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)

Newark Bars, Liquor stores Required To Have Surveillance Cameras under New Law

Newark officials are hoping to make the neighborhood safer with a new alcohol ordinance that took effect Monday.

Officials said some bars and liquor stores attracted the wrong crowds and were known as havens for public drinking, panhandling, and drug dealing.

“I experienced a lot of prostitution around the neighborhood,” Rafael Concepcion, owner of El Merengue Restaurant & Lounge on Broadway, told 1010 WINS’ Steve Sandberg.

Concepcion decided to take action and installed surveillance cameras to deter the criminal element.

“Believe me, it really works,” Concepcion said. “It helped to prevent a lot of crime.”

Under the new law, all bars and liquor stores in Newark are required to have outdoor surveillance cameras and the footage must be made available to law enforcement.

“More and more cameras throughout the city have assisted our detectives in solving crimes and it’s now just become a staple of our investigations that take place each and every day,” said Newark Police Department Director Samuel DeMaio.

Business owners who fail to follow the law could face stiff fines.

Story courtesy of NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)