Science Education Drug Abuse Partnership Award (R25) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Science Education Drug Abuse Partnership Award (R25) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary grant opportunity designed to strengthen science education about drug abuse and addiction, with a particular emphasis on neuroscience and the neurobiological mechanisms that underlie substance use disorders. The core aim is to fund the creation and evaluation of innovative, model education programs and instructional materials that improve how different audiences understand the science of addiction. Rather than supporting general prevention messaging alone, this program is explicitly oriented toward building accurate, science-based understanding of how drugs affect the brain and behavior, and how addiction develops and persists.

A defining feature of this opportunity is its partnership model. Projects are expected to bring together scientists with educators and other communication-focused partners such as media experts, museum professionals, community leaders, and relevant organizations. The idea is to combine subject-matter expertise with strong educational design and public communication capabilities, so the end products are both scientifically sound and effective for real-world learning environments. The FOA also highlights a preference for filling gaps, meaning applicants should focus on topics that are not already well covered by existing educational, community, or media efforts. In practice, that pushes applicants to justify what is missing in the current landscape and explain why the proposed approach is needed and how it advances the field of science education around addiction.

The intended audiences are broad and include K-12 students, the general public, health care practitioners, and informal learning and communication channels such as museums and media. This wide scope allows for many possible project types, such as classroom curricula aligned with learning standards, teacher training modules, public-facing exhibits or museum programming, multimedia or digital learning products developed with media partners, and continuing education style materials for health professionals. Regardless of the format, the announcement emphasizes both development and evaluation, meaning applicants should not only produce educational tools but also test and measure whether those tools actually improve knowledge, understanding, or other defined learning outcomes.

NIH uses the Research Education (R25) mechanism for this program, which is specifically meant for education-focused projects rather than traditional hypothesis-driven research grants. A key administrative condition noted in the announcement is that research education programs funded under this mechanism generally cannot be transferred from one institution to another unless there is a strong justification, which matters for institutions planning staffing or organizational changes during the project period.

In terms of funding structure, applicants may request budgets up to $250,000 per year in direct costs, and project periods may be as long as four years. Awards depend on the availability of funds and the receipt of a sufficient number of high-quality, meritorious applications, which is standard language but important for understanding that funding is competitive and not guaranteed.

Eligibility is expansive and includes many types of public and private entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township governments, special district governments, independent school districts, and public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities. The opportunity is also open to nonprofit organizations (including both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) nonprofits), public and private institutions of higher education, and certain tribal entities and organizations. Additional eligible categories called out include Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, eligible federal agencies, and U.S. territories or possessions. No cost sharing or matching is required, lowering the barrier to entry for organizations that may not have significant non-federal funds to contribute.

For reference and recordkeeping, the Funding Opportunity Number is PAR-10-227, and the CFDA number associated with the program is 93.279 (Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs). The opportunity was posted July 9, 2010, with an original and final closing date of May 25, 2013, and an archive date of June 25, 2013. The sponsoring agency is NIH, and the full announcement was hosted through the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) grants guide at the link provided in the source text. Contact support in the listing is oriented toward technical issues accessing the announcement through NIH OER web resources.

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