Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Research: Current NIDA Funding Opportunities

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Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Research
Current NIDA Funding Opportunities

• Melissa W. Racioppo
• Behavioral Treatment Development Branch
• National Institute on Drug Abuse

For CPDDSan Juan, Puerto RicoJune 18, 2004
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Finding Current Initiatives

• NIH guide http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/ind
  ex.html
• You can join a free listserve that will
  automatically email a list of all NIH initiatives
  that are announced each week http//grants1.nih.g
  ov/grants/guide/listserv.htm
• NIDAs website http//www.drugabuse.gov/funding/

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Types of Initiatives

• Program Announcement (PA)
• Request for Applications (RFA)

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Program Announcements

• Standing calls for applications
• in general areas
• No set-aside funds
• Rolling deadlines
• (Competes with all other grants in the
  Division)

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Requests for Applications

• One-time calls for
• applications in targeted areas
• Funds set-aside for
• meritorious applications
• Single deadline
• (Competes only with other applications in the
  same RFA)

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NIDAs Funding Priorities

• Talk with Program Officers
• Watch for science meetings (e.g., neurobiology of
  behavioral treatment)
• Ongoing priority areas
• Special populations
• HIV-relevance
• Consistent with recent initiatives (e.g., group
  therapy, adolescent treatment and services,
  mechanisms of action of behavioral treatments)
• New investigator
• Minority investigator
• Ear-marked funds
• By Congress, By the Institute Director, By other
  Institutes (e.g., Roadmap funds, women gender,
  HIV/AIDS, marijuana, adolescents)

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NIDAs Behavioral Therapies Development Program

• Supports the development, refinement, and testing
  of behavioral treatments, and combined behavioral
  and pharmacologic treatments, in both research
  and community settings.

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What is Behavioral Treatment?

• Behavioral treatment includes various forms of
  counseling, psychotherapy, family therapy,
  cognitive therapy, relapse prevention, and other
  behavioral therapies.

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Stages of Therapy Development

• Stage I Therapy development
• Stage II Efficacy testing
• Stage III Pre-dissemination

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STAGE I THERAPY DEVELOPMENT
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STAGE I EXAMPLE TASKS Develop therapy
manual Develop adherence measures Pilot test
therapy
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STAGE II EFFICACY TESTING DISMANTLING STUDIES
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STAGE II EXAMPLE TASKS Train research
therapists Ensure fidelity to therapies being
tested Recruit assign subjects Minimize
confounds Test for key mechanisms, moderators,
mediators Assess therapy outcomes
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STAGE III PRE-DISSEMINATION WORK
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STAGE III EXAMPLE TASKS Develop therapist
training procedures Assess therapist adherence
and competence Assess therapy and therapist
outcomes Test barriers to implementation
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Behavioral Therapies Development Program
Announcement PA-03-126

• Supports Stage I, II, III studies of behavioral
  therapy, and combined behavioral and
  pharmacologic therapy
• http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03
  -126.html

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PA-03-126

• Therapies for adolescent smoking cessation
• Identify and evaluate factors that mediate or
  moderate treatment efficacy
• Behavioral techniques to enable patients to
  manage precipitants of relapse including stress,
  social pressure, insomnia, anger, depression,
  anxiety, and environmental cues associated with
  prior drinking or substance use experiences

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PA-03-126

• Behavioral therapies in group settings
• Therapies that address the unique needs and
  perspectives of adolescent girls, minorities,
  other special populations
• Treatments administered or assisted by
  technological devices and software applications
• Alternative or complementary interventions as
  sole treatments or as adjunctive strategies

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Research Training Opportunities

• RUTH L. KIRSCHSTEIN NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
  AWARDS FOR INDIVIDUAL POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS (F32)
• http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-0
  3-067.html
• Full-time post-doctoral research training for up
  to 3 years
• Contact
• Lucinda L. Miner, Ph.D.,
• Office of Science Policy and Communications
• [phone]
• Email CM171W_at_NIH.GOV

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Research Training Opportunities

• CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS (K)
• http//www.drugabuse.gov/funding/resfundslist.htm
  lRFA2004
• Full-time, mentored, post-doctoral research
  training for up to 5 years
• Contact
• Mark Swieter, Ph.D.
• Office of Extramural Program Review
• [phone]
• E-mail MS80X_at_NIH.GOV

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Funding for Scientific Meetings

• RESEARCH CONFERENCE GRANTS (R13)
• http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/r13/index.h
  tml
• NIDA-supported meetings should advance NIDAs
• research agenda and not solely provide training.
  
• Eligible Institutions
• For-profit or non-profit organizations
• Public or private institutions
• Units of State and local governments
• Domestic institutions/organizations
• Faith-based or community-based organizations

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For more information, contact Melissa W.
Racioppo [phone] mraciopp_at_nida.nih.gov
OR Behavioral Treatment Development Branch (301)
443-0107