Substance Use/Substance Use Disorder Dissertation Research Award (R36 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), NIH
Dissertation support for doctoral candidates working on substance use and substance use disorder, spanning epidemiology, prevention, treatment and services research. Alcohol-only projects are not responsive.
- Indicative award
- up to $50k per year (per year)Up to $50,000 in direct costs per year, for a project period of 1 to 2 years.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Feb, Jun, OctNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Multiple submission cycles (16th of February, June and October pattern). Expiration September 8, 2026, and no future due date was displayed at time of check — verify whether a reissue has been published.
- Who can apply
- Doctoral candidate
- Eligibility
- Doctoral candidates only. By the time of award the applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, have completed all institutional requirements to enter the dissertation stage, and must not have received prior F31 funding.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- dissertation research · substance use disorder · prevention · services research
- Apply at
- https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-347.html
- 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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