Mental Illness Resource Association
/OVERVIEW: The Mental Illness Resource Association (MIRA) prioritizes funding for research programs associated with specific mental and neuropathic illnesses. The foundation also supports projects that combat prejudices surrounding mental illness.
IP TAKE: MIRA funds research to support the effective treatment of specific mental illnesses and neurological diseases, and focuses on Education, De-Stigmatization, and Understanding. It also funds public awareness and advocacy programs for people suffering with mental illnesses. This funder appears to have paused its grantmaking programs, but prospective grantees should check its website from time to time for updates on grantmaking opportunities. It’s otherwise not accessible or particularly responsive.
PROFILE: Based in southeastern Michigan, the Mental Illness Resource Association prioritizes research into mental illnesses and other brain disorders. It seeks to “improve the mental fitness of school aged populations by presenting student, teacher, and counselor education programs which lead to increased mental awareness of mental illness, mental fitness, and suicide prevention.” It has also supported projects and programs to combat stigma and myths surrounding mental illness that “block proper diagnosis and treatment for millions of Americans each year.”
Grants for Mental Health, Brain and Cell Research, and K-12 Education
MIRA prioritizes grantmaking for “research for autism, depression, Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s, addictive disorders, geriatric depression, bi-polar depression, suicide and more.” Note that the association also addresses conditions not strictly considered mental illnesses, such as Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis. Additionally, MIRA has worked with over “1,000 schools in Michigan, several churches, other civic organizations and with corporate heads of Human Resource departments, to provide them with the most current information available on brain disorders.” The association has supported mental health research at Wayne State University.
Important Grant Details:
MIRA appears to have paused its grantmaking programs, but past tax filings indicate that the association has made grants in amounts of up to $30,000. MIRA does not currently accept applications for funding, but prospective grantees should check back with the association’s website for updates. General inquiries may be directed to the staff via the association’s online contact form.
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