🐄 Zoetis and Beyond Blue raise $1.1M for rural Australian mental health over 11 years (Vet Candy) — 11/03/26
TL;DR: Zoetis’s 11-year partnership with Beyond Blue reached $1.1M in cumulative donations after a $100K 2026 campaign, helping 16,600+ Australians access free counselling for veterinarians, farmers, and rural communities facing isolation and access barriers.
🧬 UNC receives $15.6M NIH grant to lead next phase of global Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (UNC Health News Team) — 11/04/26
TL;DR: UNC’s Dr. Patrick Sullivan will lead PGC5, expanding genetic datasets from 2M to nearly 6M people across 1,772 researchers in 66 countries to uncover biology of schizophrenia, depression, bipolar, and other psychiatric disorders.
🎓 Mercy University awarded $500K SAMHSA grant to expand campus suicide prevention (User Submitted, River Journal Online) — 11/04/26
TL;DR: Mercy University won a 4-year, $500K Garrett Lee Smith grant from SAMHSA to launch Mercy RISE, expanding early identification, behavioral health access, and prevention infrastructure across its three campuses in partnership with JED, BetterMynd, and NAMI Westchester.
🏥 Apricity launches public funding for $13M addiction recovery center expansion in Wisconsin (Rachel Charniak, 94.3 Jack FM) — 11/04/26
TL;DR: Apricity’s Grand Chute, WI facility is expanding Casa Clare from 10,000 to 36,000 square feet and growing capacity from 39 to 70 beds, combining men’s and women’s programs plus a job transition program in one campus by May.