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Publication Date - 12/3/1999

15. NIH/NIAAA - Alcohol Research Resource Awards

The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) announces a new research support source, the Alcohol Research Resource Awards. This award is to provide general support of already established research resources that serve the alcohol research community when situations arise in which continued support of the resource through any or all of the current instruments (RO1 and P50) is not feasible. The mechanism may be used to support development of a new resource only under special circumstances.

Applicants must demonstrate an interest in the resource by investigators from at least three different institutions, one of which may be their home institution. Examples of potential resources are as follows:

• Tissue and Data: Centralized facilities to provide human or animal tissues, to improve access to otherwise unavailable specimens, and provide increased alcohol research economy over existing resources.
• Maintenance and Distribution of Animal Models of High Relevance to Alcohol Research: Animal resources may include selected animal lines as well as transgenics, knockouts, and related resources.
• Unique Database Resources Supporting Research Activities: Costs may include those for collection, storage, analysis, and quality control of clinical and research data.
• Agent Development: Resources to provide specific reagents, ligands or drugs useful in alcohol-related research.
• Assay Support: Operation of a laboratory providing non-commercially available essays of interest in alcohol research.

The support mechanism for the Alcohol Research Resource Awards will be the NIH research resource grant R24. It is anticipated that up to $750,000 in total costs will be available annually for approximately three R24 awards, with a project period of up to five years. It is anticipated that the request for resource support through this new grant mechanism will occur on an infrequent basis and only in circumstances where other mechanisms are not appropriate.

Applications are due at the NIH Center for Scientific Review on or before FEBRUARY 1, JUNE 1, or OCTOBER 1, 2000.