Mental Health Research Canada/Recherche En Sante Mentale Canada

Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) is a national charitable organization that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Canadians by advancing mental health knowledge. Our vision is to create a Canada with better mental health for all with a mission to lead and partner to improve mental health practices where Canadians connect live and work. We pride ourselves on being nimble collaborative forward-looking and committed to excellence in all that we do. We advance new knowledge that is focused on practical outcomes for Canadians and also share existing knowledge to encourage stakeholders to implement best practices. Health systems and services cannot improve without research and ongoing monitoring of the state of mental health – research is an investment in the future. At MHRC we do our work in both official languages and provide support to Indigenous researchers working with Indigenous populations. In just a short few years our work has contributed to every province and two of three territories. We prioritize a variety of program areas that serve to advance mental health and mental health knowledge in Canada. We have three main areas of work: 1. Building the talent pool in mental health research: Studentships and Fellowships MHRC fosters the growth of early-career researchers through its support for Studentships and Fellowships. These programs are uniquely designed to provide early-career researchers with invaluable community-based experience enabling close collaboration with people with lived experience. Uniquely researchers are required to divide their time between academic institutions and community service providers ensuring that their work meets the specific needs of the target communities. As of September 2024 we have co-funded 63 projects since 2020 in critical areas such as children's mental health digital health climate anxiety and Indigenous community well-being amongst others. 2. Seed-funding Grants through partner donations