Description: The Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health has announced a grant opportunity: “Bidirectional Influences Between Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)” This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) focuses on understanding bidirectional relationships between social media use and adolescent mental health, psychiatric symptoms, and risk or resilience for psychopathology. For the purposes of this NOFO, social media are defined as internet-based communication platforms and applications that enable interactions between users by sharing or consuming information. The NOFO focuses on adolescents (broadly defined here as 10-20 years of age), who have increasing access to social media and greater autonomy in their use of digital platforms.
Deadline: March 1st, 2024
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