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Untangling Addiction

Untangling Addiction — Execution

Supports United Kingdom addiction science projects targeting substance use mechanisms and treatment translation.

Untangling Addiction is a $50 million Wellcome Leap program launched in 2025 to accelerate prevention and treatment of substance use disorder. The program sets three specific technical goals: developing predictive risk assessment tools with a minimum precision of 85 percent, creating quantitative methods to track recovery over time, and identifying novel therapeutic interventions. Wellcome Leap de

Substance use disorder prevention and treatment research delivering predictive risk tools with at least 85% precision, quantitative recovery monitoring, and novel therapeutic interventions.

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.One-off
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Cooperative agreement
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.$50M

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Last verified: 22 Jul 2026Source: wellcomeleap.org