Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA OD 17 008
The Tobacco Regulatory Science Small Grant Program for New Investigators (R03) is a federal grant opportunity designed to support smaller, targeted research projects that can quickly generate useful evidence for tobacco product regulation. The program specifically invites biomedical and behavioral research that produces scientific data the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can use to protect public health through oversight of tobacco products. A key requirement is that the proposed project directly aligns with research priorities tied to the regulatory authority of the FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), meaning applicants need to frame their aims around questions that matter for real-world regulation of how tobacco products are made, sold, distributed, and marketed.
This opportunity is issued and administered through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), but it is funded with resources made available through the FDA CTP under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Public Law 111-31). In practical terms, that setup reflects the purpose of tobacco regulatory science: it is not just basic research about tobacco or nicotine, but research intended to inform regulatory decision-making. The expected outcome is data that can be translated into evidence the FDA can use when evaluating tobacco products, assessing population-level impacts, setting product standards, reviewing marketing practices, or crafting other regulatory actions aimed at reducing harm.
The grant mechanism is an R03 small grant, which generally supports limited-scope projects, pilot studies, feasibility work, or discrete analyses that can be completed with modest resources. For this specific announcement (Funding Opportunity Number RFA-OD-17-008), the award ceiling is listed as $50,000, reinforcing that applicants should propose tightly focused studies with clear deliverables rather than large, multi-year programs. The announcement anticipated making about 13 awards, indicating a competitive process with a defined number of funded projects.
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of domestic organizations and governments. Eligible applicants include state, county, city/township, and special district governments; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; independent school districts; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations (both with and without 501(c)(3) status, excluding higher education institutions in those nonprofit categories); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. The listing also includes an “Others” category with a note to consult the FOA text for additional eligibility clarification, which suggests there may be specific conditions or exceptions that applicants would need to verify in the full announcement.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity falls under the “Discretionary” category and uses the “Grant” funding instrument type, with a funding activity category of “Health” and a CFDA number of 93.077. The FOA was created on May 10, 2017, and the original closing date is shown as February 13, 2019. While those dates indicate this particular announcement was tied to a past application window, the core structure is still useful as a reference point for similar tobacco regulatory science opportunities: small, new-investigator-friendly projects; a strong emphasis on FDA CTP relevance; and an expectation of producing findings that can directly support regulatory decisions intended to reduce tobacco-related disease and death.Apply for RFA OD 17 008
- The Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Tobacco Regulatory Science Small Grant Program for New Investigators (R03)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.077.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 10, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 13, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $50,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 13 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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