Project Grant R03AA032396
- The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), awarded a $121,887 project grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to identify the neurophysiological phenotypes that contribute to alcohol-related blackout susceptibility. The project, running from January 31, 2025 to August 31, 2027, aims to investigate the role of GABAergic inhibition and functional connectivity patterns in predisposing individuals to...
- 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...
- 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...
- This federal Project Grant award for $700,000.00, issued by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under CFDA 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training program, supports research to investigate the neurophysiological and genetic factors contributing to binge drinking and alcohol use disorder. The primary awardee, the University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center, will leverage techniques such as monosynaptic circuit labeling, optogenetics, electrophysiology,...
- The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273), awarded a $746,544 Project Grant to the University of Southern California (USC) to study the impact of personalized genetic and phenotypic feedback on early drinking behaviors among Asian American college students. This research builds upon prior NIAAA-funded studies conducted by USC, which demonstrated sustained effects on self-reported alcohol use and protective behaviors in...
- 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 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,...
- The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) awarded a $105,132 Project Grant under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) to the University of Kentucky Research Foundation. The grant, titled "Uncovering the Functional and Mechanistic Dysregulation of Monocytes After Abstinence and Post-Abstinence Drinking," will leverage a rhesus macaque model to investigate the persistent functional, transcriptional, and epigenetic changes in peripheral monocytes induced by...
- 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), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $150,526 Project Grant under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The project aims to assess the prevalence and theoretical drivers of novel high-intensity drinking behaviors, such as "BORG" (blackout rage gallon) drinking, among college students. The two-phase study will first survey 300 students across three U.S. universities, followed by a larger survey of 1,000 college alcohol users to validate and generalize the findings. The research will apply the Integrated Behavioral Model to understand the beliefs, motivations, and consequences associated with these emerging risky drinking practices. The award period runs from September 2025 through August 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $150.5k | 9/17/25 |