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EDSUSS-2022: Emergency Department Substance Use Surveillance System

Closed Closed September 2, 2022 Opportunity EDSUSS-2022 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$200,000
• Award floor$50,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits and colleges and universities.

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Research and Data Analysis awards averaged $915,665; this notice allows up to $200,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (65% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is seeking applications from public nonprofit institutions/organizations (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals) to perform research and analysis of data to inform drug policy. This project seeks to further refine and geographically expand a methodology for obtaining drug early warning indicators through broader testing of urine samples that were previously collected and tested as part of an existing drug test protocol. This method was initially developed using local criminal justice populations – including persons in pre-trial or lock-up, parolees or probationers, and drug court participants. Similar methodology is promising for use in other venues, such as in trauma units and emergency departments, where biological samples are often collected from patients. Before the specimens are discarded, the project will re-test them for an expanded panel of drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, to determine what old and new illicit drugs are detected or missed by conventional testing protocols, and how the drug patterns might vary by subpopulation and geography. Bypassing the expense of collecting the original specimens and re-using those that have already been tested with known results yields a relatively inexpensive and timely picture of emerging drugs in a given subpopulation and locality. Supplemental validation of testing gaps, needs, and positivity trends against other data sources, such as de-identified electronic health records from patients treated in the hospital care setting is also desired. ONDCP is seeking to apply this testing methodology and insight from supplemental analyses to Emergency Department populations in locations throughout the United States to reinforce best practice guidelines, testing standardization, and build local and national surveillance capacity. A. Program Description Overview This project seeks to refine and geographically expand a methodology for obtaining drug early warning indicators from expanded testing of urine samples that were previously collected and tested as part of an existing drug test protocol. This method was initially developed using local criminal justice populations – including persons in pre-trial or lock-up, parolees or probationers, and drug court participants. Similar methodology is promising for use in other venues, such as in trauma units and emergency departments, where biological samples are often collected from patients.

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

Applying now

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