National Institutes of Health

Description

The NIDA Translational Avant-Garde Award is designed to support dedicated and talented basic and/or clinical researchers with the vision, drive and expertise necessary to translate research discoveries into medications for the treatment of diseases of addiction. Through this funding FOA, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is committed to making significant advances in the development of safe and efficacious products for the treatment of disorders stemming from tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, or prescription opiate use or abuse. These products can be pharmaceuticals (small molecules) or biologics. Biologics include medicinal products such as vaccines and recombinant therapeutic proteins created by biological processes. Applications may focus on the pharmacotherapy of one or various disorders. Applications may also focus on the specific symptoms of the disorder such as withdrawal, craving or relapse. Testing of new formulations of marketed medications that are available for other indications, or new combinations of existing medications, which may be promising candidates for the treatment of diseases of addiction is within the scope of this FOA. The 2011 Translational Avant-Garde Award competition will proceed in two phases. The first phase is a pre-application phase in response to PAR-11-102. Applications will be evaluated by a group of external reviewers. Those investigators whose submissions are judged to be the most outstanding will be notified by April 26 of the opportunity to submit full applications under this FOA (DP1). The 2011 Avant-Garde awardees will be selected from this group of applicants.

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

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