Deadline: 7 January 2017
National Institutes of Health is currently inviting applications for its program entitled “Women & Sex/Gender Differences in Drug and Alcohol Abuse/Dependence” with an aim to advance research on male-females differences in drug and alcohol abuse and addiction and on factors specific to women.
Cross Cutting Issues
- Research that addresses and compares stages of the life cycle, from preconception, gestation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, to late adulthood.
- Research that examines the role of race, ethnicity, culture, and SES.
- Research that examines health disparity issues in drug abuse and associated infectious diseases.
- Research on hidden and underserved populations, e.g., lesbians, transgender individuals, incarcerated, homeless, victims of violence, sex workers, migrant workers, school dropouts, truants, runaways, street youth, and latchkey children.
- Research that addresses transgendered populations with special attention to improving methods for sampling those populations and to their elevated risk for drug use, and for HIV exposure and transmission.
- Research on all drugs of abuse, including the nonmedical use of prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs with abuse potential, nicotine, club drugs, and polydrug use.
- Use of a wide range of methodological approaches including longitudinal studies, secondary data analyses, descriptive and ethnographic studies, use of and development of novel measurement tools, and interdisciplinary approaches.
- Research that addresses gender-specific recruitment and retention issues.
Eligibility Criteria
- Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
- The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
- Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- For-Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
- Governments
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
- Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
- S. Territory or Possession
- Other
- Independent School Districts
- Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
- Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
- Regional Organizations
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions)
- Foreign Institutions
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are eligible to apply.
- Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are eligible to apply.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit their applications electronically via given website.
For more information, please visit grants.gov.