Collaboration in Practice for Mental Health 2026

The call welcomes practice-oriented research within promotion, prevention, and early interventions for mental health, as well as effective interventions, methods, and treatments for mental ill-health and illness. Collaboration with the public sector or civil society is a requirement and must permeate the entire research process. The call invites practice-oriented research relating to two priority areas: promotive, preventive, and early interventions for mental health, and practice-oriented research on effective interventions, methods, and treatments for mental ill-health and mental disorders. Applications are invited across the spectrum of mental health, from well-being to psychological distress and psychiatric illnesses, at both individual and societal levels and across all ages. All research funded under this call must be conducted in collaboration with the public sector or civil society, with partners involved in planning, study design, data collection and analysis, as well as interpretation, dissemination, and implementation of results. Research should generate tangible benefits for patients and practice, address societal challenges in the field, and support the implementation of the priority actions outlined in the national strategy on mental health and suicide prevention.