Release Date: February 14, 2013
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH formerly NCCAM)
The purpose of this Notice is to inform applicants that the NCCAM will participate, effective immediately, in the following NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA):
PA-13-077 "Behavioral & Integrative Treatment Development Program (R01)".
The funding opportunity announcement PA-13-077 has been changed in the following ways.
Components of Participating Organizations
National Institute on
Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH
formerly NCCAM)
Office of Behavioral and
Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)
93.279, 93.273, 93.213
Specific Areas of Research Interest
NCCAM is interested in research on complementary approaches to pain and symptom management such as spinal manipulation, yoga, massage, acupuncture, tai chi, hypnosis, meditation, and mindfulness techniques. Examples of specific research questions or projects of interest to NCCAM include but are not limited to:
- Research studying complementary pain management approaches to reduce prescription drug use/prevent prescription drug abuse
- Research studying complementary health approaches to promote adherence to or to enhance outcomes in evidence-based substance abuse treatment interventions.
- Research studying complementary approaches to reduce stress and enhance coping in the context of substance abuse treatment/abstinence efforts.
Potential applicants are encouraged to conduct research in primary care settings and pain clinics and to utilize existing research resources, platforms or systems such as NIH Clinical Translational Science Award sites (CTSAs), Practice Based Research Networks (PBRNs), NIH Clinical Trials Networks, and VHA or DoD Healthcare systems.
Scientific/Research Contact(s)
Kristen Huntley, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Division of Extramural Research
National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
6707 Democracy Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892-5475
Phone: 301-594-9346
Email: [email protected]
Financial/Grants Management Contact(s)
George Tucker, MBA
Director, Grants Management
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Telephone: 301-594-9102
Email: [email protected]
All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.
Please direct all inquiries to:
Kristen Huntley, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Division of Extramural Research
National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
6707 Democracy Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892-5475
Phone: 301-594-9346
Email: [email protected]
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