National Institutes of Health

Description

Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits collaborative research proposals on drug abuse and addiction that take advantage of special opportunities that exist outside the United States.Special opportunities include access to unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions in other countries that will speed scientific discovery.Projects must have relevance to the mission of NIDA and where feasible should address NIDAs scientific priority areas.While the priorities will change from year to year, in FY09 priority areas include: linkages between HIV/AIDS and drug abuse, methamphetamine abuse, inhalant abuse, smoking during pregnancy, and drugs and driving. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism award mechanism and runs in parallel with FOAs of identical scientific scope, PA-09-020 and PA-09-021 that solicit applications under the Research Project Grant (R01) and the Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21) award mechanisms, respectively. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the mechanism numbers, quality, duration, and costs of the applications received.

Who can apply

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Independent school districts
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Private institutions of higher education
• For-profit organizations other than small businesses
• Small businesses
• Others

Contact

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