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Opportunity Summary:

The International Research Collaboration on Alcohol and Alcoholism (U01) opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number PAR-08-004) is a National Institutes of Health program administered by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) that is designed to strengthen and expand international partnerships in alcohol research. Its central goal is to foster collaborative projects that link alcohol researchers based in the United States with investigators working at laboratories and other performance sites outside the United States. By encouraging teams to combine expertise, resources, populations, and research environments across countries, the program aims to accelerate progress in understanding alcohol use, alcohol-related disorders, and the prevention and treatment strategies that can reduce alcohol-related harm.

The scope of research invited under this announcement is intentionally broad and covers the full spectrum of alcohol research. That includes basic and mechanistic studies (for example, biological pathways, genetics, neurobiology, and other foundational science), as well as clinical research focused on diagnosis, treatment development, and interventions. It also explicitly includes public health and health services research, which may address topics such as population-level patterns of alcohol use, prevention approaches, implementation of evidence-based practices, healthcare delivery, policy impacts, and strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with alcohol. The emphasis throughout is that the work should benefit from true international collaboration, meaning the cross-border partnership is not incidental but materially improves the science or the feasibility, reach, or impact of the proposed research.

The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement (U01), which generally indicates a more substantial level of program involvement by the funding agency than a typical grant. In practice, this often means NIH and NIAAA staff may have an active role in coordinating or facilitating aspects of the project while the awardees lead the scientific direction and execution. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding in the health area and is associated with CFDA number 93.273 (Alcohol Research Programs). The announcement indicates no cost sharing or matching requirement.

From a funding and timing standpoint, the opportunity listed an estimated total funding amount of $1,000,000. Key dates included a posted date of December 3, 2008, with the record showing a creation date of February 25, 2011. The original closing date was September 7, 2011, while the current closing date shown is May 7, 2011, and the archive date is June 7, 2011. These dates indicate the specific announcement has been archived, but the description remains useful as a reference point for similar NIAAA international collaboration initiatives and for understanding the structure and intent of this type of cooperative agreement.

Eligibility is broad and includes many common U.S. applicant types as well as certain foreign and international entities. Eligible applicants listed include state governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (including those with 501(c)(3) status and certain non-501(c)(3) nonprofits), small businesses, and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. It also includes Native American tribal governments (federally recognized) and other Native American tribal organizations. The eligibility section further clarifies that additional eligible applicants can include non-U.S. entities (foreign organizations), regional organizations, and several categories of minority-serving or community-serving institutions and organizations, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), and faith-based or community-based organizations. This eligibility framing aligns with the program’s international collaboration purpose, making room for both U.S. and non-U.S. organizations to participate in and potentially lead components of collaborative research.

For applicants seeking the full official announcement details, the funding notice referenced an additional information link hosted by NIH at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-004.html. Contact information in the listing points to the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) webmaster (FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV) for technical difficulties accessing the announcement or problems linking to the funding notice.

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