Grant and Funding Opportunities

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Approximately $2 million will be available to fund 10 to 20 awards (of up to $50,000 each) for periods of 3 months to 1 year.

February 18, 2010 (on line only)

A letter of intent is requested but not required by January 20, 2010.

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) are among a number of NIH agencies seeking applications for short-term mentored career development awards in basic behavioral and social sciences research (b-BSSR).

The target is established, mid-career and senior investigators who seek an intense, mentored career development experience which will substantially improve their ability to pursue future b-BSSR. Candidates include: biomedical or clinical researchers with little experience in b-BSSR who seek training with a well established b-BSSR investigator in order to explore the introduction of b-BSSR into their research programs; and investigators in the basic or applied behavioral and social sciences who wish to build new components or domains of b-BSSR into their research programs.

This research includes:

• Research on behavioral and social processes - involves the study of human or animal functioning at the level of the individual, small group, institution, organization, community or population.
• Interactions between biology, behavior and social processes - study of the interactions of biological factors with behavioral or social variables and how they affect each other.
• Research on methodology and measurement in the behavioral and social sciences - encompasses the development of new approaches to research design, data collection, measurement and data analysis.

Public/State controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities; Hispanic-serving Institutions; independent school districts; nonprofit and for-profit organizations; small businesses; State and local governments; public housing authorities; faith-based or community-based organizations; Indian/Native American Tribal Government (both federally and other than federally recognized); and Indian/Native American Tribally Designated Organizations.

In addition, any individual with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Project Director/Principal Investigator is invited to work with his/her institution to develop an application for support.