---
type: "Evidence Item"
title: "Funding grants for new research into AI and mental health"
description: "OpenAI is awarding up to $2 million in grants for research at the intersection of AI and mental health. The program supports projects that study real-world risks, benefits, and."
resource: "https://openai.com/index/ai-mental-health-research-grants"
tags: ["appendix-iii", "vendor", "openai"]
timestamp: "2025-12-01"
category: "vendor"
publisher: "OpenAI"
cope_score: 30
confidence: 0.9
---

# Funding grants for new research into AI and mental health

# Claim

OpenAI is awarding up to $2 million in grants for research at the intersection of AI and mental health. The program supports projects that study real-world risks, benefits, and applications to improve safety and well-being.

# Relevance

Appendix III, section two: vendor threshold and platform capability evidence

# Oracle Verdict

This is a low-signal vendor radar item. Keep it as context only unless a later benchmark, deployment, procurement change, or labour-market datapoint turns it into direct Appendix III evidence.

# Metadata

* Publisher: OpenAI
* Category: vendor
* Sector: Healthcare and life sciences
* Capability: Healthcare and life-sciences reasoning
* Cope score: 30
* Confidence: 0.9

# Related Concepts

* [Live evidence index](index.md)
* [Thesis](../thesis.md)

# Citations

[1] [Funding grants for new research into AI and mental health](https://openai.com/index/ai-mental-health-research-grants)