The National Institute of Mental Health is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, and to mark the occasion, it's highlighting how its small-business funding helps small businesses advance mental health research.
"The reality is that small businesses are often at the forefront of innovative science, developing new technologies that push mental health research into the future," the institute's director writes on its website.
Examples of such research include a device that delivers the antipsychotic risperidone at consistent, therapeutic levels for up to a year for people with schizophrenia, and a program that helps researchers design psychological and cognitive experiments without the need for programming skills, among others.
"Technology for understanding brain and behavior of technologies for basic science rarely happens through venture investment," the director writes.
"NIMH supports basic neuroscience tools that can advance our understanding of brain structure and function, from the level of a single cell all the way up to entire brain circuits," she continues.
"These programs recognize the critical role of federal funding, supporting projects that may not appeal to traditional investment firms but have great potential for societal benefit."
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