Federal grant programs / Department of Health and Human Services

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Regulatory Research (93.077)

Also known as NIH-FDA Tobacco Control Regulatory Research

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$313 million
• Grant awards176
• Typical award$664,484
• Awarded in FY 2025$54.9 million
• Size rank488 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceCooperative agreements, project grants, project grants (contracts), training

Key findings

• Annual funding fell from $72.6 million in fiscal 2021 to $54.9 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 488th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 82% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 35 states and territories.

What the program funds

The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA) provides the authority to regulate tobacco product manufacturing, distribution and marketing. Regulatory research will provide the scientific evidence to guide the implementation of this authority. Research areas include: 1) tobacco product composition and design 2), the toxicity of tobacco products, 3) addiction and abuse liability of tobacco products, 4) the short- and long-term health effects of tobacco products, 5) people’s behaviors related to tobacco product use and characteristics, 6) communicating to the public regarding nicotine and the health effects of tobacco products, 7) the influences of tobacco marketing on susceptibility and tobacco product use, and 8) the potential or actual impact of FDA regulatory actions. The strategic priorities for these research areas can be found at https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/research/research-priorities.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Forecast opportunities

• Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science (TCORS) (Clinical Trial Optional)
  Forecast · Expected deadline November 10, 2027

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Applicants should review the eligibility information in the individual funding opportunity announcements issued under this CFDA.

What the money can and cannot pay for

(1) Research project grants provide support for clearly defined projects or a small group of related research activities, and when appropriate, support of research conferences; (2) program project and center grants support large-scale, broad-based programs of research, usually interdisciplinary, consisting of several projects with a common focus; (3) exploratory/development and clinical exploratory/developmental grants encourage the development of new research activities in categorical program areas; (4) cooperative agreements support single or a group of related research activities with significant involvement of federal staff; and (5) research training grants including fellowships and institutional training grants, career development grants and loan repayment contracts. Research must directly support the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act and the Center for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration Research Priorities found at https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/research/research-priorities;

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Colleges and universities received 77% of the money, nonprofits 11% and businesses 4.7%.

By state

25 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.