International Alliance of Mental Health Research Funders (IAMHRF)

Name

International Alliance of Mental Health Research Funders (IAMHRF)

Legal name

International Alliance of Mental Health Research Funders

Website

https://iamhrf.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Research Funding Coordination

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPADAIAK

Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) & Mental Health Programs

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Global Health & Population Programs

Keywords

• Mental health research funding
• Grants coordination
• Funder alliance
• Research convening
• Funding landscape analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: IAMHRF generates revenue through annual membership fees from research funder organizations. Membership contributions are tiered based on organizational research budget size. Membership lasts for one year, with renewals conducted on an annual basis. The organization also notes that member organizations may pay subscription fees to IAMHRF.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

IAMHRF is a global membership alliance that brings together public, philanthropic, and charity research funders of mental health research. Its core offerings include tiered annual memberships, a curated Grant Opportunities Portal providing daily-updated funding calls, comprehensive Funding Landscape Reports analyzing decades of grant data, and convening events (symposia and in-person meetings) that connect funders, researchers, and sector stakeholders across the global mental health research ecosystem.

Product overview

The International Alliance of Mental Health Research Funders (IAMHRF) is a global network and coordination body that unites mental health research funders to accelerate the impact of research. It does not offer a software product or technology platform in the traditional sense. Its primary offerings include: a grant opportunities portal providing curated, daily-updated listings of mental health research funding opportunities; funding landscape reports and analyses (including a 2020 report and a 2026 report analyzing a decade of funding data); convening events, symposia, and in-person meetings for funders, researchers, and stakeholders; and curated resources for the mental health research community. The organization operates as an initiative hosted by Global Impact, focusing on convening, knowledge sharing, and sector coordination rather than product development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grant Opportunities Portal Curated, daily-updated portal providing mental health research funding opportunities from travel grants through large-scale projects and programs, including calls from funders focused on mental health and those supporting work at the intersection of mental health and other areas. Accessible via login or registration for free for researchers and IAMHRF members.
• IAMHRF Membership Program Tiered annual membership program for public, philanthropic, and charity research funders, providing access to the global funder network, Grant Opportunities Portal, funding landscape analyses, convenings, symposia, and partnership opportunities to accelerate mental health research impact. Tier fees: US$2,200 (under US$5M budget), US$5,400 (US$5–25M), US$8,200 (US$25–100M), and US$11,000 (over US$100M).
• Funding Landscape Reports Comprehensive funding landscape analyses of mental health research investment drawing on tens of thousands of grants from dozens of public and philanthropic funders. The 2026 report covers 2014–2023 data across 40 funders and 110,000+ grants, providing unique sector intelligence documenting trends such as ~20% overall spend increase, ~18% increase in child/adolescent mental health research funding, and >100% growth in self-harm and suicide research spend.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~20% increase in overall mental health research spend documented through IAMHRF analysis
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• United for Global Mental HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIAMHRF partners with United for Global Mental Health as part of their collaborative network of mental health organizations working to accelerate impact in the sector.
• OrygencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrygen is a partner in IAMHRF's network, contributing to youth mental health research collaboration.
• Meeting for MindscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMeeting for Minds, founded by Maria Halphen, collaborates with IAMHRF on mental health research initiatives.
• KokorocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKokoro is part of the IAMHRF partner network contributing to mental health research collaboration.
• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGACD is a partner organization working with IAMHRF on cross-sector challenges in mental health research.
• The Lancet PsychiatrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIAMHRF partnered with The Lancet Psychiatry on a series of symposia inspired by the Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Transforming Mental Health Implementation Research.
• Global Impact (Host Organization)coreOthersIAMHRF is an initiative hosted by Global Impact, a philanthropy, intermediary, and nonprofit advisor and infrastructure provider.
• GALENOS (Global Alliance for Living Evidence on Anxiety, Depression, and Psychosis)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGALENOS is a living, open-access evidence platform that IAMHRF highlights as a resource for its community, providing real-time insights into emerging evidence for funders.
• NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNIHR is an IAMHRF member organization and partner in the network.
• Wellcome TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWellcome Trust is an IAMHRF member organization and has collaborated on symposia series and AVATAR2 research.
• Grand Challenges CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrand Challenges Canada is an IAMHRF member that has collaborated on symposia and youth mental health initiatives.
• MQ Mental Health ResearchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMQ Mental Health Research is an IAMHRF member organization supporting mental health research funding.
• Health Research Board (HRB) IrelandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHRB Ireland is an IAMHRF member that led the development of Ireland's National Mental Health Research Strategy.
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNIMH is an IAMHRF member, celebrating 75 years of advancing mental health research.
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIHR is an IAMHRF member collaborating on youth mental health initiatives including Integrated Youth Services.
• Fondation BotnarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFondation Botnar is an IAMHRF member supporting youth mental health research globally.
• Mariwala Health InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMariwala Health Initiative is an IAMHRF member focused on inclusive mental health care in India.
• Graham Boeckh FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGraham Boeckh Foundation is a founding IAMHRF member driving collaboration in Canadian mental health systems change.
• ZonMwcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerZonMw is an IAMHRF member funding mental health research in the Netherlands.
• UKRI Medical Research CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUKRI MRC is an IAMHRF member that launched the £22.5 million Mental Health Research Platform.
• One MindsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne Mind is an IAMHRF member organization supporting mental health research.
• Brain & Behavior Research FoundationsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrain & Behavior Research Foundation is an IAMHRF member focused on mental health research funding.
• MQV Transforming Mental HealthsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMQV is an IAMHRF member supporting mental health research.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Mental Health Foundation (UK): UK-based charity funding mental health research and public engagement. Comparable to IAMHRF as a mental-health-focused non-profit, though focused on the UK only and combining service provision with research funding rather than serving primarily as a funder alliance.
• Brain Canada Foundation: Canadian non-profit funding brain and mental health research with a national mandate. The Graham Boeckh Foundation (an IAMHRF founding member) partners with Brain Canada; comparable to IAMHRF as a funder-driven mental health organization but Canada-only and a primary funder rather than alliance convener.
• European Brain Council: Brussels-based non-profit promoting brain and mental health research, including mental health, at the European policy level. Comparable convening role but Europe-only, whereas IAMHRF operates globally with particular strength in North America and LMICs.

Direct peers

• FasterCures (Milken Institute): Non-profit action tank focused on speeding medical research by improving collaboration across funders, researchers, regulators, and industry. Comparable to IAMHRF as a convening and coordination body for the medical research ecosystem, but with a broader disease focus and U.S.-centric orientation.
• Research!America: Alliance advocating for medical, health, and scientific research funding with a broad membership of funders, research institutions, and patient advocates. Comparable to IAMHRF in its alliance-of-funders structure and convening role, though focused on U.S. policy advocacy rather than cross-funder portfolio coordination.
• Health Research Alliance: Non-profit alliance of ~100 nonprofit research funders, including many mental health funders; the closest direct analogue to IAMHRF in organizational model, though IAMHRF is mental-health specific while HRA spans all biomedical. Highly comparable on membership model, convening role, and grant-portal offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD): Alliance of major public research funders co-funding implementation research on chronic non-communicable diseases. Both IAMHRF and GACD convene public research funders globally and have partnered on cross-sector challenges (the GACD Alliance is an IAMHRF partner), but GACD predates and is substantially larger.
• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (Medical Research): Major U.S. private foundation funding medical research. Comparable as a health-research-grantmaking organization with portfolio-level intelligence needs, but operates as a single-funder institution rather than an alliance of funders.

Emerging players

• Treatment Action Group (TAG): Independent activist and research organization coordinating community-driven research agenda-setting in HIV, TB, and HCV. Comparable to IAMHRF in functioning as a non-profit coalition shaping the research agenda in a specific disease area, though disease-focused activism rather than funder convening.
• Cures Within Reach: U.S. non-profit focused on identifying and funding promising medical research not yet backed by industry. Comparable to IAMHRF as a smaller, niche medical research funder coordination entity, though focused on repurposing existing drugs rather than mental health specifically.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@IAMHRF
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/iamhrf

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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