Annual report for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14) from the Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research Center (SPARC). We are grateful to the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health for its continued support of the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s (UMMS) DMH Research Center of Excellence, the Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research Center (SPARC) (formerly the Center for Mental Health Services Research [CMHSR]). We continue to leverage the DMH investment to support innovative, recovery-oriented, state-of-the-art psychosocial and systems research. Highlights of Fiscal Year 2014 include an increase in research dollars awarded through new grants and contracts, and continuation of our three-year Strategic Plan to guide our growth and trajectory over the coming years.