STTR in practice · NIH · Phase II
Matching college students to mental health care
Public award record. INSTAR Lab was not involved. This is a federal award made to another organisation. INSTAR Lab did not apply for it, take part in it or contribute to it, and nothing here says otherwise.
A software company that links university students to local mental health providers worked with a children’s mental health research institute to build an online tool. The tool is meant to assess a student and then suggest suitable care. The record describes a Phase I build followed by a Phase II validation on a university population.
The problem
The record says many college-age young people with mental health conditions go untreated, and that referrals are rarely tailored to the individual. The project set out to automate assessment and referral for them.
Partners and roles
Roles are summarised from the record’s own description. Work shares are not given unless noted.
MiResource, Inc.
Small business
The small business. The record says it provides the referral infrastructure, a service that connects students to local providers.
Child Mind Institute
Research institution
Described in the record as a non-profit partner that supplies the assessment expertise, through its research lab and its assessment platform.
What the record does not say
- The share of work each partner carried.
- Any result or outcome of the project.
Phase and timeline
- Starts
- April 1, 2021
- Ends
- July 31, 2022
- Length
- About 16 months
- Agency
- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Award number
- 1R42MH125688-01
- Amount
- $147,826. Fiscal year 2021 award amount shown in NIH RePORTER for this project number.
- Dates
- April 1, 2021 to July 31, 2022, as the record lists them
Outcome
The record does not state an outcome, so none is given here.
Source
Official record: NIH RePORTER project record 10155997(official title: Automated Mental Health Referral System). Checked October 23, 2026. Details can change after that date; the official record is the authority.
INSTAR Lab has not yet held an STTR award. This page describes how another organisation’s award is set out in public records. It does not suggest INSTAR Lab took part, or that it would be eligible for or win similar funding.