Funding Opportunities
The most competitive proposals will involve a meaningful collaboration between a basic science and a clinical investigator, a clinical investigator and a population science investigator, or a basic science and a population science investigator. Funded applications will provide a rationale for particular relevance to the Wake Forest Baptist health care system and/or the communities and populations it serves.
Pilot Studies Related to the NIH HEAL Initiative
The initiative reflects NIH’s plans to nearly double funding for research on opioid misuse and addiction and pain management, from $600 million in FY 2016 to $1.1 billion in FY 2018.
The Plan identifies research opportunities that reflect NIH’s priority areas for the initiative. These include:
- Improve Treatments of Opioid Misuse and Addiction
- Enhance Pain Management
- Future Directions
This HEAL Initiative RFA is for pilot awards that will position Wake Forest School of Medicine researchers to successfully compete for NIH funding under the HEAL Initiative.
CRSUA Pilot Applications – Funded in 2017
- Role of gut microbiome modulators on food-addiction of obesity in mice
- Bridging the Gap Between Provider Knowledge and Practices Focused on Minimizing Adverse Consequences Associated with the Use of Prescription Opioid
- Developing a Treatment Model for Food Addiction
