Population Approaches to Reducing Alcohol-related Cancer Risk (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-06-08. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If you're researching population-scale solutions to alcohol-related cancer risk through policy, behavior change, or public health intervention, this R01 provides 3+ years of NIH funding with broad organizational eligibility.
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What this is
This NIH R01 grant supports interdisciplinary research on how to reduce cancer risk from alcohol consumption at the population level. Focus areas include increasing public awareness of alcohol-cancer links, changing social norms around drinking, evaluating alcohol policies, and testing population-level interventions. Applicants addressing multiple consumption levels (moderate to heavy drinking) and alcohol use disorder from a cancer prevention angle are particularly competitive. Applications must demonstrate rigorous research design with optional clinical trial components.
Who can apply
Broad eligibility: nonprofits (501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)), for-profit companies (including small businesses), academic institutions, state/local/tribal governments, and special districts. No restriction on organization size or applicant type beyond the listed categories.
Eligible applicant types
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- County governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- City or township governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Small businesses
- State governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Private institutions of higher education
Full description — from the agency
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) aims to support research on interdisciplinary population approaches to increasing awareness of the relationship between alcohol and cancer risk, understanding and changing social norms related to alcohol consumption, developing and/or evaluating alcohol policy approaches, and the development, testing, and implementation of population-level interventions to reduce alcohol-related cancer risk. Applications that address multiple levels of consumption, such as moderate and heavy drinking, are of particular interest, as well as those focusing on alcohol use disorder (AUD) from the perspective of cancer prevention and control.
Topics: alcohol cancer prevention · population health interventions · public health policy research · cancer risk reduction · social norms intervention · alcohol use disorder
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