Research Funding Opportunities: July 11, 2025

Category: Health Communication

First Opportunity

• Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
• Funding Opportunity Title: Tobacco Regulatory Science Small Grant Program for New Investigators (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
• Key words: tobacco, social science, behavioral, marketing
• Link to RFP:  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-25-008.html
• Deadline: Earliest submission date is 10/18/25, with letter of intent due date 60 days prior to the application due date.
• Funding available: Application budgets are limited to $75,000 in direct cost per year. 
• Period of performance: The maximum project period is 2 years.
• Program Background: Since 2009, FDA has regulated cigarettes, smokeless, and roll-your-own tobacco. FDA finalized a rule, effective August 8, 2016, to regulate all tobacco products including electronic nicotine delivery systems or ENDS (e.g., vapes, disposable vapes, vape pens, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes or e-cigs), nicotine pouches, cigars, pipe tobacco, heated tobacco products that do not meet the definition of cigarette, hookah (waterpipe) tobacco, and future tobacco products. Tobacco products are subject to provisions outlined in the FD&C Act. FDA also has the authority to develop tobacco product standards, when appropriate for the protection of public health.
• Program Objective: The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support New Investigators (including Early-Stage Investigators and investigators who have not successfully competed for independent NIH funding) in the biomedical, behavioral, and social sciences who are in the early stages of establishing independent careers in tobacco regulatory research but have not yet received any grant to support research in tobacco regulatory science. Through the NIH TRSP partnerships, we will solicit applications for R03 grants to support “small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources.” The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. Applicants are encouraged to conduct projects that ultimately have potential to inform regulations on tobacco product manufacturing, distribution, and marketing. Research projects must address one or more High-Priority Research Topic(s) related to the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) as mandated by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA), Public Law 111-31.

Category: Research Funding Opportunities
Tagged: behavioral social science tobacco
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