Mental Research Institute

What they fund

regulationemotionfamilyrelationshiprelationshipschildcoupledepression

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

6 grants matching “couples” · $106,500

• $23,000

  University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI · 2025

  How couples use humor to navigate gendered inequal

• $20,000

  University of Georgia Foundation in · Athens, GA · 2025

  Protective role of couple relationship functioning

• $8,500

  Carnegie Mellon · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  cyclical processes linking couple conflicts

• $25,000

  Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX · 2023

  couples relationship functioning

• $25,000

  University of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022

  Promoting healthy and supportive couple relationsh

• $5,000

  University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2022

  Queer Interethnic Relationships Couple Minority S

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Boise State University1 grant · $75,000
• Florida International University1 grant · $75,000
• University of Denver4 grants · $58,235
• University of Denver3 grants · $54,336
• UCLA2 grants · $50,000
• University of Iowa1 grant · $30,000
• Byu1 grant · $30,000
• New York University2 grants · $30,000
• University of Georgia2 grants · $29,500
• University of Notre Dame Du Lac1 grant · $25,050

Giving over time

Grant history

All 74 reported grants, largest first.

• $75,000

  Boise State University · Boise, ID · 2023

  Implementation Strategies to Enhance Uptake

• $75,000

  Florida International University · Miami, FL · 2023

  internalization of disability identity

• $30,000

  Byu · Provo, UT · 2024

  emotional proficiencies in teens

• $30,000

  University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2024

  harnessing natural language processing to automate

• $25,050

  University of Notre Dame Du Lac · Notre Dame, IN · 2024

  piloting common element treatments in Peru

• $25,000

  Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2025

  Cueing parents to reframe negative emotions for th

• $25,000

  Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2025

  Shared remembering in romantic relationships

• $25,000

  Duke University · Durham, NC · 2025

  Understanding how interpersonal relationships and

• $25,000

  New York University- Metropolitan C · New York, NY · 2025

  Emotion regulation and psychological well-being

• $25,000

  Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025

  Neural synchrony during emtional interactions as p

• $25,000

  Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2025

  Exploring relational impacts student-designed mind

• $25,000

  Seattle University · Seattle, WA · 2025

  Daily emotion regulation strategies and depression

• $25,000

  Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025

  Fostering the compassionate mind implementing comp

• $25,000

  University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2025

  Exploring maternal grandmother support in prenatal

• $25,000

  University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2025

  Coregulatory synchrony and resilience in child-par

• $25,000

  University of Massachusetts Foundat · Newton Center, MA · 2025

  Dyadic processes underlying loneliness and risk of

• $25,000

  University of North Carolina at Gre · Greensboro, NC · 2025

  Centering youth voices humanizng mental health

• $25,000

  Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2025

  Systemic child anxiety intervention on family func

• $25,000

  Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2024

  Asian American parent child stressors

• $25,000

  Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024

  promote anti-racism

• $25,000

  Chapman University · Orange, CA · 2024

  parental predictability

• $25,000

  Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2024

  parents and teens technology and relationships

• $25,000

  Palo Alto University · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

  online course to improve quality of intimate relat

• $25,000

  Penn State University · University Park, PA · 2024

  investigation of resilience Ukrainian refugees

• $25,000

  Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024

  culturally informed therapy for families

• $25,000

  UCLA · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Does positive parenting improve emotion regulation

• $25,000

  University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024

  early life caregiving and health

• $25,000

  University of North Texas · Denton, TX · 2024

  daily impacts of posttrauma distress and sleep on

• $25,000

  Wisconsin University · Madison, WI · 2024

  addressing internalized transnegativity in psycoth

• $25,000

  New York University · New York, NY · 2023

  Emotion Regulation and Psychological Well-being

• $25,000

  Salve Regina University · Newport, RI · 2023

  The effects of a brief interconnectedness meditati

• $25,000

  Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX · 2023

  couples relationship functioning

• $25,000

  UCLA · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  positive parenting emotion regulation

• $25,000

  University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2023

  Depression and relationship quality among older ad

• $25,000

  University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  Improving Human Relationships through Youth Mentor

• $25,000

  Oakland University · Rochester, MI · 2022

  Narcissism and Romantic Relationship Functioning

• $25,000

  The Florida International Universit · Miami, FL · 2022

  Possible selves in midlife women

• $25,000

  University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2022

  Preventing postpartum depression

• $25,000

  University of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022

  Promoting healthy and supportive couple relationsh

• $25,000

  University of Miami · Miami, FL · 2022

  Culturally adapting individually-oriented relation

• $23,000

  University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI · 2025

  How couples use humor to navigate gendered inequal

• $20,121

  University of Denver Department of · Denver, CO · 2025

  Parent-infant group therapy for interrupting abuse

• $20,000

  Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2025

  Romantic relationship functioning in autistic adul

• $20,000

  University of Georgia Foundation in · Athens, GA · 2025

  Protective role of couple relationship functioning

• $20,000

  Thriving Families · Denver, CO · 2024

  MotherWise in Nicaragua The Impact of Culturally-

• $19,336

  University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2025

  Cueing parents to reframe negative emotions for ch

• $19,060

  University of Wisconsin Madison · Madison, WI · 2022

  Establishing the contribution of romantic partners

• $18,000

  Texas Am University · College Station, TX · 2025

  Neural pathways to positive family development pr

• $18,000

  Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2023

  existential isolation and well-being

• $15,000

  University of North Florida · Jacksonville, FL · 2025

  Food and screens relate to parent-child interactio

• $15,000

  Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2025

  Enhancing adolescent friendships through digital e

• $15,000

  Arizona State · Tempe, AZ · 2024

  Exploring Touch in Virtual Reality in Young Adult

• $14,823

  University of Notre Dame Du Lac · Notre Dame, IN · 2025

  Evidence based family support for palestine famili

• $10,500

  University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2025

  Behaviors as promotive factor in family relationsh

• $10,000

  University of Arizona Norton Schoo · Scottsdale, AZ · 2025

  Understanding prosocial communication in substance

• $10,000

  University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2025

  Maternal prenatal depression reduction and observe

• $8,500

  Carnegie Mellon · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  cyclical processes linking couple conflicts

• $6,000

  Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2024

  The Effects of Political Difference on Parent-Chil

• $5,000

  Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL · 2025

  Mental health outcomes for sandwiched caregivers

• $5,000

  Lehigh University · Bethlehem, PA · 2025

  Examination of identity in new motherhood

• $5,000

  State University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2025

  Exploring the impact of a digital storytelling gro

• $5,000

  Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2025

  Perceived partner responsiveness as a scaffold for

• $5,000

  University of Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2025

  Regulation in mentoring the role of mentors emot

• $5,000

  University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2025

  Examination of social support in text messages

• $5,000

  University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2025

  Seeing clearly or seeing through tinted glasses

• $5,000

  University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2024

  Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis on Black

• $5,000

  New York University · New York, NY · 2023

  Organizational Justice and Support on burnout

• $5,000

  University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2022

  Queer Interethnic Relationships Couple Minority S

• $4,500

  University of Georgia · Atlanta, GA · 2025

  Cultural socialization black mothers

• $3,235

  University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2023

  prenatal stress and infant negative emotionality

• $127

  Misc · Menlo Park, CA · 2023

  rounding to match financials

• $-650

  Adjustment · Menlo Park, CA · 2022

  accounting reconciliation

• $-1,985

  Utep · El Paso, TX · 2024

  refund of grant

• $-9,672

  University of Illinois · Tallahassee, FL · 2022

  refunded family therapy grant

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