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RFA-DA-22-045: HEAL Initiative: Exploratory Data and Methods to Address Urgent Needs to Stem the Opioid Epidemic (R21- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Closed Closed March 10, 2022 Opportunity RFA-DA-22-045

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of National Institutes of Health notices from 2021.

National Institutes of Health offered grants to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. Applications closed on March 10, 2022.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed December 20, 2021. Checked November 7, 2026.

About this NIH notice

Projects funded under RFA-DA-22-045 were run by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA, 2 projects). Contact the program officer at the institute that fits your project before you apply; the notice lists them.

Application due dates, page limits and budget limits are set in the notice. Read RFA-DA-22-045 in the NIH Guide.

Key dates

PostedDecember 20, 2021
DeadlineMarch 10, 2022
Archived by Grants.govApril 15, 2022

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses.

All 15 applicant types the notice lists

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations); Regional Organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession; Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.

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What the grant funds

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to develop new, exploratory methods, approaches, and/or tools to apply to existing data streams (e.g., electronic health records, syndromic surveillance, claims data, registry data, pharmacy dispensing, and mortality records) that could provide novel insights into the dynamics of opioid and prescription drugs misuse, addiction, recovery, relapse, and recovery to facilitate rapid understanding of the opioid epidemic for prevention and treatment or to develop methods for small area estimation that inform decisions of local (e.g., substate) jurisdictions. It will emphasize approaches that shorten the lags between data capture and data availability so the data is available real-time or near real-time to provide actionable insights, and methods and tools that improve efficiency and practical use of surveillance, clinical or other relevant data that may allow for faster or better localized responses or better allocation of resources to address the opioid epidemic.

Category: Education, Health.

Funded under RFA-DA-22-045 so far

NIH funded 2 projects under RFA-DA-22-045 in fiscal 2022, at 2 institutions. The median yearly award was $433,675.

Recently funded projects
ProjectInstitutionFiscal yearAward
Developing a Timely Opioid Overdose Detection Tool through a Tribally Engaged Approach R21University of California, San Diego2022$434,500
Tracking the opioid epidemic with social media: an early warning system R21Stanford University2022$432,850

From NIH RePORTER, which lists each project once per fiscal year it was funded. Amounts are the yearly award.

Who has won Aging Research grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Aging Research (93.866) awarded $19 billion across 11,026 grant awards, an average of $1.7 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
The Regents of the University of California, San FranciscoCalifornia337$575 million
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York242$574 million
University of Southern CaliforniaCalifornia203$572 million
The Washington UniversityMissouri210$556 million
Regents of the University of MichiganMichigan232$538 million

Top states: California ($3.4 billion), New York ($2.0 billion), Massachusetts ($1.8 billion), Pennsylvania ($1.0 billion), Texas ($912 million).

Who has won Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (93.279) awarded $7.3 billion across 5,071 grant awards, an average of $1.4 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Yale UnivConnecticut150$305 million
The Johns Hopkins UniversityMaryland156$262 million
University of California, San DiegoCalifornia120$242 million
University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationPennsylvania100$182 million
New York UniversityNew York62$173 million

Top states: California ($1.1 billion), New York ($773 million), Massachusetts ($613 million), Pennsylvania ($488 million), Maryland ($434 million).

Who has won Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research (93.846) awarded $2.6 billion across 2,897 grant awards, an average of $908,766 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania104$104 million
Brigham & Womens Hospital IncMassachusetts89$95.7 million
The Regents of the University of California, San FranciscoCalifornia84$93.3 million
The Washington UniversityMissouri88$72.4 million
Regents of the University of MichiganMichigan73$68.0 million

Top states: California ($336 million), New York ($317 million), Massachusetts ($310 million), Pennsylvania ($225 million), North Carolina ($118 million).

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Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

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Questions people ask

Is RFA-DA-22-045 still open?

No. It closed on March 10, 2022.

Who can apply for HEAL Initiative: Exploratory Data and Methods to Address Urgent Needs to Stem the Opioid Epidemic (R21- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)?

National Institutes of Health accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for HEAL Initiative: Exploratory Data and Methods to Address Urgent Needs to Stem the Opioid Epidemic (R21- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)?

Closed March 10, 2022. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

Who has been funded under RFA-DA-22-045?

NIH RePORTER lists 2 projects funded under RFA-DA-22-045 in fiscal 2022, at 2 institutions. The most were at University of California, San Diego, Stanford University.

Who has won Oral Diseases and Disorders Research grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Regents of the University of Michigan, The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, University of Southern California. The program made 2,263 awards worth $1.9 billion in that time.

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