HEAL Initiative: Translating Addiction Epidemiology, Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Research into Practice

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced funding opportunity 362672 to address the ongoing opioid crisis and overdose epidemic. This initiative focuses on action-oriented research that accelerates the implementation of evidence-based addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery interventions into routine practice.

Scope

Proposed studies can target individual, provider, organizational, community, or system levels. A major priority is supporting replicable and scalable approaches to improve the routine use of addiction treatment services. Research may utilize diverse methodologies, including collaborative data science and multi-level decision-maker collaboration, to evaluate treatments for chronic pain comorbid with substance use.

Eligibility

This opportunity is open to a wide range of domestic entities, including state, county, and city governments, public and private higher education institutions, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations, independent school districts, and Native American tribal governments. Non-domestic (foreign) entities are not eligible to apply.

Partnership

The initiative emphasizes collaborative research, encouraging integration between researchers, clinical systems, public health entities, and policy-level decision-makers. Developing collaborative approaches across these sectors is highly prioritized to ensure real-world translation of recovery research.

Deadline: Applications close on February 9, 2029.

Requirements

  • Submission of proposals targeting the opioid crisis or overdose events.
  • Focus on action-oriented research and translation into practice.
  • Must involve replicable and scalable approaches for evidence-based interventions.
  • Only domestic (U.S.) entities and organizations may apply.
  • Clinical trials are optional (R61/R33 mechanism)

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗳𝗼: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/362672


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