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International Alliance of Mental Health Research Funders

The International Alliance of Mental Health Research Funders unites funders across borders to save lives, and improve treatments and care for people with mental health problems and their families worldwide. The IAMHRF identifies shared priorities and helps funders make informed decisions by facilitating knowledge sharing and providing critical evidence on the funding gaps and inequities that hamper progress. Most importantly, it creates targeted opportunities for collective impact. Its membership has grown to over 30 member and partner organizations from around the world.

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Lived experience involvement in research funding: taking a more systematic approach

In March 2023, the IAMHRF revealed the results of its survey of how funders collaborate with people with lived experience of mental health issues. Promisingly, the number of funders involving PWLE has doubled in the last five years – but there is no room for complacency. Want to find out more? We’ve summarized the results in a handy infographic below. The full results were published in Nature Mental Health and are available to read for free. In the meantime, explore the reaction to the findings in these two videos, featuring Vanessa Pinfold of the McPin Foundation and Monique van den Eiljden of MIND/ZonMw

Lived experience involvement in research funding: taking a more systematic approach

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