HEAL Initiative: Pain Research Enhancement Program (PREP) (R15 Clinical Trial Optional)
This funding opportunity supports pain research projects at eligible educational institutions, promoting collaboration between students and experienced researchers to advance understanding and management of pain while addressing the opioid crisis.
Description
The purpose of this initiative is to: (1) support the efforts by R15-eligible Principal Investigators (PIs) to conduct rigorous basic and/or mechanistic pain research projects; (2) promote integrated, interdisciplinary research partnerships between R15-eligible PIs and additional investigators from U.S. domestic institutions, and (3) enhance the pain research environment at the R15-eligible institution for health professional trainees or undergraduate and/or graduate students by actively engaging them in the proposed pain research projects.