Who funds opioid use disorder research?

We count 65 funded opioid use disorder projects, active between 2022 and 2032, from 5 funders. The most came from NIH · NIDA (29 projects), NIH · NINDS (11 projects) and EU · MSCA (3 projects). The median award is $3.6M, across the 65 of 65 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

65

Funders

5

Median award

$3.6M

Open calls now

9

Top funders of opioid use disorder research

Projects whose title or summary mentions opioid use disorder. Median award: of the projects that list an amount, in US dollars; “—” when fewer than 3 do.

Open opioid use disorder funding calls

9 open calls mention opioid use disorder today.

• BJA FY 2026 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA)
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $2,000,000Deadline: November 2, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $750,000Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• OJJDP FY 2026 Mentoring for Youth Impacted by Opioids and Other Substance Use
  Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Up to $2,000,000Deadline: November 16, 2026 ·
• Chemical Countermeasures Research Program (CCRP) Initiative: Basic Research on The Deleterious Effects of Acute Exposure to Ultra-Potent Synthetic (UPS) Opioids (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthUp to $300,000Deadline: November 18, 2027 ·
  Real odds: About 1 in 8 funded (13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025)
• BJA FY 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $2,500,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• BJA FY 2026 Adult Treatment Court Program
  Bureau of Justice AssistanceUp to $2,500,000Deadline: October 30, 2026 ·
• HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of Chronic Pain and OUD for Whole Recovery (IMPOWR): Research Centers (RM1 Clinical Trial Required)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: January 26, 2027 ·
• HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of chronic Pain and OUD for Whole Recovery (IMPOWR) - Building Engagement, Assistance, Capacity, Outreach, and Networks (BEACON) Center (U2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: January 26, 2027 ·
• HEAL Initiative: Translating Addiction Epidemiology, Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Research into Practice (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional)
  National Institutes of HealthNot specifiedDeadline: February 9, 2029 ·

Real odds

• About 1 in 8 funded · 13% · NIH R01-equivalent grants, all NIH institutes, FY2025 · NIH Data Book, report 29

Published success rates for the programs behind the open calls above: the share of applications the funder funded, program-wide, not for this topic.

Forecast: announced, not open yet

7 forecast calls on opioid use disorder. Funders publish forecasts before a call opens; you can't apply to these yet, and dates can change.

• ForecastImproving Linkage to Care for People with Opioid Use Disorder (U01)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERAUp to $550,000Expected to open October 1, 2026
• ForecastEmergency Department Alternatives to Opioids Program
  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdminisNot specifiedExpected to open December 15, 2026
• ForecastRural Communities Opioid Response Program - Overdose Response
  Health Resources and Services AdministrationUp to $300,000Expected to open January 11, 2027
• ForecastRural Communities Opioid Response Program - Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health
  Health Resources and Services AdministrationUp to $1,000,000Expected to open January 22, 2027
• ForecastRural Communities Opioid Response Program - Evaluation
  Health Resources and Services AdministrationUp to $5,000,000Expected to open January 23, 2027
• ForecastSingle Cell Opioid Responses in the Context of HIV (SCORCH) Program: Phase 2
  National Institutes of HealthUp to $1,000,000Expected to open February 1, 2027
• ForecastRural Communities Opioid Response Program - Community Systems Development
  Health Resources and Services AdministrationUp to $500,000Expected to open February 5, 2027

Funded opioid use disorder projects

A sample, latest start first, at most three per program.

• The Ohio Valley Node of the Clinical Trials Network
  NIH · NIDA · $7,799,687 · ends 2032
• The Florida Node Alliance of the National Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network
  NIH · NIDA · $4,574,008 · ends 2032
• Combating Related Epidemics in HCV through Simplified Testing and Treatment (CREST)
  NIH · NIAID · $3,623,116 · ends 2030
• Human Chemo-Nociceptor Signaling
  NIH · NINDS · $3,851,810 · ends 2030
• Optimization of spinal cord stimulation parameters to augment the activity of a critical subpopulation of dorsal horn inhibitory neurons and attenuate pain and itch responses
  NIH · NINDS · $3,350,460 · ends 2030
• CaMKK2-Mediated Pain Mechanisms in Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis
  NIH · NIAMS · $3,686,989 · ends 2030
• Whole person experience of pain: Novel integration with low back pain phenotypes
  NIH · NIAMS · $4,445,948 · ends 2030
• Pro-resolving lipid mediator receptors as therapeutic targets for endometriosis pain
  NIH · NICHD · $3,887,487 · ends 2030
• Urban Crisis: Public Health at the Intersection of Economic and Social Change
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £594,301 · ends 2029
• From novel biology to clinical strategy: Targeting the M5-muscarinic acetylcholine receptor in opioid addiction
  Wellcome · £5,000,000 · ends 2029

How we count

Funded projects come from public award records (NIH RePORTER, NSF, EU CORDIS, UKRI Gateway to Research, Wellcome, the Gates Foundation, DOE, NASA and USDA NIFA) whose title or summary matches “opioid”. NIH lists each budget year separately; one project counts once. Amounts are as the funder lists them; medians use only projects that list one, in US dollars. Open calls and forecasts are from our listings of October 28, 2026. A project can mention a topic without being mainly about it, so treat the counts as a guide to who funds the area.