Health Services Research on Practice Improvement Utilizing Community Treatment Programs within the National Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network (CTN) (R01)

-Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits health services research in conjunction with NIDA s Clinical Trials Network (CTN). The CTN is a research partnership between more than 150 community treatment programs (CTPs) and drug abuse researchers in multiple sites across the country. With its extensive network of providers serving diverse populations of drug users, the CTN provides an infrastructure for the investigation of (a) systems-level factors that facilitate practice improvement in community treatment programs, and (b) new research tools to facilitate higher quality health services research on practice improvement in drug abuse treatment. -Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the R01 grant mechanism and runs in parallel with an FOA of identical scientific scope, PA-06-496, that solicits applications under the R21 mechanism, and PA-06-497 that solicits applications under the R03. -Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Awards issued under this FOA are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.