches help the project maintain academic rigor, while also addressing gaps in community mental health and respond to community needs.