Fueling Innovation in Youth Mental Health
At TYDE, groundbreaking research is more than a goal — it’s our mission. We’re here to spark powerful collaborations between world-class university researchers and industry leaders who are shaping the future of digital mental health for young people. We can facilitate academic-industry connections, fund promising partnerships, or recruit talented graduate student interns.
What Types of Projects Do We Support?
We want to help develop collaborative projects that:
- Launch new academic-industry partnerships, especially across disciplines
- Advance scholarship within a strategic focus area, such as:
- Digital mental health
- Healthy youth development
- Novel prevention and intervention strategies
- Investigate a new research question, like:
- Evaluating the feasibility or efficacy of a novel technology, platform, or intervention
- Make methodological advances that contribute to the field at large
- Conduct user experience research to inform the design or adaptation of an emerging technology or tool
- Develop a new technical capability that may enable future research or application
- Show potential for subsequent funding
What We Don’t Support
To stay focused on research impact, we do not facilitate or fund projects that:
- Are purely consultative (e.g., seeking expert advice without a research component)
- Focus on developing or refining of a product or clinical program without proposing a novel research question or approach
Connect with UVA Researchers
If you’re working in the digital mental health space and aiming to develop or enhance evidence-based interventions, assess your approach, or gain deeper insights into the needs and behaviors of users, TYDE can help. We connect innovators like you with leading researchers to ensure your technology is informed by cutting-edge science and grounded in real-world impact. Our network spans data science, education, engineering, medicine, psychology, youth development, and more.
Already Partnering with a UVA Researcher? Let’s Get You Funded
Are you already collaborating with a UVA faculty member on a research idea? TYDE offers academic-industry collaboration grants to help launch your project.
Funding Available:
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$10,000 in startup funds to kickstart your research
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$5,000 to support a student trainee on your project
These grants are invitation-only and reviewed on a rolling basis. Interested faculty or industry leads can email TYDE at tyde@virgina.edu
Set up an internship
TYDE, in partnership with the Society for Digital Mental Health, has launched the Digital Health Industry Internship Program. This program connects digital health companies with talented graduate students in a range of fields to take on time-limited projects on an hourly basis. We plan to organize more internships for summer 2026. If you want to learn more, get in touch!
