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Without research, it's just guesswork

Help fund research that leads to better treatments, better support, and faster diagnoses for everyone affected by mental illnesses. This benefits the entire future of mental health — and that benefits us all.

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What We Do

The MQ Foundation raises money to support the multi-award winning MQ Mental Health Research, a global non-profit that invests in vital research needed to detect, prevent, and treat mental illness.

Founded in 2018, the MQ Foundation is headquartered in New York City. We help researchers build a bigger, better mental health toolkit for people in the US and around the world. To do that, we:

  • Fund research across a range of scientific disciplines at top institutions.

  • Work both with leaders in mental health science and early-career researchers.

  • Partner with leading hospitals and research institutions to advance mental health research.

  • Make the case for healthcare policy that's based on evidence, not guesswork.

  • Support breakthroughs that change or save lives.

The MQ Foundation and MQ Mental Health Research partner with leading organizations to advance mental health research within the US. Our current partnerships include:

  • The Mental Health Research Center of Excellence at Cleveland Clinic in collaboration with MQ

    Founded in 2024, the Mental Health Research Center of Excellence at Cleveland Clinic in collaboration with MQ is a world-class investigative team focused on a critical area of mental health research to improve patient care. Composed of five lab and clinical researchers from multiple disciplines, the Innovation Lab fuses MQ’s commitment to groundbreaking research with the Cleveland Clinic’s world-renowned reputation for excellence, laying the groundwork for new treatments while investing in the careers of promising mental health researchers.

  • The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

    As a mission-aligned mental health organization, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has been a valuable partner in MQF’s work to invest in mental health research across the United States. Since MQF’s founding, AFSP has partnered with the Foundation multiple times to fund the work of promising US-based MQ Fellows, including Dr. Marisa Marraccini. In 2022, AFSP’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Christine Yu Moutier, sat on the panel of experts convened by MQ to help evaluate and select Fellows for the Gone Too Soon program — MQ’s biggest investment in research to date.

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