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Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Fogarty International Center (FIC) awarded $235,410 to David Tvildiani Medical University LLC on September 20, 2025, under the International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989) to support implementation research on Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for substance use disorders in rural primary care settings in Georgia. This K43 Emerging Global Leader Award supports Dr. Ilia Nadareishvili's career development as an independent global...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. received a $237,000 Project Grant award effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027, from the National Institute on Drug Abuse under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279). The grant funds research investigating how early-life environmental experiences—specifically early resource scarcity—produce lasting structural and functional changes in astrocytes, a critical cell type...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment awarded the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) $102.5 million under the Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse program (CFDA 93.959) on October 1, 2025, with performance extending through September 30, 2027. This block grant funds Georgia's comprehensive substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. a Project Grant of $405,490 under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) for the period July 15, 2025 through June 30, 2027. This research initiative will characterize chemsex patterns and adoption of harm reduction measures among men in the South, examining the relationship between drug use during sexual activity and risky sexual...

Federal Grant Award Summary Dr. Anne Marie Schipani-McLaughlin at Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. received a Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award (K01) of $186,192 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. The award supports development and implementation of MindfulHeal, a web-based, mindfulness-based intervention designed to...

Grant Award Summary The Medical University of South Carolina received a $906,000 Project Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to develop and implement a training curriculum for Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, and Healing (EMPATH) unit personnel. The project addresses a critical gap in workforce preparedness by creating specialized training focused on acute management of opioid use disorder (OUD), with...

The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) received a $1,611,531 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant will fund evidence-based substance abuse and opioid abuse treatment programs for incarcerated adults and juveniles across Georgia. CJCC will partner with the Georgia Department of Corrections and Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, as well as local agencies, to expand...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) provides $844,475 to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to test a bundled intervention aimed at increasing treatment uptake for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and nonfatal opioid overdoses after emergency department (ED) discharge. The proposed intervention combines telehealth, peer support, buprenorphine prescribing, and linkage to...

Federal Grant Award Summary Award Recipient: Ohio University Funding Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Federal Grant Program: Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) Award Amount: $1,965,472 Award Date: March 15, 2026 Project Completion Date: December 31, 2029 Ohio University, in partnership with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will conduct a community-engaged, cluster-randomized hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial to test the Buprenorphine...

The Fulton County Department of Behavioral Health and Disabilities (DBHDD), in partnership with the Atlanta Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative (PAD), has been awarded a $1,599,999 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substance Use Program (COSSUP). The grant will fund the Fulton County Diversion and Deflection Recovery Program (FDR) to address substance use disorders, promote public safety, and increase access to...