At a glance
This program funds highly innovative basic research on the causes, biology, prevention, or treatment of substance use disorders, especially high-risk projects with little or no preliminary data. It is open to a wide range of applicants, including nonprofits, colleges and universities, governments, businesses, tribal entities, faith-based organizations, and foreign organizations. Awards are for up to 2 years, with no more than $275,000 in total direct costs and no more than $150,000 in direct costs in any one year. No cost sharing is required. Applications that focus on alcohol alone will not be reviewed.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Cutting-Edge Basic Research Award (CEBRA) is designed to foster highly innovative or conceptually creative research related to the etiology, pathophysiology, prevention, or treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs). It supports high-risk and potentially high-impact research that is sparse or not included in NIDA's current portfolio that has the potential to transform SUD research. The proposed research should: 1. develop, and/or adapt, revolutionary techniques or methods for addiction research or that show promising future applicability to SUD research; and /or 2. test an innovative and significant hypothesis for which there are scant precedent or preliminary data and which, if confirmed, would transform current thinking.
Who can apply
- City or township governments
- County governments
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- State governments