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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ( NIAAA) intends to reissue RFA-AA-23-002, Comprehensive Alcohol Research Centers (P60 Clinical trial Optional), by publishing a NOFO to solicit applications for a broad-based Comprehensive Alcohol Research Centers program to foster and conduct interdisciplinary, collaborative research on Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), alcohol misuse and alcohol-related problems, and other health-related consequences across the lifespan.
This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects.
The NOFO is expected to be published in Spring 2024 with an expected application due date in Fall 2024.
This NOFO will utilize the P60 activity code. Details of the planned NOFO are provided below.
This Notice encourages investigators with expertise and insights into the area of alcohol research to begin to consider applying for this NOFO.
The overarching goal of this forthcoming NIAAA-supported Request for Application (RFA) is to support an integrated, broad-based multidisciplinary, multi-investigator, long-term program of research and research support activities planned around a specific major research theme. In addition, a Comprehensive Alcohol Research Center (P60) is required to develop an interactive dissemination component to accelerate the use of research findings for the benefit of public health by various target audiences including diverse and historically underserved communities, to foster community feedback and ensure participation (Dissemination Core). Outreach activities could be pursued in collaboration with other Centers and use emerging virtual platforms to broaden and diversify the participation of communities in the alcohol research enterprise. Comprehensive Alcohol Research Centers are also expected to function as a regional and national resource in their particular area of expertise; to provide students, and early-stage investigators opportunities to build research expertise, and to develop research collaborations with outside investigators. Centers have the option of proposing pilot projects to support early-stage investigators, attract new scientific perspectives and research sites to the center, and to expand research areas addressing novel hypotheses relevant to health disparities associated with AUD (e.g., social determinants of health, trauma, and adversity). The Alcohol Research Centers program is interrelated with, and complementary to, all other research support mechanisms and scientific activities that comprise NIAAA programs. Center grants help to provide a stable environment for investigators to engage in alcohol research in a coordinated, integrated, and synergistic effort.
Dissemination Core: Distribution of scientific knowledge through educational efforts is to be directed to one or more of the following:
The Alcohol Research Center grant provides a mechanism for fostering interdisciplinary cooperation within a group of established investigators conducting exceptional alcohol research. Therefore, existence of a strong research capability is fundamental to the establishment of a new Center or the continuation of an existing Center. A Center should be an identifiable organizational unit within an institutional or organizational structure such as a university, medical center, or a consortium of affiliated cooperating institutions. In addition to providing support for shared resources, this type of Center can support a full range of basic, developmental, clinical, and/or applied research components; allow for growth and development through pilot projects; and is intended to provide state-of-the-art leadership in the alcohol field. Unique scientific opportunities such as sharing of resources or expertise may warrant collaboration with investigators from other centers or from other institutions, domestic or foreign. The director of a component who proposes a collaborative activity with a foreign organization should be affiliated with a domestic institution.
Applications Not Responsive to this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
The following type of studies are not responsive to this NOFO and will not be reviewed:
Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives (PEDP)
Before preparing an application, prospective applicants are encouraged to read the NIAAA Strategic Plan and reach out to the scientific contacts listed in this NOFO.
Funding Information
TBD.
TBD.
$1.25 M (Direct Costs)
93.273
Applications are not being solicited at this time.
Inquiries
Please direct all inquiries to:
Philippe Marmillot, Ph.D.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Telephone: 301-443-2861 (office)
Email: [email protected]