Funder: NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will support research grants to address urgent, time-sensitive research questions on the relationships between alcohol consumption and COVID-19 related outcomes and consequences. The principal area of focus is research that can improve public health in the near term by informing responses to the current COVID-19 pandemic, in view of 1) the impact of alcohol misuse on incidence and severity of COVID-19 disease or 2) the effect of the COVID-19 disease and pandemic-induced restrictions on alcohol use and alcohol use disorder (AUD). Time-sensitive applications for which standard NIH review and funding timelines would compromise either the ability to conduct the research or the value of the knowledge and with the potential to inform responses to the current pandemic will be considered. This FOA uses the R03 mechanism, which is intended to support research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources and that may provide preliminary data to support a subsequent R01, or equivalent, application.

Topics: Clinical Presentation of Infection, Cellular / Molecular Response, Long-term Impact of Infection, Co-Morbidities, Cirrhosis, COVID-19, Immune Disorders, Substance Abuse, Computational Analysis, Education and Training, Epidemiology, Clinical History, Risk Factors, Transmission, Health Disparities, Healthcare Implementation, Immunology, Host Factors, Host Response, Mental Health, Mobile Health, Organ, Liver, Prevention, PPE, Social Distancing, Prognostics, Social Determinants of Health, Vaccines