Alcohol Education Project Grants
Grant: Alcohol Education Project Grants
Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Division: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Deadline: The deadline was January 25, 2012.
Description: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) supports research programs to advance understanding of the biological and behavioral processes involved in the development, expression and consequences of alcoholism and other alcohol-related problems. The Institute also supports prevention, treatment and health services research on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. A part of the NIAAA mission is the dissemination of new knowledge acquired from alcohol research to diverse audiences, including scientists, educators, clinicians and other health and social service providers, patients and their families, professionals within the criminal justice system and the general public.
Broad ranges of educational approaches are included within the context of this funding notice. Individual applications are expected to focus on the alcohol education area of Health Professions Education. Projects should be designed to support the science of dissemination of new knowledge acquired through alcohol research to a wide array of health professionals, both individuals currently practicing their professions and those in training for health professions.
Appropriate activities may include, but are not limited to, the development of courses, programs, curricula and related materials designed to educate scientists, educators, service providers and others about scientific advances in our knowledge of alcoholism, alcohol abuse and alcohol-related problems and improve science literacy in this area.
Activities and projects should attempt to meet the following criteria:
- Applicants are strongly encouraged to include members of the target health professions audience as consultants or in the planning process.
- Educational intervention innovations and materials should be adoptable and adaptable by educators in health profession training settings other than those where they have been initially pilot tested.
- Educational innovations should address relevance and relatedness to current and/or emerging standards for education in the target profession.
- Evaluation components must address outcomes and be conducted using appropriate types of research designs, instrumentation, procedures, sampling strategies and plans for analyses.
- Products developed under this mechanism may be shared with NIAAA for use and dissemination through its website, workshops, trainings, conferences and presentations.
Applications that propose creative and innovative Health Professions education programs are encouraged.
Fit for Public Broadcasting: Public media stations are eligible to apply for this education grant, and this opportunity may be appealing to stations that have experience in workforce training programs. Stations should also consider offering their workforce training expertise in a partnership capacity for this program.
Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, for-profit businesses and organizations, governments, regional organizations and community-based organizations are all eligible to apply. A full list of eligible applicants is available in the Program Notice.
Each project must designate a Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI). The PD/PI should be an established investigator in the scientific area in which the application is targeted and capable of providing both administrative and scientific leadership to the development and implementation of the proposed program.
Anticipated funding: The number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations. Direct costs are limited to $250,000 per year. Indirect costs will be paid at eight percent of modified direct costs. The award project period is two years.
How to apply: Applicant organizations must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration, Grants.gov and the eRA Commons, the NIH's electronic system for grants administration. Applicants must download the SF424 (R&R) application package through the button in the Program Notice or via Grants.gov. Applicants must follow the instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide. Applicants must electronically submit applications via Grants.gov and must complete the submission process by tracking the status of the application in the eRA Commons. Online submission requires registration, a process that usually takes three to five business days but can take as long as four weeks. Be sure to visit Grants.gov and begin registering well in advance of the deadline.
Resources:
Program notice
