Project Grant Q184A080215

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...

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded a $1,742,166 Project Grant under CFDA 93.273 - Alcohol Research Programs to the Trustees of Boston University, doing business as Boston University Medical Campus. The grant supports a comprehensive evaluation to assess the associations of state alcohol taxation and related policy environment with state-level alcohol treatment facilities capacity and key alcohol use disorder (AUD) health service outcomes. The project...

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded a $498,002 Project Grant under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) to the University of Illinois to conduct a study aimed at increasing alcohol abstinence in young adults with alcohol use disorder (AUD). The overall goals of this 3-year project are to: (1) test the efficacy of combining contingency management (CM) with problem-solving therapy (CM-PST) versus CM alone in a 2-arm pilot randomized controlled trial, and...

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...

This Project Grant award, totaling $755,539, was provided by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273). The funding will support research conducted by Emory University to evaluate the real-world utilization, effectiveness, and safety of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) as a treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD). The project aims to leverage administrative claims data and linked electronic health records...

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), awarded a $309,452 Project Grant to Real Recovery VR, Inc. on Sep 15, 2025. The award supports the development of a virtual reality (VR) platform that counselors can use to enhance treatment techniques and improve outcomes among those with alcohol use disorder (AUD). The project aims to leverage VR technology to provide patients with opportunities to practice coping skills in...

This Project Grant award of $175,372 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (CFDA 93.273 - Alcohol Research Programs) supports a training program in the etiology and consequences of alcohol use across the lifespan at the Rutgers Addiction Research Center (RARC), the largest comprehensive addiction research center in the U.S. The interdisciplinary training program, led by 11 RARC-affiliated faculty mentors, will provide postdoctoral trainees with expertise in the...

This $302,024 Project Grant was awarded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the federal Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) on September 14, 2023. The grant supports a research project by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) to assess the impacts of increased alcohol home delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project aims to: 1) document compliance with age verification policies during alcohol home deliveries, 2)...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (CFDA 93.273 Alcohol Research Programs) will provide $282,353 to the Public Health Institute to conduct a secondary data analysis project on "Blood Alcohol Content Limit Laws and Alcohol-Related Outcomes." The project aims to examine how blood alcohol content (BAC) limit laws for driving are related to alcohol consumption and alcohol-related mortality outcomes in the general population, as well as...

This three-year, $855,106 project grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will fund research at the Reed Institute examining the impact of gender identification and group dynamics on alcohol-related decision making among emerging adults ages 18 to 25. The grant aims to recruit 260 participants identifying as cisgender or gender diverse to participate in automated simulations and interviews exploring how social contexts like group size and gender composition influence...