Project Grant R01CA311862
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded the University of Southern California $426,828 on July 6, 2026, under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393) to conduct a two-year research project concluding June 30, 2028. This project will test innovative regulatory strategies to promote e-cigarette cessation among young adults through controlled experimental research in a simulated vape retail environment called "The Puff Point."...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded the University of Pennsylvania a Project Grant of $663,554 under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393) on August 18, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2030. This research project, titled "Catalyzing Cigarette Smoking Cessation Through Harm Reduction Sampling Among People Unmotivated to Quit," will develop and test harm reduction product sampling as a pragmatic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Cancer Institute (NCI), under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393), awarded the University of Alabama a Project Grant of $2,524,071 on September 23, 2025, for research investigating the neurocomputational mechanisms underlying self-regulation and reinforcement learning in smoking cessation decisions. The four-year project, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2029, will employ computational model-based multimodal neuroimaging...
- Grant Award Summary Duke University received a $906,306 Project Grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393) awarded September 11, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. The award funds development and testing of a telehealth-delivered, cue-based treatment intervention designed to promote smoking cessation among people who smoke lightly (PSLI), defined as those smoking 10 cigarettes per day or fewer. Building...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded Rutgers The State University of New Jersey – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RBHS) School of Nursing a $687,511 Project Grant on August 14, 2025, under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393) to conduct a randomized controlled trial examining charcoal-filtered cigarettes, specifically the Natural American Spirit brand's "Sky" product. The five-year project, extending through...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Cancer Institute (CFDA 93.393 - Cancer Cause and Prevention Research) totaling $885,824 aims to assess consumer response to smokeless tobacco modified risk marketing orders. The research activities will explore 1) consumers' exposure and reactions to authorized smokeless tobacco modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) claims, and 2) whether the MRTP claims influence smokeless tobacco demand and sensory evaluations. The project will be conducted...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Cancer Institute awarded a $164,484 Project Grant to The University of Kentucky Research Foundation on August 11, 2025, under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393). This award supports a research initiative focused on developing and evaluating health communications targeting adults who smoke nondaily (ASN)—a population representing approximately one-third of current adult cigarette smokers in the United States yet demonstrating...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Medical University of South Carolina received a $586,018 Project Grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393), awarded July 10, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2031. This fully-powered three-arm clinical trial will develop and test augmented-dose nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) interventions for individuals who use both combustible cigarettes and e-cigarettes and seek to quit both...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded the University of Pittsburgh a $2.2 million Project Grant under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393) on August 7, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2029. This basic experimental study with humans addresses smoking cessation and craving by investigating dyadic processes between romantic partners and smoking friends. The research integrates theoretical and methodological approaches from...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University a $395,248 Project Grant effective August 11, 2025, under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393) to conduct proof-of-concept and feasibility testing of episodic future thinking (EFT) interventions for smoking cessation. This two-year project, concluding July 31, 2027, will develop and evaluate both generalized EFT and cancer-specific EFT approaches...
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded The RAND Corporation a $648,337 Project Grant on July 10, 2026, under the Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393) to conduct experimental research on the effectiveness of convenience store advertising as a channel for communicating smoking cessation resources to adult smokers. The research will be conducted in RAND's Storelab (RSL), a life-sized replica convenience store designed to experimentally evaluate how changes to the retail environment influence tobacco use behavior. Adult smokers will be randomly assigned to shop in the RSL under five conditions to test four distinct messaging strategies promoting cessation: quitting resources only; quitting resources with text warning messages; quitting resources with graphic health warning messages; and quitting resources with supportive positive messages. The study aims to identify which advertising and messaging strategies are most effective at increasing smokers' orientation toward quitting and engagement with available quit smoking resources. This research addresses a significant public health gap by leveraging the high-reach potential of convenience stores, where over 150,000 locations exist across the United States and most adult smokers make near-daily visits. The project will generate evidence on whether point-of-sale advertising represents a viable, cost-effective communication channel for directing smokers toward free and low-cost evidence-based quit smoking resources such as quit lines, smartphone applications, and web-based services. The award is scheduled for completion on June 30, 2030, with the place of performance in Santa Monica, California.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $648.3k | 7/14/26 |