Integrating Translational Neuroscience and Adolescent Drug Abuse Treatment Grants

The National Institute on Drug Abuse will award grants of up to $200,000 to fund collaborations under its Integrating Translational Neuroscience and Adolescent Drug Abuse Treatment program.

The goal of the grants is to “facilitate translational research that ultimately integrates findings from research on brain development, cognition and neuroscience into the development of innovative and effective, developmentally sensitive drug abuse treatments for adolescents,” according to NIDA.

A total of $1.5 million is available for grants under the R21 research funding mechanism: “The grants awarded under this program will allow investigative teams exploratory and planning resources to develop translational research proposals for subsequent R01 grant application,” NIDA noted.

Funding may be used for preliminary studies, scientific workshops, specialized training in research methodologies and other collaborative activities to foster multidisciplinary and/or multisite translational research approaches to adolescent drug treatment.

Application deadline is Sept. 1. Nonprofits, government agencies, schools, for-profit entities and others may apply. For full details, see the full grant announcement online.