Project Grant RM1DA064507
- This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), will support a clinical research hub to study the implementation and impact of a Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP) waiver in 4 Massachusetts county jails. The $1,600,955 award, effective from Sep 1, 2025 to May 31, 2030, will be administered by the University of Massachusetts. The research aims to understand how the MIEP waiver, which...
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has awarded a $731,275 Project Grant under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) to support the "Supporting Treatment Access and Recovery in Re-entry (STAR-R)" study. The 5-year study will evaluate the effectiveness of the "Maintaining Independence and Sobriety through Systems Integration, Outreach, and Networking-Criminal Justice Version (MISSION-CJ)"...
- This Project Grant award of $722,917 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the Department of Health and Human Services, will fund a 5-year study to evaluate a new approach for dispensing methadone to incarcerated individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) in three state prison systems. The project aims to support widespread implementation of the hospital/clinic designation, which allows carceral facilities to stock and dispense methadone for OUD treatment, by launching a...
- This $147,486 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (CFDA 93.279 - Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs) will support a mixed-methods study examining the predictors and outcomes of methadone and buprenorphine receipt during incarceration. The study will analyze a longitudinal database on health service use and outcomes among 4,558 incarcerated individuals who received these medications from 2016-2023 at a unified jail and prison system in the Northeast....
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) provides $187,023 to Baystate Medical Center, Inc. in Massachusetts. The purpose is to conduct a mixed-methods study to determine the impact of the state's Behavioral Health Supports for Justice-Involved Individuals (BH-JI) program on healthcare utilization, costs, and overdose outcomes for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) upon release from...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the federal Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $752,184 to the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) to address challenges in collaboration between drug courts and medication-assisted treatment (MOUD) providers. The project, titled "Improving Access to MOUD in Drug Courts Through Inter-Agency Collaboration: COLAAB Study," aims to adapt, implement, and evaluate a...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), will fund a study to optimize opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment in prisons. The key products and services to be delivered include: Validating a 2-item OUD screening tool and an 11-item diagnostic DSM-5 OUD symptom checklist adapted for use in prisons. This will involve validating these tools against...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is focused on evaluating the impact of state policies that facilitate the initiation of medication-based treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) in emergency department settings. The $794,574 grant will fund a 5-year project to: 1) create a public database of state laws related to emergency department-based initiation of medications for OUD treatment; 2) analyze national...
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a $1,445,752 Project Grant under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to New York University School of Medicine. The grant, titled "Characterizing Complex OUD Care Trajectories and Outcomes Following Acute Service Utilization: A Population-Based Data Linkage Study," aims to apply novel research approaches to better understand real-world opioid use disorder (OUD)...
- This $825,383 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), to the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) located in Worcester, MA. The grant supports research to investigate the relationship between disruptions in molecular rhythms in specific cell types of the striatum and opioid use disorder (OUD) using human postmortem brain samples and mouse models. The project aims to...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under CFDA Program 93.279 - Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs, awarded a $1,548,605 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) to test the effectiveness of the Jail ECHO Operations, Planning, and Strategy (J-ECHO OPS) implementation strategy to increase access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in rural jails. The study, titled "Improving Jail Response to the Overdose Crisis: A Hybrid Trial of Jail ECHO to Improve MOUD Implementation and Public Health Outcomes", will recruit 40 rural jails nationally and use the ECHO model to provide virtual learning sessions, case-based discussions, and peer-to-peer learning to jail leadership, staff, and community MOUD professionals. The project aims to evaluate the impact of J-ECHO OPS on MOUD implementation outcomes, workforce-level outcomes, and organizational climate in the participating jails. The award has a performance period from September 1, 2025 to May 31, 2030.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 9/23/25 | ||
| Not listed | $1.5m | 8/27/25 |