The Helping to End Addiction Long-Term Initiative℠, or NIH HEAL Initiative℠, is seeking applications for opioid misuse prevention research in community health centers.

The funding opportunity announcement, RFA-DA-23-048: HEAL Initiative: Research Studies to Develop and Implement Interventions to Prevent Opioid Misuse in Community Health Centers, supports interdisciplinary teams to study the development, adaptation, and/or implementation of interventions to prevent misuse of opioids and other substances. Research will be supported through exploratory/developmental phase awards that may not exceed 5 years, allocating up to 2 years of funding for development of the project and up to 4 years for a full test of the research aims. Applications are due November 8, 2022.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse will hold a webinar on September 6 for potential applicants. Register for the webinar.  For more information, contact Sarah Steverman at sarah.steverman@nih.gov.