This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), provides $654,879 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University to conduct a 60-day daily diary study examining the impact of sexual minority stress on alcohol-related intimate partner violence (IPV) among bisexual and other multigender-attracted (Bi+) young adult couples. The study aims to identify modifiable intervention targets to optimize...
This Project Grant award of $1,294,191.78 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) will support research on stigma, romantic relationships, and alcohol use among transgender and nonbinary (TNB) young adults (21-30 years old). The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: 1) Revising and validating a new measure of TNB-specific relationship experiences through a survey of 200 TNB young adults in...
This federal Project Grant award of $146,922 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), will fund a study examining the relationship between post-traumatic stress, alcohol use, and intimate partner violence (IPV) among bisexual women who have disclosed sexual violence to their partners. The study aims to clarify the key interpersonal and intrapersonal processes that may increase IPV risk for bisexual women survivors...
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded a $1,345,684 Project Grant under CFDA 93.273 Alcohol Research Programs to the University of Colorado-Denver. The 5-year award, effective September 20, 2024, aims to determine the effects of alcohol use and sexual communication on intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) among sexual minority and heterosexual couples. The project involves two studies: (1) a laboratory experiment examining acute alcohol use and partner sexual...
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...
This federal Project Grant award of $558,048 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) will fund a 36-month longitudinal study on the impacts of explicit, internalized, and vicarious racial discrimination on the health trajectories of Filipino, Korean, and Indian American young adults aged 18-19. The study will use a combination of bi-annual surveys and ecological momentary assessments to identify how different types...
The University of Tennessee was awarded a $195,896 Project Grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) federal grant program. The grant will fund a study examining the proximal associations between minority stress, PTSD symptoms, and alcohol use among bisexual, pansexual, and queer (bi+) college students with trauma histories. The study aims to evaluate how PTSD symptoms and experiences of enacted stigma relate to...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (CFDA 93.279 - Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs) to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) provides $121,323 in funding to investigate social safety as a mechanism underlying the heightened rates of problematic substance use among sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth. The study aims to examine whether: 1) SGM youth with greater minority stress show greater decrements in social safety and greater...
This $166,059 Project Grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) will fund research at Carnegie Mellon University to study the prevalence, developmental trajectories, and risk/protective factors associated with solitary alcohol use among young adults in the United States. The research aims to: 1) Estimate the prevalence of solitary alcohol use among 18-30 year olds over time, 2) Model developmental patterns of...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,156,700 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will fund a mixed-methods study to prospectively examine multi-level impacts on family formation plans among sexual and gender minority (SGM) couples. The study aims to quantitatively test the influence of factors like state-level structural stigma and couple...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) provides $170,168 to Montana State University to conduct research examining the relationship between romantic relationships, discrimination stressors, and alcohol use among sexual and gender minority (SGM) adults.
The study has two primary aims: 1) Examining whether romantic partnership characteristics are associated with alcohol use, comparing patterns between cisgender straight and SGM couples as well as within SGM subgroups; and 2) Investigating how discrimination stressors at the individual, partner, and broader contextual levels shape alcohol use, while identifying resilience factors that buffer the stress-alcohol use association for SGM adults. The research will utilize data from the nationally representative National Couples Health and Time (NCHAT) study collected between 2020-2021. Findings are intended to inform policy, identify harm reduction strategies, and target intervention programs for at-risk SGM populations.