Project Grant 1356094

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under its Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) awarded a $604,391 Project Grant to the University of California, Irvine on September 20, 2025, to support research modeling a national graduated blood alcohol concentration (BAC) per se policy for drivers aged 21-24 years. The grant addresses the escalating public health crisis of alcohol-impaired driving, which costs the nation over $348 billion...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded the University of Pittsburgh a $700,134 Project Grant effective June 15, 2026, through February 28, 2031, under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273). This research initiative will track the development of alcohol tolerance from the onset of regular drinking in a cohort of 300 low-risk drinkers aged 18-19 years who are oversampled for risk factors associated with problematic alcohol use....

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded Massachusetts General Hospital a $735,930 Project Grant (R34) on September 23, 2025, under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) to develop, validate, and conduct an open trial of a large language model (LLM)-based conversational agent for delivering brief alcohol interventions to emerging adults ages 18-29. The project, which runs through August 31, 2028, addresses the critical public health need to expand screening...

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded $167,500 in Project Grant funding to the University of Massachusetts Medical School on September 17, 2025, through the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) for a research study investigating sex differences in excessive alcohol use patterns across young adulthood and middle age. The research will utilize longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) to examine how...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded a Project Grant of $720,043 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (doing business as SUNY at Binghamton) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) for a randomized clinical trial examining the efficacy of eCheckup to Go (ECTG) combined with a brief parent-based intervention to reduce high school student drinking. The four-year project, awarded September 23, 2025,...

Federal Grant Award Summary Duke University's Office of Research Administration received a $191,443 Project Grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), effective May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2031. This Career Development Award supports a five-year research initiative examining the proximal associations between alcohol misuse and suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) among youth, with particular emphasis on...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded the University of Missouri System $719,749 under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) to conduct a longitudinal study examining alcohol consumption patterns, contexts, and consequences as young adults transition to legal drinking at age 21. The award, obligated on September 10, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2030, supports an intensive longitudinal investigation using...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) awarded $451,578 to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas through the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education on September 20, 2025, for a research project with completion targeted by August 31, 2027. This Project Grant supports a two-phase empirical assessment designed to characterize risky drinking typologies and behavioral drivers...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded the University of Michigan a five-year K23 Mentored Career Development Award of $388,800 (awarded May 1, 2026, with completion by April 30, 2031) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) to develop and optimize technology-augmented adaptive behavioral interventions for reducing binge drinking and aggression among young adults aged 18-30 presenting to emergency departments. The project...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded a K99/R00 Project Grant totaling $297,684 (awarded September 16, 2025; completion date August 31, 2027) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York to investigate close-in-time mediators and moderators of social media use, alcohol-related content (ARC) exposure, and young adult drinking behavior. The research employs a mixed-methods approach to address the gap in understanding...