{"id":234073,"date":"2026-01-15T05:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/234073\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T05:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:29:16","slug":"applications-open-for-mental-health-and-addictions-research-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/234073\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications open for mental health and addictions research grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The province has opened up applications for research grants for mental health and addictions.<\/p>\n<p>The Nova Scotia government said grants of up to $100,000 over two years are available for projects that look into how mental health and addictions intersect with housing, food security and education, among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMental health and wellness are influenced by many factors, like social environments, access to housing, education and more,\u201d said Brian Comer, Minister of Addictions and Mental Health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResearch that is focused on Nova Scotia and what shapes mental health and addiction here at home will help us build a stronger system of care for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the province, a total of $400,000 in research funding is available and it will be distributed through Research Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for expressions of interest is Feb. 11 and people can apply at Research Nova Scotia\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The province has opened up applications for research grants for mental health and addictions. The Nova Scotia government&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-234073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-mentalhealth","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}