Specialized Alcohol Research Centers (P50)

The summary for the Specialized Alcohol Research Centers (P50) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Institutes of Health, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Specialized Alcohol Research Centers (P50): -Purpose. The overall purpose of the NIAAA Alcohol Research Center program is to provide leadership in conducting and fostering interdisciplinary, collaborative research on a wide variety of topics relevant to the Institute s mission. These topics include, but are not limited to: the nature, etiology, genetics, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of alcohol use disorders and their biomedical, psychosocial, and economic consequences across the lifespan. Centers are also major contributors to the development of new research methods, technologies and approaches that sustain innovative goal-directed research. -Mechanism of Support. This RFA uses the Specialized Alcohol Research Center (P50) mechanism to sustain an integrated, multidisciplinary, multi-investigator, long-term program of research and research support planned around an important research theme. Specialized Alcohol Research Centers are also expected: to function as a regional or national resource in their particular area of expertise; to provide opportunities for research training; to develop research collaborations with outside investigators and to provide the means to develop new research ideas and encourage new investigators via pilot projects. -Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. The total cost for a P50 Center may not exceed $1.8 million per year. Applicants may request a project period of up to five years. NIAAA intends to commit approximately 7-9 million dollars in FY2009 to fund 4-7 new and/or competing continuation Center grants in response to this and three related RFAs: Exploratory/Developmental Alcohol Research Centers (P20) (RFA-AA-08-003), Resource Core Alcohol Research Centers (P30) (RFA-AA-08-004), and Comprehensive Alcohol Research Centers (P60) (RFA-AA-08-006). Awards issued under this RFA are contingent upon the availability of funds and the receipt of sufficiently meritorious applications.