Enhancing Practice Improvement in Community-Based Care for Prevention and Treatment of Drug Abuse or Co-Occurring Drug Abuse and Mental Disorders (RFA#06-001) (Expiration Date:  December 19, 2005)

From: "Pringle, Beverly (NIH/NIDA)" <bpringle@nida.nih.gov>
Subject: FW: Research Funding Opportunity: Enhancing Practice Improvement
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:50:45 -0400

I am pleased to forward to you the following announcement for an important funding opportunity to enhance practice improvement research. Please note that this solicitation is targeted specifically to community-based provider organizations/agencies. However, community-based providers without adequate research capacity are strongly encouraged to partner with researchers from organizations having adequate capacity, such as universities and research institutions.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), with support from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), announces its plans to commit approximately $1.9 million in FY 2006 to fund 8-12 new grants to community-based providers in response to a request for applications (RFA # 06-001), Enhancing Practice Improvement in Community-Based Care for Prevention and Treatment of Drug Abuse or Co-Occurring Drug Abuse and Mental Disorders. This RFA will use the National Institutes of Health (NIH) research project grant (R01) award mechanism. Awards will be for up to 3 years with direct costs not to exceed $150,000 per year. A link to the RFA can be found at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-06-001.html .

For the purposes of this RFA, an eligible community-based provider is an organization, an agency, or an association/coalition of organizations/agencies that deliver(s) services to prevent or treat substance abuse disorders or co-occurring substance abuse and mental disorders in a non-academic setting. Any community-based provider with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research is invited to apply.

Applications are due by December 19, 2005. Letters of intent are requested by November 18, 2005. The earliest anticipated start date for grants is December 2006. A technical assistance workshop for interested applicants is being planned for October in Bethesda, Maryland. Further information about this workshop will be forthcoming. We encourage your inquiries concerning this funding opportunity and welcome the opportunity to answer questions from potential applicants. Sponsoring agency contact names and addresses can be found in Section VII of the solicitation.

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