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FEATURED GRANTS

AND OPPORTUNITIES

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About

US: NIDA Research Center of Excellence Grant Program

 

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which is part of the National Institutes of Health, administers the NIDA Research Center of Excellence Grant Program (NIH). The initiative funds multidisciplinary research with the goal of enhancing our knowledge of drug misuse and addiction. The objective of the NIDA Research Center of Excellence Grant Program is to encourage cutting-edge research that will result in novel therapies, preventative methods, and better health outcomes for people and communities impacted by drug misuse and addiction. 

 

The program funds a range of research efforts, including fundamental and clinical research, translational and implementation science. It is envisaged that the research supported by the NIDA Research Center of Excellence Grant Program would be highly multidisciplinary and collaborative, engaging scientists and researchers from a variety of fields and industries. 

 

The NIDA Research Center of Excellence Grant Program is open to higher education institutions, non-profit organizations, for-profit companies, and government agencies. It is advised that prospective candidates examine the NIDA website for the most up-to-date information on the program's eligibility criteria and application procedure, since they might fluctuate from year to year.

Why apply for a NIDA funding?

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The NIDA Research Center of Excellence Grant Program offers several advantages to both researchers and the scientific community as a whole. Some of these advantages include: 

 

  1. Funding for innovative research in the area of drug misuse and addiction is the principal advantage of the program. The funding program supports a wide range of research activities, including fundamental and clinical research, translational and implementation science.

  2. The NIDA Research Center of Excellence Grant Program supports multidisciplinary and collaborative research. This enables academics from many fields to collaborate and apply their unique views and experience to challenging scientific challenges. 

  3. Advancement of Scientific Knowledge: The program offers funding for drug misuse and addiction research that promotes scientific understanding. This study has the potential to lead to novel and innovative therapies, preventative initiatives, and better health outcomes for those afflicted by these disorders and their communities. 

  4. Chances for Training: The NIDA Research Center of Excellence Grant Program offers opportunities for training to researchers at various stages of their careers, from graduate students to seasoned investigators. This training may assist researchers in acquiring new abilities and information that will be beneficial to their careers and the scientific community as a whole.

  5. Support for Career Development: The program offers assistance to researchers at many phases of their careers, from early-career researchers to seasoned investigators. This assistance may assist researchers in launching their careers, constructing their research portfolios, and securing financing for future initiatives. 

  6. Through publishing in peer-reviewed journals, presentations at scientific conferences, and other types of outreach, the program encourages the dissemination of research results. This helps ensuring that the findings of the study financed via the program are publicly accessible and may be utilized to guide future research and practice.

  7. Influence on Public Health: The NIDA Research Center of Excellence Grant Program has the potential to have a substantial impact on public health. By sponsoring research that increases our knowledge of drug misuse and addiction, the program has the potential to lead to new and novel therapies, preventative methods, and better health outcomes for people and communities impacted by these illnesses. 

 

The NIDA Research Center of Excellence Grant Program is a useful resource for researchers, the scientific community, and the public. The initiative offers money, training opportunities, and career development assistance, while expanding our knowledge of drug misuse and addiction and positively affecting public health.

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Background information

 

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is soliciting applications for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Research Center of Excellence Grant Program to provide support for research Centers that:

  • conduct drug abuse and addiction research in any area of NIDAs mission,

  • have outstanding innovative science,

  • are multidisciplinary, thematically integrated, synergistic, and

  • serve as national resource(s) to provide educational and outreach activities to drug abuse research communities, educational organizations, the general public, and policy makers in the NIDA research fields. 

 

NIDA supports research center grants to foster an innovative, synergistic and thematically coherent approach to drug abuse and addiction research and to enable studies that would not occur without the climate, facilities and/or interactive research resources that a research center can uniquely provide. NIDA encourages the application of multiple scientific perspectives and approaches to the problem of addiction to support the highest quality, multidisciplinary programs of innovative research.

 

Through the Centers program, NIDA seeks to encourage outstanding scientists to bring a full range of expertise, approaches, technologies, and creativity to the study of problems related to drug abuse and addiction. Investigative efforts are expected to be broadly based and to encompass a variety of areas, including biological, biomedical, social, behavioral, and/or clinical sciences as well as dissemination sciences to address critical research issues.

 
Funding Information

  • Award Budget: Application budgets for direct costs cannot exceed $10,000,000 for the entire 5 year project period, including no cost extensions, and need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.

  • Award Project Period: The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is 5 years. 

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Eligibility Criteria

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  • Higher Education Institutions

    • Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education

    • Private Institutions of Higher Education

    • The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:

      • Hispanic-serving Institutions

      • Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

      • Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)

      • Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions

      • Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)

  • Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education

    • Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)

    • Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)

  • For-Profit Organizations

    • Small Businesses

    • For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)

  • Local Governments

    • State Governments

    • County Governments

    • City or Township Governments

    • Special District Governments

    • Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)

    • Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)

  • Federal Governments

    • Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government

    • U.S. Territory or Possession

    • Independent School Districts

    • Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities

    • Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)

    • Faith-based or Community-based Organizations

    • Regional Organizations

 

For more information, visit Grants.gov.

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over 200,000

schools

over 300

disciplines

over 50

participating countries

USA and Canada

school level

high school

to university

program level

grade 9 to

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