Alaska

The importance of prevention in combatting the opioid crisis is clear identifying and implementing effective strategies to prevent the onset of opioid misuse and use disorder and reducing the need to treat disorders yields positive individual, societal, and financial benefits. In 2020, 9.5 million people aged 12 or older misused opioids in the past year (NSDUH, 2021), suggesting that there are millions of people whose trajectories could have been changed, had they been exposed to an effective prevention strategy. Currently funded HEAL studies are testing whether existing programs shown to prevent or treat non-opioid substance use disorders might generalize to opioids. However, there remain many gaps in knowledge about how to deploy prevention services. Often effective strategies are not adopted, implemented, or scaled-up, limiting their reach and impact. There is a critical need for research to develop innovative strategies to implement and sustain prevention services that are affordable, practical, sustainable, and designed in partnership with end-users. To address these gaps, we propose an RFA with multiple receipt dates calling for investigator-initiated research that will address priorities in the implementation and sustainability of prevention services, and the creation of a prevention infrastructure. Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-24-067. Assistance Listing: 93.213,93.279,93.866. Funding Instrument: G. Category: ED,HL.

This Brain-Behavior Quantification and Synchronization notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) seeks applications that bring together transdisciplinary teams and aim to 1) develop, validate, and apply cutting-edge tools and methods for minimally invasive, multi-dimensional, high-resolution objective measurement of behavior at the organismal level, with synchronous capture of dynamic environmental data; 2) develop advanced analytic approaches to integrate multidimensional behavioral, neural and environmental data; and 3) develop and test new theoretical and computational models aiming to advance understanding of behavior as a complex dynamic system. Proposed projects are expected to be designed with the capacity to integrate synchronously recorded neural data and/or inform existing models of neurobehavioral function, such as those developed with the support of the NIH BRAIN Initiative.This BRAIN Initiative NOFO is specifically soliciting applications proposing basic research involving human subjects aiming to reveal and understand fundamental principles underlying behavioral function, including research limited to observational studies or analysis of human data. Applications proposing research using exclusively non-human animal models should apply under the companion NOFO, RFA-DA-24-041. Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-DA-24-040. Assistance Listing: 93.213,93.242,93.273,93.279,93.286,93.853,93.865,93.866,93.867. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: ED,HL,ISS.

United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (MARAD). This program aims to increase the use of America's navigable waterways and integrate them into the U.S. surface transportation system. It supports projects that develop and expand documented vessels or port and landside infrastructure, strengthening American supply chains, reducing emissions, and creating jobs. Eligible activities include planning, construction, and resilience. Private-sector operators of Marine Highway Projects or owners of facilities may apply with an endorsement letter from a Marine Highway Route Sponsor.