Deadline: 23-Dec-22
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking applications for the Advancing Adolescent Tobacco Cessation Intervention Research Program.
Purpose
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) supports studies that develop, test, implement, and evaluate behavioral tobacco cessation interventions for adolescents, with a focus on the critical developmental risk period of mid- to late adolescence (approximately 14-20 years old). Projects supported by this FOA must be grounded in the adolescent developmental literature and draw on a well-established theoretical model of behavior change. Applicants should consider the potential for future adoption, implementation, and sustainability of interventions, at all stages of intervention planning and development. As appropriate, investigators are encouraged to consider including members of the community and community-based organizations in all stages of the research, from design to implementation.
Research Objectives
The goal of this FOA is to stimulate research that will lead to empirically validated, developmentally appropriate behavioral interventions that are effective for treating adolescent tobacco dependence and preventing escalation of dependence and use. Applications to this FOA should propose to develop and test interventions to a) promote cessation of one or more forms of tobacco use among adolescents with established tobacco dependence, or to b) disrupt escalation of tobacco use among recent initiates and those who are using tobacco at low frequency and intensity. Interventions should be grounded in a well-established theoretical model of behavior change and informed by developmental science. Behavioral interventions may be tested alone, or as the primary intervention with a pharmacotherapy adjunct.
Research Questions
Specific research questions of interest include, but are not limited to:
- What components comprise effective behavioral interventions for adolescent tobacco cessation? What are mediators and moderators of treatment effectiveness?
- What comprises an effective digital therapeutic intervention for adolescent tobacco cessation and how can we maximize the efficacy of these approaches?
- How can we effectively intervene with youth across various developmental trajectories of tobacco use?
- How can we intervene to disrupt progression to daily use and/or dependence with youth who are infrequent users of tobacco products, or demonstrate earlier stages of compulsive patterns of use?
- How can we maximize the reach, uptake and engagement with adolescent-focused tobacco cessation interventions, particularly in populations of youth that experience tobacco-related health disparities?
- How can we effectively treat tobacco use among youth, in the context of dual or polyuse of tobacco products?
- How can we effectively treat tobacco use among youth in the context of cannabis and tobacco co-use, or co-use with other substances (e.g., alcohol)?
- In the context of a behavioral cessation intervention, what additional impact can FDA-approved smoking cessation pharmacotherapy have in treating adolescent tobacco dependence?
Funding Information
- NCI and NIDA intend to commit $30 million total across the fiscal years (FYs) starting in FY 2023 to fund up to 6 awards.
- Direct costs in any single year should reflect the actual needs of the proposed project; however, total direct costs are limited to $3,150,000 across a 5-yr project period.
- The proposed project period must not exceed 5 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- State governments
- County governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Small businesses
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Others
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
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For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343908