HEAL Initiative: Understanding Individual Differences in Human Pain Conditions (R01)

This grant seeks to support research aimed at holistic understanding of inter-individual or between-person differences in human pain conditions, focusing  on ‘Whole Person Health’ and enhancing pain treatment and management strategies towards personalized pain medicine. The goal of this NOFO is to support studies that focus on the collection of clinical and/or preclinical data to enable evidence-based modeling and understanding of inter-individual differences and/or heterogeneity of pain occurring with use of pain therapy/management, or with conditions such as a second pain condition, a comorbid health condition, a comorbid mental health condition, or conditions of use / misuse of opioids, alcohol or other substances. 

Funding: $650,000 per year 

Duration: 5 years

Research Authority due date: 10 days prior to submission. 

LOI (encouraged) due dates: 7.10.23, 6.1.24, 6.5.24, 8.9.24, 6.1.25

Full proposal due dates:  7.11.23, 6.2.24, 6.6.24, 8.10.24, 6.2.25