Cooperative Agreement R01CA192345

Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded a Project Grant of $1,458,907 to the University of California, San Francisco on August 1, 2025, to conduct longitudinal research examining the relationships between adolescent social media use and substance use initiation. Under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), this five-year project (concluding April 30, 2030) will leverage data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, a...

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded a $2.37 million Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley, effective September 1, 2025 through May 31, 2030, under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279). The award funds research on the efficacy and mechanisms of a web-based Regulation of Craving Training (ROC-T) intervention designed to enhance smoking cessation outcomes. ROC-T is a brief, digital behavioral intervention that provides targeted training in...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded a $235,500 Project Grant on June 1, 2026, under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to the University of California, Irvine to develop, refine, field test, and deploy an artificial intelligence-based chatbot designed to enhance engagement in mobile peer-to-peer support groups for smoking cessation and tobacco addiction treatment. The chatbot, built on a state-of-the-art large language...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) received a $2.56 million Project Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), effective July 1, 2025 through March 31, 2030. This research initiative examines the effects of alternative tobacco product (ATP) marketing on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok on tobacco use among youth and young adults. The project will generate scientific knowledge on...

This Project Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, provides $738,086 to Brown University under the Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to evaluate a technology-assisted parenting intervention for adolescents in residential substance use treatment. Specifically, the funding supports a randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of Parent SMART, a mobile app and telehealth coaching program that...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded a Project Grant totaling $200,951 to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC), effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2031, under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279). The award supports research and career development activities focused on integrating peer mentoring into social media-based vaping cessation interventions for young adults. The project, titled...

TEAM-UP: Tobacco Treatment Navigators Uniting with Primary Care Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) received a $2.44 million Project Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) on July 15, 2025, with completion targeted for March 31, 2030. The award funds the TEAM-UP initiative, a research and implementation study designed to improve tobacco cessation support delivery in primary care settings. The project addresses...

This $154,536 Project Grant, awarded August 20, 2026, by the National Institute on Drug Abuse under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), supports a longitudinal social network analysis study conducted by the University of Utah in collaboration with the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation. The project investigates how social networks influence substance use disorder (SUD) recovery outcomes among pregnant and postpartum Native American mothers participating in...

Federal Grant Award Summary Boston University Medical Campus received a $193,752 Project Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), awarded on February 15, 2026, with a completion date of January 31, 2031. The grant funds research examining adolescent exposure to nicotine and tobacco content on social media platforms by integrating adolescent self-reported experiences with social media analytics. The project...

This $1.92 million Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) supports research conducted by the University of Maryland, Baltimore from July 2025 through March 2030. The project investigates the behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms underlying reciprocal social interactions in substance use disorders (SUDs). The research deliverables include the development and implementation of an animal behavioral...