General Information & Assistance

• FAQ's for Grants and Contracts: The NIDA Office of Extramural Affairs coordinates the overall process for submitting requests for funding and for reviewing those requests. Its Frequently Asked Questions page is the place to start for basic information.


• NIH Tips for Developing and Writing Grant Applications: Several NIH institutes have provided "tips" on how to present your applications, and this page links to some of the best of these. (NIH site)


• NIH Office of Extramural Research: This site is maintained by the NIH and is a gateway to a great deal of information on NIH research support. (NIH site)
  • NIH Peer Review Policies: NIH Policies from the Office of Extramural Research.
  
  
• NIH Center for Scientific Review Peer Review Information: This page links to the NIH Center for Scientific Review, which provides peer review for most grant applications. Here you can find general information on CSR and specific information on its peer review groups. (NIH Site)


• NIDA Peer Review: Here is information on Scientific Review Groups that NIDA manages.


• NIDA Council Information: This page describes the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse, which provides a second level of review for grants.

Forms: Finding and filling out applications

• Electronic Submission of Grant Applications (NIH Site)


• Links to download forms for grant applications, the PHS 398 (for new and competing renewal applications) and PHS 2590 (for non-competing renewals) (NIH Site)

Funding Opportunity Announcements: Look here to find opportunities to compete for funds

• Requests for Applications: Documents that alert you of funding opportunities.


• NIDA Program Announcements and Guidelines for Specific Grant Mechanisms: These are documents that let you know about areas of science for which NIDA wants grant applications and about methods ("mechanisms") for paying grant support.


• NIDA Requests for Proposals: Documents that alert you to opportunities to compete for contracts.


• NIH Roadmap for NIDA Researchers: Specific NIDA Opportunities under the NIH Roadmap initiative.


• NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research (NIH Site)


• NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts: This on-line publication provides information on grants and contracts available throughout NIH. (NIH Site)


• Research Training Opportunities: NIDA grants to help you develop research skills.


• Minority Applicants and Institutions: NIDA programs to assist minority researchers.


• International Researchers: Grants to train foreign scientists and to support international research.


• Science Education Drug Abuse Partnership Award (SEDAPA) program.


• Small Businesses: SBIR and STTR programs.


• NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Clinical/Pediatric Researchers.

Clinical Research: Information, Policies & Guidance

• Clinical Trials, Regulations, Policies & Guidance: Regulations, policies and guidance on: preparing investigational New Drug Applications, inclusion of human participants including women, minorities, and children in Clinical Trials, and information on the protection of human participants and clinical conduct.
  • Guidelines for Developing a Data and Safety Monitoring Plan
  
  
• Recommended Guidelines for the Administration of Drugs to Human Subjects from the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse


• Guidelines for Substance Abuse Research Involving Children and Adolescents from the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse


• Recommended Guidelines for the Provisions of Marijuana and Compounds for Scientific Research from the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse


• Required Education in the Protection of Human Participants: Researchers studying human subjects must complete education in human subjects protections. (NIH Site)


• Bioethics: Information on Bioethics.

News, Notices, & Specific Issues: Miscellaneous topics

• 2008 Funding Strategy: NIDA's principles for managing costs of awarded grants.
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• 2008 Congressional Budget Justification
  [2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001]


• Appeals of grant application reviews: How to proceed if you wish to appeal your review. (NIH Site)


• Partnerships/Technology Transfer


• NIDA Drug Supply Program: Obtaining drugs for study.


• Information for Genetics Researchers

Post-Award Concerns: This section addresses issues of researchers who have obtained funding

• NIDA Guidelines for the Funding of Competitive Renewals


• Certificates of Confidentiality: Protection of the confidentiality of research subjects.


• Invention Reporting

Funded Projects: Information on funded projects

• CRISP: Abstracts of Funded Grants


• NIDA Director's Report (includes highlights of research results)

Contents

• General Information & Assistance
• Forms
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• Clinical Research and Clinical Trials: Information, Policies & Guidance
• News, Notices, & Specific Issues
• Post Award Concerns
• Funded Projects

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