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Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (93.279)

Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (Assistance Listing 93.279) is run by the National Institutes of Health, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. It awarded $7.3 billion in 5,071 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $1.4 million per award on average. 109 funding opportunities are open or forecast now.

The typical award was $728,927. Half of the 5,071 awards fell between $320,000 and $1.8 million, and they ranged from $0 to $74.1 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

To support basic, clinical, translational, and implementation research in the field of substance use. To develop new knowledge and approaches for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of drug use, misuse, and addiction, drug overdose, and related health outcome, including HIV/AIDS. To support research training and research scientist development. To support dissemination of research findings. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) legislation is intended to expand and improve the SBIR programs to emphasize and increase private sector commercialization of technology developed through Federal SBIR research and development; increase small business participation in Federal research and development; and foster and encourage participation of socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and women-owned small business concerns in the SBIR program. The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) legistlation is intended to stimulate and foster scientific and technological innovation through cooperative research and development carried out between small business concerns and research institutions; foster technology transfer between small business concerns and research institutions; increase private sector commercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and development; and foster and encourage participation of socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and women-owned small business concerns in technological innovation.

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

Open and forecast opportunities

84 more opportunities are listed with all open grants from Department of Health and Human Services.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Eligible organizations determined at the NOFO level

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) small grants support newer, less experienced investigators; investigators at institutions without a well-developed research tradition and resources; the testing of new methods or techniques; small-scale exploratory and pilot studies, or exploration of an unusual research opportunity; (4) research training grants including fellowships and institutional training grants, career development grants and loan repayment contracts; (5) SBIR Phase I grants (of approximately 6-months' duration) are to establish the technical merit and feasibility of proposed research or research and development efforts to determine the quality of performance of the small business grantees. Phase II grants are for the continuation of the research initiated in Phase I and that are likely to result in commercially viable products or processes. STTR Phase I grants (normally of 1-year duration) are to determine the scientific, technical, and commercial merit and feasibility of the proposed cooperative effort that has potential for commercial application and the quality of performance of the small business concerns.

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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.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Range-$5,724 to $27,502,167, Average-$621,479

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

Funding history and past recipients

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
Regents of the University of MichiganMichigan81$144 million
University of WashingtonWashington120$143 million
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York76$120 million
The Washington UniversityMissouri79$119 million
The General Hospital CorporationMassachusetts69$116 million
University of California, Los AngelesCalifornia87$116 million
The Regents of the University of California, San FranciscoCalifornia85$115 million
The Leland Stanford Junior UniversityCalifornia64$113 million
The University of Kentucky Research FoundationKentucky60$110 million
The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania76$99.5 million
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNorth Carolina83$89.4 million
Duke UniversityNorth Carolina59$86.8 million
Research Triangle InstituteNorth Carolina37$86.7 million
University of FloridaFlorida65$85.7 million
Regents of the University of MinnesotaMinnesota84$85.3 million

Top states: California ($1.1 billion), New York ($773 million), Massachusetts ($613 million), Pennsylvania ($488 million), Maryland ($434 million), North Carolina ($375 million), Connecticut ($339 million), Texas ($289 million), Florida ($237 million), Washington ($235 million).

Who usually wins

Colleges and universities received 70% of the money, nonprofits 17% and small businesses 8.6%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Colleges and universities3,660$5.1 billion70%
Nonprofits771$1.3 billion17%
Small businesses403$632 million8.6%
Other214$295 million4.0%
Businesses10$26.3 million0.4%
State and local governments6$7.2 million0.1%
Tribal governments and organizations6$4.8 millionless than 0.1%
Individuals1$5,4870%

By state

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

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
California673$1.1 billion
New York453$773 million
Massachusetts386$613 million
Pennsylvania343$488 million
Maryland279$434 million
North Carolina282$375 million
Connecticut178$339 million
Texas196$289 million
Florida174$237 million
Washington173$235 million
Illinois142$202 million
Michigan121$171 million
Ohio96$161 million
Virginia119$159 million
Minnesota107$137 million
Missouri93$131 million
Kentucky68$123 million
New Jersey96$106 million
South Carolina94$101 million
Oregon94$98.4 million
Georgia72$94.9 million
Colorado84$94.6 million
Rhode Island111$93.3 million
Tennessee75$81.0 million
Indiana59$64.7 million
Alabama48$59.1 million
Utah37$58.2 million
Wisconsin47$55.2 million
Arkansas20$54.7 million
Arizona40$48.1 million
New Hampshire25$45.5 million
Nebraska39$45.3 million
New Mexico22$39.6 million
Maine13$36.7 million
District of Columbia34$31.6 million
Vermont13$25.4 million
Oklahoma16$18.9 million
Mississippi22$17.8 million
Iowa17$15.8 million
West Virginia15$14.3 million
Louisiana18$14.2 million
Delaware8$14.0 million
Montana8$8.1 million
Hawaii5$5.0 million
Kansas8$4.8 million
Nevada5$4.1 million
North Dakota1$1.3 million
South Dakota2$1.3 million
Wyoming1$856,953
Puerto Rico5$416,813

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