Overview of NIDA Funding Opportunities and Grant Funding Tips

Bethany Griffin Deeds, Ph.D., M.A.Deputy Chief, Epidemiology Research Branch

Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention ResearchNational Institute on Drug Abuse

NIH/DHHS

ISSH Funding PanelMay 25, 2011

… Bringing the full power of science to bear on

Drug Use, Abuse & Addiction

… Bringing the full power of science to bear on

Drug Use, Abuse & Addiction

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Understanding disease Genetics, epigenetics, neurobiology, environment, behavior

Treatment/ Services – Medications development– Screening & brief intervention– Behavioral therapy– Clinical trials– Effectiveness research– Policy research

• Medical (e.g., HIV)• Social• Legal

TransitionEtiology/ Risk

Treatment/Prevention/Services Addiction

Recovery/RelapseEtiology/Risk

Treatment/Prevention/Services

Etiology/ Risk Genetics, epigenetics, neurobiology, pharmacology, environment, prenatal exposure, development, co-morbidity

Prevention/Services– Development and testing of prevention interventions and their implementation– Policy research

Use

Consequences

Research Approaches Addressing the Substance Use Cycle

Across the Use Spectrum—Intoxication to Chronic Use

Priority Areas

Neural mechanismsBrain circuitry

Medications DevelopmentImplementation

GeneticsEnvironmentDevelopment

Neurobiology InterventionsPolicy

HIV/AIDSFetal Exposure

Prevention

Treatment

Consequences

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Special Populations Office

Division of Basic Neurosciences& Behavior Research

Office ofExtramural

Affairs

Office of Science Policy & Communications

Intramural ResearchProgram

Division ofPharmacotherapies &Medical Consequences

of Drug Abuse

Center for theClinical Trials

Network

Teresa Levitin, PhD Susan Weiss, PhD Betty Tai, PhD

Joni Rutter, PhD Phil Skolnick, Ph.D., D.Sc. Antonello Bonci, MD

Office of the DirectorNora D. Volkow, MD

Director

David Shurtleff, Ph.D.Deputy Director

Mary AffeldtAssociate Directorfor Management

Division of ClinicalNeuroscience & Behavioral

Research

Joseph Frascella, PhD

Jacques Normand, Ph.D.Director, AIDS Research

Office of Planning& Resource

Management

Mary Affeldt

Division ofEpidemiology,

Services & Prevention Research

Wilson Compton, MD, MPE

Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research

Creating Extraordinary Public Health Drug Abuse Research

Theory: Society-Behavior-Biology Nexus

Glass & McAtee, 2006

DESPR: Major Research ThemesDESPR: Major Research Themes

1. THEORIES. What new theoretical approaches can inform our research?

2. INTERACTIONS. What intrapersonal and environmental factors interact with each other and with genetic factors across development?

3. BLENDING. How can we blend science and services to measurably impact public health outcomes?

Some Background……

Scientific Review Officer: an extramural staff scientist and the federal official responsible for ensuring that applications receive an objective and fair initial peer review

Program Official: extramural staff scientist responsible for developing research initiatives and for the programmatic, scientific, and/or technical aspects of assigned applications and grants

Getting to know NIH staff

A concept paper describes your research plans concisely. It’s a tool to facilitate productive discussion with an NIH Program Official

What is a Concept Paper?

Study GoalsYou want support to do what?Problem/SignificanceWhy does this topic need study?Research QuestionWhat hypotheses will you test?Design/Analysis What study design and statistical approach do you propose? Team Who will be the key participants and collaborators?

Where do I begin?

•NIH websites: http://www.nih.gov/icd/index.html•Office of Extramural Research Website:

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm• Center for Scientific Review Website:

http://cms.csr.nih.gov/•NIH RePORT http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm

•Have realistic expectations- the grants process is lengthy and requires persistence

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