Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Institutional Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Traineeships (T32)
NIDA supports predoctoral and postdoctoral students through institutional training sites across the country. The overall goal of the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) program is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address the Nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs. In order to accomplish this goal, NRSA training programs are designed to train individuals to conduct research and to prepare for research careers. Applications for these training positions need to go directly to the training sites’ program directors. See a full listing of current T32 grantees and their contact information. Additionally, the active NIDA T32 projects are available on NIH RePORTER. Please also see the active T32 Notices of Funding Opportunity if you are an institution interested in submitting an application.
NIDA Staff Contact: Lindsey Friend, Ph.D., NIDA_Training@nida.nih.gov
Summer Research Education Experience (R25)
Provides high quality summer research experiences for high school and college students, and for science teachers via institutional research education grants. These grant programs must focus on substance use/abuse/addiction and are expected to: help attract young students to careers in science; provide opportunities for college students to gain valuable research experience to help prepare them for graduate school; and enhance the skills of science teachers and enable them to more effectively communicate the nature of the scientific process to their students. The grant programs should also contribute to enhancing overall science literacy. Participants are selected and appointed to the program by the grantee institution.
NIDA Staff Contact: Lindsey Friend, Ph.D., NIDA_Training@nida.nih.gov
Research Education Program for Clinical Researchers and Clinicians (R25)
NIDA supports the research education of medical/graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, medical residents, and/or independent scientists through institutional research education grants. These grants provide institutional support for clinically focused, transdisciplinary training programs in substance use/abuse/addiction research. Eligible participants should be training for careers as clinical researchers, clinicians/service providers, or (optimally) a combination of the two. Participants are selected and appointed to the program by the grantee institution.
NIDA Staff Contact: Lindsey Friend, Ph.D., NIDA_Training@nida.nih.gov
Alcohol and Other Substance Use Research Education Programs for Health Professionals (R25)
This NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports educational activities with a primary focus on outreach. This FOA provides support for educational programs designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of a wide array of health professional participants, both individuals currently practicing their professions and those in training for health professions. This program will support projects designed to engage practicing health care professionals in education about current and emerging knowledge derived from scientific research on the neurobiology, epidemiology, prevention, and/or treatment of alcohol and other substance use disorders and related health conditions.
NIDA Staff Contact: Lindsey Friend, Ph.D., NIDA_Training@nida.nih.gov
Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Program Award (K12)
Provides support to an educational institution or professional organization to support career development experiences for clinicians, leading to research independence. Newly trained clinicians are selected and appointed to the program by the grantee institution. Clinical research includes patient-oriented research, behavioral research, epidemiologic research, outcomes/health services research, and research with human tissues and specimens where an investigator directly interacts with human subjects in an outpatient or inpatient setting.
NIDA Staff Contact: Lindsey Friend, Ph.D., NIDA_Training@nida.nih.gov
Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15)
The purpose of this Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions is to support small scale research grants at institutions that do not receive substantial funding from the NIH, with an emphasis on providing biomedical research experiences primarily for undergraduate students, and enhancing the research environment at applicant institutions.
Program Contact: Yuki Lama, Ph.D., NIDAreferral@mail.nih.gov