Dependence on alcohol and/or nicotine is a problem that millions of people struggle with on a daily basis. While alcohol consumption on rare occasions is not necessarily harmful, nicotine is always dangerous to a person’s health. However, when a person depends on one or both of these addictive habits, two things happen. First, the individual’s health would be at risk but behavior changes with alcohol, which leads to drunk driving, domestic violence, and more.
To understand and identify means of combating the various mechanisms associated with alcohol and nicotine co-dependence, this grant was developed. Eligible applicants can submit an electronic application no later than May 7, 2012. The Funding Opportunity Number for the grant is PA-09-098, which has an award ceiling of $200,000.
The Department of Education along with the Department of Health are optimistic that this grant along with two running parallel, 93.273 – Alcohol Research Programs and 93.279 – Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs, the public can be better educated and programs created to help people stop the dependency.
With this grant, the primary issuers are the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes on Drug Abuse, and National Institutes of Health are working together to encourage both the exploratory and developmental mechanisms associated with alcohol and nicotine dependency. With this, neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms would be studied to identify contributing factors that go along with alcohol and nicotine use, as well as dependence.
As this grant runs parallel with several other grants, the Federal government is encouraged that solid information will be identified and then analyzed. The findings would then provide a look into underlying causes for this type of dependency so professionals can find legitimate and effective solutions so people can overcome addictions such as these. However, the actual number of awards will be based on fund availability, as well as a sufficient number of eligible applications received.
Opportunity for this particular Federal grant is quite amazing, with the following list of eligible applicants.
• Governments
• State
• County
• City/Township
• Special District
• Native American Tribal (Federally and Non-Federally Recognized)
• Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Non-Federally Recognized)
• Independent School Districts
• Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Educations
• Public and Indian Housing Authorities
• Non-Profit Organizations with and without a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
• Private Institutions of Higher Educations
• For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
• Small Businesses
• Miscellaneous Applicants
• Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
• Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
• Faith or Community-Based Organizations
• Hispanic-Serving Institutions
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• Non-Domestic (Non-US) Entities (Foreign Organizations)
• Regional Organizations
• Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities
• US Territory or Possession
Prior to submitting an application, a registration process must be completed at least four weeks prior. The rules for registration must be followed exact and can be found in Section IV of the Grants section of the government’s website. All applications must be received electronically, so any submitted in paper format will automatically be rejected. Applicants can visit www.grants.gov/apply for specific guidelines for this and other relevant grants.
