Funding Opportunity: Implications of New Digital Media Use for Underage Drinking, Drinking-Related Behaviors, and Prevention Research

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Deadline:   Oct. 5, 2013 and Oct. 16, 2013

Funding Amount:   Award Ceiling: $200,000

Eligibility:   unrestricted

Agency:   National Institutes of Health

Grant ID:  PA-13-263 & PA-13-262 

CFDA#:   93.273  --  Alcohol Research Programs

Summary:   This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to investigate whether, and how, heavy involvement in new digital media usage, particularly social media and social networking sites, may influence adolescent alcohol use and drinking patterns, as well as drinking-related problems. This FOA also encourages applications proposing to explore the ways in which new digital media may be utilized as platforms for preventive interventions aimed at underage drinking and related problems.

Links:    NIH Grant (R21) and NIH Grant (R01)