International Research Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research (R01)

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Purpose. This Program Announcement (PA) solicits collaborative research proposals on drug abuse and addiction that take advantage of special opportunities that exist outside the United States.Special opportunities include access to unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions in other countries that will speed scientific discovery.Projects must have relevance to the mission of NIDA and where feasible should address NIDAs scientific priority areas.While the priorities will change from year to year, in FY09 priority areas include: linkages between HIV/AIDS and drug abuse, methamphetamine abuse, inhalant abuse, smoking during pregnancy, and drugs and driving. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) award mechanism and runs in parallel with FOAs of identical scientific scope, PA-09-021 and PA-09-022, that solicit applications under the Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21) and Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanisms, respectively. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Awards issued under this FOA are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.

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