Project Grant K01DA065495
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded Trustees of Boston University $193,751 on May 1, 2026, under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to support a career development research initiative examining quality of care in outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities. The award funds a five-year training and research plan designed to develop the principal investigator as an independent substance use disorder services researcher. The research uses a novel...
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded Massachusetts General Hospital $197,640 on March 1, 2026, under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to conduct a four-year project examining the clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of integrating infectious disease care into rapid-access substance use bridge clinics. The research addresses the syndemic of substance use disorder and infections among people who inject drugs, who face elevated risk of overdose, acute bacterial...
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded The General Hospital Corporation (Massachusetts General Hospital) $197,281 on August 1, 2026, under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to develop a virtual, group-based multicomponent mind-body intervention for tobacco cessation in adults with serious mental illness. The intervention integrates mind-body skills and social support with gold-standard tobacco treatment—medication and counseling—delivered as a 12-week protocol...
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded The Medical University of South Carolina $249,000 on June 1, 2026, under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to investigate how social-contextual stressors affect smoking cessation and relapse among socioeconomically disadvantaged young adults who smoke. The recipient will conduct mixed-methods research combining qualitative interviews and ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to examine the lived experiences of...
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded Yale University $190,580 on March 1, 2026, under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to develop and pilot a multiple health behavior change intervention targeting concurrent weight loss and smoking cessation among pre-bariatric surgery patients. The award funds a pilot randomized controlled trial enrolling 64 adult pre-surgical patients with severe obesity who smoke. The intervention arm (32 participants) will complete a 4-month...
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, awarded the University of California, San Diego $192,930 in project grant funding on May 1, 2026, under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279). The award supports mentoring in patient-oriented research on central nervous system dysfunction in individuals with HIV and substance use. The funded activities provide protected time for the principal...
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse, a component of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, awarded Brown University $350,000 on July 1, 2026, for Project Grant R01DA061886 under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859). The award funds a randomized controlled clinical trial examining a multiple health behavior change intervention for adults with obesity who smoke cigarettes. The study will enroll 220 participants with BMI of 30 or...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded a $742,500 Project Grant (R34) to Massachusetts General Hospital on July 15, 2025, under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279). This three-year pilot study, concluding June 30, 2028, will develop and test a peer recovery coaching intervention designed to promote tobacco abstinence in individuals with concurrent opioid use disorder and tobacco use disorder (MOUD-TUD). The project will adapt an...
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute $193,320 on July 1, 2026, under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to support development of a mentored career development award (K01) focused on improving behavioral healthcare for mothers with opioid use disorder, their children, and families. The award funds a five-year research initiative through June 30, 2031, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The investigator will develop a strategy...
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded the University of California, San Diego $200,297 on August 1, 2026, under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to support Dr. Nicole Kelly's mentored career development as a postdoctoral fellow transitioning to independent investigator status. The award funds Dr. Kelly's structured training program in implementation science and policy evaluation focused on expanding access to long-acting injectable treatments for HIV and opioid...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded Merrimack College $172,158 on September 1, 2026, under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to support career development and research training in exercise intervention design for smoking cessation among people with HIV. The award funds a five-year K01 career development grant focused on designing and disseminating theory-based, optimized exercise interventions for tobacco dependence and nicotine cessation. The recipient will conduct research across two primary aims: engaging 24 community partners to co-design and refine an exercise intervention integrating motivational interviewing and peer support components to maximize exercise adherence, and pilot testing the co-designed intervention using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy framework. The award supports the principal investigator's professional training to become an independent researcher through intensive mentorship under Dr. Kristine Erlandson (primary mentor) and co-mentors Gina Kruse, Jennifer Cantrell, Patricia Cioe, and Juliana Cohen, with additional collaboration from Scott Comulada and James Howland. The training encompasses pragmatic participant-informed design strategies, behavior change theory application, factorial optimization design techniques, clinical trials management, and grant writing, delivered through one-on-one mentoring, seminars, coursework, workshops, and professional meetings. Work is performed in North Andover, Massachusetts. The period of performance runs through August 31, 2031.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $172.2k | 8/5/26 |