International Research Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research (R21)

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Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) 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 use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism and runs in parallel with FOAs of identical scientific scope, PA-09-020 and PA-09-022, that solicit applications under the Research Project Grant (R01) and Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanisms, respectively. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the mechanism, numbers, quality, duration, and costs of the applications received.

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