Project Grant R03AA032321
- This federal Project Grant award of $2,145,105 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) is funding research to investigate sex differences in the development of alcohol use disorder (AUD). The key objective is to examine how neuropeptidergic regulation of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) mediates the sex-dependent processing of alcohol's negative valence, which may contribute to the greater...
- This federal Project Grant award of $3,291,402.00, made by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), supports a longitudinal study to examine how social resources shape and are shaped by a recent experience of sexual assault. The study aims to: (1) clarify the direction of association between structural social support and posttraumatic stress, (2) examine how sexual assault-specific social resources relate to posttraumatic...
- 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 $146,922 federal Project Grant was awarded on December 1, 2024 by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273). The grant supports research examining the mechanisms linking sexual violence disclosure, post-traumatic stress, alcohol use, and intimate partner violence among bisexual women. The research aims to investigate how minority stress may moderate these processes. The project will be conducted by the Board of...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under CFDA 93.273 - Alcohol Research Programs, will fund a longitudinal study on alcohol consumption, contexts, and consequences across the transition to legal drinking age in the United States. The University of Missouri System will receive $719,749 to conduct this 5-year study, starting on September 10, 2025. The researchers will use ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to collect self-report,...
- This Project Grant award for $111,612.00, awarded on January 1, 2025 by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), will fund a study investigating the momentary associations between stress, mindfulness, and alcohol use in highly stressed mothers. The goal is to use ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to examine how stress and mindfulness influence alcohol craving and use in mothers' daily lives, with the potential to inform...
- 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...
- This federal Project Grant award of $148,842.00 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) is for a research project investigating the relationship between social media use, exposure to alcohol-related content, and drinking behavior in young adults. The key objectives are to: (1) gain an in-depth understanding of young adults' perceptions of the factors influencing the associations between social media use,...
- The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded a 5-year, $597,000 Project Grant titled "Sex-Dependent Shifts in Behavioral Profiles and Cortical Signaling Following Adolescent Binge Drinking" to The Pennsylvania State University. The grant, funded under CFDA 93.273 Alcohol Research Programs, aims to characterize changes in behavior, cortical adaptations in somatostatin neuron function and peptide signaling, and functional connectivity following adolescent...
- The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded a $550,417 Project Grant under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) to the University of Texas at Austin. The grant, effective September 1, 2025 through May 31, 2030, supports research to investigate how heavy alcohol exposure in aging individuals leads to impaired microglia function, neurodegeneration, and cognitive deficits. The study aims to determine whether dysregulated neuroimmune and microglia responses are...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) federal grant program, is funding a $167,500 research study titled "An Investigation of Sex Differences in Excessive Alcohol Use in Young Adulthood and Middle Age: Characterizing the Influence of Multiple Social Roles, Stress, and Poor Mental Health." The study, conducted by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, aims to examine the increasing rates of excessive alcohol use among women compared to men, and investigate the unique social, cultural, and psychological factors contributing to these differential trends over time. The project will leverage the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) dataset to assess the influence of factors such as social roles, stress, and mental health on alcohol use patterns between genders from young adulthood through middle age. The award has a project period from September 17, 2025 to August 31, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $167.5k | 9/17/25 |