National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Administers National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to support practical collaboration across research and industry.

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, or NIAAA, is the NIH institute leading federal research on alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related problems. It sits within the National Institutes of Health under the Department of Health and Human Services, and its FY2025 appropriation was $595,318,000. The institute organizes its extramural work through epidemiology and prevention, metabolism and health effects, neuroscience and behavior, and treatment and recovery.

NIAAA funds basic, translational, epidemiological, and clinical research through standard NIH mechanisms, including R01, R03, R21, P50, P60, P01, SBIR and STTR, and training awards across the K and F series. Its portfolio reaches from prevention and intervention work to medications development, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders research, and clinical trial support. Named programs in the record include research project grants, the small-business track, and the FASD research program.

The institute is a strong fit for investigators who can connect alcohol science to public health impact, especially when a proposal has a clear clinical, behavioral, or implementation path. Applicants usually need to work through NIH grant systems and align with concept-clearance and safety requirements where relevant. NIAAA remains a standalone institute, which matters for teams planning multiyear work around alcohol research rather than a broader behavioral-health umbrella.