Funding Opportunities

• 2008 Funding Strategy
• Research Funding Opportunities
• FAQ's for Grants and Contracts
• NIH Roadmap for Research
• NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research (NIH site)
• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs
• Young Investigators Opportunities/Research Training
  • Policy Update for T32 Programs
• Loan Repayment Program

Grants & Contracts Information

• How to Apply: Forms & Instructions
• FAQ's for Grants and Contracts
• Review Process
• Electronic Submission of Grant Applications (NIH Website)
• NIH Grant Forms and Applications
• Guidelines for the Funding of Competitive Renewal Grants

NIDA Projects and Resources

• NIDA Networking Project:
  A new NIDA effort to encourage information exchange & research collaboration among researchers & clinicians.
• Direct link to Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP) Query Form. Searchable database of Federally funded biomedical research projects (NIH Site).
• Current Research Findings (Director's Report)
• Monitoring the Future Survey. Results from a yearly survey of teenagers conducted by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research
• Child and Adolescent Work Group
• Community Epidemiology Work Group
• Genetics Work Group
• Neuroscience Work Group
• Translationally Oriented Approaches, Devices & Strategies (TOADS) Workgroup
• Women and Gender Workgroup
• Partnerships/Technology Transfer. Collaborative relationships between NIDA and the private sector.
• NIDA Drug Supply Program. Obtaining drugs for a research study.
• Teaching Packets

Research Dissemination

• How Do NIDA Research Findings Make the News?
• NIDA/SAMHSA Blending Initiative
• NIDA Notes Newsletter
• NIDA News Releases
• NewsScans
• Science & Practice Perspectives Journal

Ethics and Policy Information

• Bioethics Resources
• NACDA Guidelines for Administration of Drugs to Human Subjects
• Guidelines for Developing a Data and Safety Monitoring Plan
• Certificates of Confidentiality
• National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse
• Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) (HHS site)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov - All NIH clinical trials (NIH site)
  • NIDA's Clinical Trials, from clinicaltrials.gov
• National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network

Data Sets for Secondary Analysis

• CTN Data from research protocols
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive - contains public use data from a variety of studies including Monitoring the Future (MTF), National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) and many more.
• NSPY Center - a joint venture between AMSAQ, Inc. and Westat charged with housing, managing, and analyzing restricted use data from the National Survey of Parents and Youth (NSPY) - Phase III of the Evaluation of the National Youth Anti-drug Media Campaign.

NIDA Organization

• View Organizational Chart
• Offices, Divisions, Programs, Centers

Important News & Links

• Electronic Submission of Grant Applications (NIH Website)
• NIDA's Director's page
• Trends and Statistics

Meetings and Events

• September 11-13, 2008
  International Conference on Objective Measurement - Hyatt Regency, Bethesday MD
• October 12, 2008
  NIDA Symposium at the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Adolescent Health Section Program - Boston, MA - Program Lead: Karen Sirocco, Ph.D.
• November 14, 2008
  Frontiers in Addiction Research - NIDA Mini Convention - Washington DC - Program Leads - Rita Liu, Ph.D./Cathrine Sasek, Ph.D./David Shurtleff, Ph.D.
• November 16, 2008
  Workforce Development and Collaboration in Addiction Genetics - Satellite meeting at American Society of Human Genetics - Philadelphia, PA - Program Lead: Beth Babecki, M.A.
• November 20-21, 2008
  Adolescence: The Coming of Age of the Prenatally Exposed Cohorts - Research Intersections and Opportunities for Adolescent Brain Development, Cognition, Behavioral Development, and Genetics - NSC Building, Rockville, MD - Program Lead: Nicollette Borek, Ph.D.
• Past Meeting Summaries

NIDA's Publication Series:

• Research Reports
• InfoFacts (fact sheets)
• NIDA Notes (newsletter)
• Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (journal for researchers & health care providers)
• Mind Over Matter: Drug info for grades 5-9
• Topics in Brief

Other Websites:

• NIH's Office of Extramural Research