Specialized Alcohol Research Center (P50) grant applications that include one or more components focusing on HIV/AIDS-related research studies will not be considered responsive to the future RFA.Clinical trials have never been a more important part of the drug development cycle. The director of component(s) in which collaborative activity with a foreign organization is proposed should be affiliated with a domestic institution.įor more information on NIAAA topics of interest, please see the NIAAA Strategic Plan. Unique scientific opportunities including sharing of resources or expertise warrant collaboration with investigators from other centers or from other institutions domestic or foreign.
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In addition to providing support for shared resources, this type of Center supports a full range of basic, developmental, clinical, and/or applied research components allows for growth and development through pilot projects and is intended to provide state-of-the-art leadership in the alcohol field. A Center should be an identifiable organizational unit within an institutional or organizational structure such as a university, medical center, or a consortium of affiliated cooperating institutions. Therefore, existence of a strong research capability is fundamental to the establishment of a new Center or the continuation of an existing Center. The Specialized Alcohol Research Center provides a mechanism for fostering interdisciplinary cooperation within a group of established investigators conducting exceptional alcohol research. This RFA requires a Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives (PEDP), which will be assessed as part of the scientific and technical peer review evaluation, as well as considered among programmatic matters with respect to funding decisions ( PEDP guidance materia l).
The Alcohol Research Centers are encouraged to include a diverse group of scientists, including individuals from underrepresented backgrounds as per NOT OD 20-031 (Notice of NIH's Interest in Diversity). Fostering diversity by addressing underrepresentation in the scientific research workforce is a key component of the NIH strategy to identify, develop, support, and maintain the quality of our scientific workforce. Diverse teams of scientists will lead the way to develop more innovative inclusive research that will more broadly enhance public health. Scientists and trainees from diverse backgrounds and with different life experiences bring different perspectives, creativity, and individual enterprise to address complex scientific problems.
Research shows that diverse teams working together outperform homogenous teams. Center grants help to provide a stable environment for investigators to engage in alcohol research in a coordinated, integrated and synergistic effort. The Alcohol Research Centers program is interrelated with, and complementary to, all other research support mechanisms and scientific activities that comprise NIAAA programs. Moreover, Centers should provide a means to develop new ideas and encourage new investigators via pilot projects. In addition, P50 Centers are expected to facilitate research and to actively develop research collaborations with outside investigators. Alcohol Research Centers are expected to become regional, and with time, a national resource in their particular area of expertise. This RFA uses the NIH Specialized Research Center (P50) mechanism to support an integrated, broad-based multidisciplinary, multi-investigator, long-term program of research and research support activities planned around a specific major research theme. Centers are also major contributors to the development of new research methods, technologies, and approaches that sustain innovative goal-directed research. These topics include, but are not limited to, investigations into the nature, etiology, genetics, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of alcohol use disorders, alcohol-related end organ diseases and their biomedical, psychosocial, and economic consequences across the lifespan. The NIAAA Centers Program provides leadership in research, and research methodology development on a wide variety of topics relevant to the Institutes mission.
The overarching goal of the forthcoming National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) RFA is to support a broad-based Alcohol Research Centers program to foster and conduct interdisciplinary, collaborative research on alcohol misuse and alcohol-related problems, including alcohol use disorder and other health consequences, across the lifespan. This Notice encourages investigators with expertise and insights into this area of Alcohol Research to begin to consider applying for this new RFA.
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