NC Collaboratory Opioid Remediation Research Awards
North Carolina Collaboratory (opioid settlement funds appropriated by the NC General Assembly)
One of the few places where opioid settlement money is spent directly on research: competitive awards to North Carolina public-university teams for research and evaluation done in partnership with local governments implementing remediation.
- Indicative award
- $129k–$200k (total award)Range derived from the ten awarded projects listed on the program page (approximately $128,641 to $200,006 per project). The Collaboratory does not publish a formal award floor or ceiling, and the range reflects one completed round only.
- Timing
- Periodic callsNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Awarded in rounds tied to legislative appropriation rather than on a fixed annual calendar. The program page refers to a second round of research awards but publishes no submission window or deadline; monitor the Collaboratory's own announcements. North Carolina directs 15% of its settlement to the
- Who can apply
- Any faculty rank, Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Doctoral candidate
- Eligibility
- Open to research teams at constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina System — funded projects come from UNC-Chapel Hill, NC Central, UNC Pembroke, Fayetteville State, Appalachian State, NC State, and UNC Greensboro. Researchers outside the NC public university system are not eligible as applicants, and projects are expected to involve a partnership with a North Carolina local government.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- opioid remediation research · program evaluation · community needs assessment · harm reduction services · xylazine and emerging drugs · youth opioid misuse
- Apply at
- https://collaboratory.unc.edu/opioid-abatement/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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