# Implementation Research Institute for Mental Health Services IRI-MHS

> **NIH NIH R25** · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $45,549

## Abstract

Abstract
In response to PAR-20-080, NIMH Mentoring Networks for Mental Health Research Education, the Center for
Mental Health Services at the Brown School of Social Work at Washingon University was recently awarded a
second renewal of the Implementation Research Institute (IRI). This grant will provide five years of support to
respond to training demand, continue scientific leadership to the field, and empower a new generation of
leaders in implementation science for mental health services research. This network will extend in creative new
ways the Implementation Research Institute (IRI, NIMH R25 funding 2009-2015, 2016-2019), which has
successfully trained 87 new mental health implementation researchers. Implementation science is critical for
mental health where most Americans with mental disorder receive sub-optimal care due in large part to
challenges in the implementation, sustainability, and scale-up of evidence-treatments. Training demand far
outweighs supply but only a handful of programs train implementation researchers and only the IRI in mental
health.
Because most individuals with mental disorder suffer co-occurring problems—many of which involve substance
abuse—and because the substance abuse treatment field suffers similar lags in the uptake of evidence-based
practices, we propose to once again extend the IRI through NIDA supplementary funding to prepare two new
fellows per cohort (total of eight new fellows during a five year supplement) for implementation science that
incorporates substance abuse services. NIDA can leverage the already developed training program and
infrastructure design and through a three year supplement, benefit from having 8 new investigators trained
(over five years) for implementation research in drug abuse.
We seek, therefore, funding for the IRI costs for two fellows per IRI cohort. Our aims for the
proposed NIDA supplement are:
1. To provide substantive and methods training for implementation research for substance abuse issues
involved in the delivery of behavioral health care.
2. To enlarge the existing collaborative of scholars by NIDA fellows, two core faculty members (one existing
core faculty member and one core faculty designee who will be mentored by and then replace the existing core
faculty during the projects transition) and expert faculty members who will bring expertise in implementation
issues specific to substance abuse treatment.
3. To support IRI NIDA fellows’ learning through learning visits to NIDA or NIH-funded research sites, and
participation in distance learning activities.
4. To systematically and objectively evaluate these educational training efforts for short term
and lasting effects, including fellows’ scholarly publications and successful grant proposals in
implementation science. Impacts will occur through scientific publication and submission of
competitive NIH grant proposals on mental health and substance abuse implementation science
questions with potential to improve the...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10407878
- **Project number:** 3R25MH080916-11S1
- **Recipient organization:** WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** ENOLA K PROCTOR
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $45,549
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2009-09-23 → 2026-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10407878

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10407878, Implementation Research Institute for Mental Health Services IRI-MHS (3R25MH080916-11S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10407878. Licensed CC0.

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