Introduction
Did you know that NIDA has a number of programs to support both predoctoral and postdoctoral-level scientists interested in drug abuse research? NIDA has made a strong commitment to supporting and training our future scientists and, as a result, the funding for research training has been growing steadily in recent years. NIDA supports individual Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Ph.D. students (F31) and MD/PhD (F30) candidates, as well as funding for more than 60 training sites for both predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows across the country (T32). NIDA also funds individual postdoctoral Kirschstein NRSA fellowships (F32), and a variety of career awards.
NIH Blueprint and Roadmap programs also offer funding opportunities for interdisciplinary research training. Opportunities for funding rapidly change, so please check frequently for the latest Blueprint and Roadmap announcements.
2010 NIDA Directors' Travel Award and Tutorials Workshop at CPDD
NIDA will again sponsor the Directors' Travel Award to help offset the cost of attending the 2010 College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona. NIDA is also sponsoring its 10th annual Tutorials - a workshop held in conjunction with the CPDD meeting that is designed to provide junior investigators with fundamental information from a variety of disciplines representing the breadth of drug abuse and addiction research. As in previous years, the Director's Travel Award and Tutorials are a package opportunity, thus registering for the Travel Award will automatically register an applicant for the Tutorials Workshop (see the link below for the application). Please be aware that Travel Award acceptance will also require Tutorial Workshop attendance. Please check this website at the end of February to view this year's Tutorial Workshop program. To see last year's agenda, please follow this link: 2009 Agenda.
Eligibility is limited to NIDA-supported NRSA fellows and trainees, and Minority Supplement recipients. While preference will be given to junior investigators who are presenting at the CPDD conference, others will be considered as funding permits. Complete applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 P.M. (ET) on March 18, 2010. Applicants will be notified by e-mail after the application submission deadline if selected to receive the Travel Award.
Application for 2010 NIDA Director's Travel Award [pdf 228 kb]
Guidance to Applicants for the NIDA Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Program Award (K12)
On February 2, 2010, a NIH Guide Notice (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-DA-10-008.html) was issued to inform the scientific community that the NIDA Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Program Award (K12) announcement, PAR-07-346, expired ahead of its anticipated expiration date, due to the requirement for electronic submission of applications (SF424), effective January 25, 2010. NIDA remains committed to the research training and career development of clinician researchers in the area of substance abuse, and will continue to support the K12 program. A new K12-FOA is expected to be released in March of 2010 for the June 12, 2010 receipt date. Potential applicants who were interested in submitting a K12 application to NIDA for the February 12, 2010 receipt date are asked to contact a NIDA program official to discuss plans for submission for the June 12, 2010 receipt date. Please check this webpage periodically for any updates.
Transfer of NIDA Fellowship Review to the CSR
Beginning with the April 8, 2008 receipt date, the NIDA-K study section will no longer be reviewing individual predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowship applications. These applications will be assigned to scientific review groups in the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), where the majority of the research grant applications sent to NIH are reviewed. Please see the FAQs [pdf 28 kb] for details.
FAQs
Research Training Opportunities
NIDA Policy Updates
Policy Update for T32 Programs
NIDA funded T32 programs are no longer permitted to add new trainees within the last year of the program's funding without prior approval from NIDA. This policy will help to protect new trainees from a sudden lapse of funding within a relatively short period of time should the applicant's competing application not be awarded.
Prior approval may be obtained under the following circumstances: 1) the new trainee(s) require(s) support under this mechanism for only a brief time, or 2) there is a contingency plan in place to provide continuous support for the trainee(s), should the competing application not be awarded. In either case, there should be no expectation that NIDA will continue to support trainees through the T32 program once the program's funding is finished. The procedure for obtaining prior approval will be a written request accompanied by a reasonable justification submitted to the assigned NIDA Program Official, at least 2 months prior to when the trainee will be appointed.
Please be advised that this policy and new requirements will be included in all T32 Notices of Grant Award.
Policy Update for Career Development Awards (K Awards)
See Notice
How to Apply: Forms & Instructions
Review Process
Meeting Presentations
Other Sites of Interest
- ACNP Travel Award:
The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) Annual Meeting is one of the world's leading forums for the exchange of cutting edge scientific information about the brain, behavior, and psychotropic drugs. The ACNP is now accepting applications for their Travel Award Program to attend the 2010 Meeting in Miami, Florida, on December 5-9. This year, the ACNP is offering 3 types of travel awards: 1. the Early Career Travel Award (for young scientists who have, through their research, teaching, or clinical activities, demonstrated professional and scientific interest in the field of neuropsychopharmacology and have received Early Career Development K or R Awards from the NIH); 2. the Travel Award for Minorities and Women; and 3. the Young Investigator Memorial Travel Award. For an application and more information about these awards, please see http://www.acnp.org/annualmeeting/travelawards.aspx. The deadline to apply is April 30th.
- Publishing Addiction Science:
A self-guided tutorial that reviews publication practices and tips, designed to help students and new investigators to publish in the addiction science field. This tutorial was developed by the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE) with sponsorship from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the World Health Organization, and is based on the book, "Publishing Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed." The text is available for free download on the ISAJE Website (www.parint.org/isajewebsite/isajebook/isajewebbook.htm).
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