NIH Funding for Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research

Posted by on July 1, 2005

[posted from Community Based Participatory Research listserv]

Funding Opportunity Number: PA-05-118 Due Date for Applications: Multiple Receipt Dates – See Link to Full Announcement for details

The goals of this program announcement are to encourage investigations of cognitive, behavioral, and social processes as they relate to: 1) the development of novel drug abuse prevention approaches; 2) the efficacy and effectiveness of newly developed and/or modified prevention programs; 3) the processes associated with the selection, adoption, adaptation, implementation, sustainabilty, and financing of empirically validated interventions; and 4) methodologies appropriate for studying complex aspects of prevention science.

– The total amount to be awarded depends on the scientific merit of applications and the funds available in NIDA’s general funding pool.

– The types of mechanisms supported under this PA are the R01, R03, and R21.

– Eligible organizations include for-profit, not-for-profit, public and private organizations, units of state and local governments, eligible agencies of the federal Government, domestic or foreign institutions/organizations, faith- and community-based organizations, and Native American tribal organizations.

– Eligible principal investigators include any individual with the skills, knowledge and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research.

– Applicants may submit more than one application, provided they are scientifically distinct

Link to Full Announcement
<a href="http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-118.html">http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-118.html</a>