Project Grant Q184A080161

This $673,500 Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will fund Amygdala Neurosciences, Inc. to develop new, potent, selective, and reversible inhibitors of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) for the treatment of alcohol use disorder. The goal is to implement an innovative screening technology to discover novel compounds that reduce craving and alcohol consumption by selectively inhibiting ALDH2 in a reversible manner, avoiding...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Award Details: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded $901,666 to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) on September 20, 2025. The project runs through June 30, 2030, and is conducted at RTI's facility in North Carolina with a subcontract awarded to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Office of Sponsored Research in January 2026. Products and Services:...

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded a $399,048 Project Grant under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to examine behavioral and electrophysiological cue reactivity in young adult binge drinkers. The study will compare responses to uni- and multisensory alcohol and neutral cues that vary in degree of realistic appearance, and explore the effects of multisensory congruence on cue responses. The project...

Federal Grant Award Summary Brown University was awarded $733,137 by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) on September 18, 2025, to conduct a 12-week randomized controlled clinical trial evaluating probenecid as a treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD). The project, which will extend through August 31, 2030, will deliver a double-blind, between-subject clinical trial with 120 individuals with AUD, comparing...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded $413,496 through its Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York to conduct research on enhancing alcohol use disorder (AUD) recovery through systematic assessment of psychological well-being (PWB) in daily life. The two-year project, initiated September 20, 2025 and concluding August 31, 2027, addresses a critical gap in AUD treatment...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded The Research Foundation for the State University of New York $248,770 through the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) on September 25, 2025, for a project examining emotion regulation strategy use in adolescents with co-occurring alcohol use disorder and psychiatric diagnoses. The research addresses a critical gap in adolescent treatment outcomes, as 61-88% of youth presenting with...

Federal Grant Award Summary Boston University Medical Campus received a $1.74 million Project Grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), awarded September 17, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. The grant supports a comprehensive research evaluation examining the associations between state alcohol taxation policies, the policy environment, and alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment services outcomes. The...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded Massachusetts General Hospital $734,468 on September 23, 2025, under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) to develop and pilot test Social Identity Mapping for Adolescents in Recovery (SIM-AIR), an innovative adjunctive intervention module for treating adolescent alcohol use disorder (AUD). The research addresses a critical gap in AUD recovery outcomes by creating a standardized,...

Federal Grant Award Summary Reality Check Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, received a $120,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243). The award, effective September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2029, supports the expansion and improvement of...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded $720,043 in Project Grant funding to The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (SUNY at Binghamton) on September 23, 2025, under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) to conduct 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, extending...