Health · Active
Drug Abuse Research Programs · NIH · High-volume · mid band
Drug Abuse Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) - federal assistance administered by National Institutes of Health (NIH), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $100K–$3M
- Typical award range
- 170
- Indexed opportunities
- 13
- Open now
- NIH
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Drug Abuse Research Programs ranks #13 of 504, #2 of 22 within NIH, and #61 of 106 among Health programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 93.279 is an active Health program with 170 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 13 are open for application.
- $100K–$3M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- September 30
- next application deadline
- $3.0 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 21%
- of the catalog is Health
Drug Abuse Research Programs · midpack ceiling on a busy book (#293/502)
Drug Abuse Research Programs lands midpack on published ceilings (42nd percentile; rank #293 of 502). The printed high is a catalog cap, not a guaranteed outlay.
Drug Abuse Research Programs vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$3,000,000 Top 58% higher than 42% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-08-06
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 93.279 · NIH VOL-BUSY · #13/504
VOL-BUSY · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · NOFO-OPEN · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-EDU · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-BUSY 170 indexed
- TOP-DECILE #13/504
- NEAR-PEER Biological Sciences · 47.074
- NOFO-OPEN 13 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $100K–$3M
- ELIG-EDU Educational institution
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 170 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Nearest Grants.gov-volume peer outside Health: Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) (±6 indexed rows)
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 93.279
VOL-BUSY · #13/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±6 row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestSocial, Behavioral,… · nearDrug Abuse Research… · this listingBiological Sciences · nearComputer and Inform… · nearSTEM Education Gran… · nearPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
High-traffic mid-ceiling grant corridor
Mid-band funding ($100,000 to $3.0 million) with a hot opportunity book (170 indexed rows) under CFDA 93.279. Drug Abuse Research Programs is one of the busier mid-scale corridors in the indexed set; open rate on the recent slice is 65%.
Assistance Listing text · NIH
Research on causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of drug abuse and addiction.
Campus applicant desk · Health
Educational institutions are the sole printed applicant type for CFDA 93.279. Drug Abuse Research Programs reads as a campus Assistance Listing, not a civic or commercial open desk.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 93.279
87% of the 670 indexed listings under CFDA 93.279 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Drug Abuse Research Programs typically uses to move money. None of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $398.3 million across 148 listings (avg $2.7 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 82 across 23 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 93.279, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Mostly archived listings · CFDA 93.279
Only 13 of 670 indexed listings under CFDA 93.279 are open (2%); the book is mostly archived. Reported award ceilings swing from $50,000 to $10.0 million (200×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. 99% of listings carry the Education (ED) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 13 open · 657 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $300,000 (335 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Education (ED)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
NIH · administering agency
National Institutes of Health
Biomedical and behavioral research grants for universities, institutions, and investigators.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 93.279 13 Open
Science Track Award for Research Transition (START) Program (R03, Clinical Trial Optional)
Avant Garde/Avenir Awards for Investigators Conducting High Risk/High Reward Research on HIV and Substance Use (or Substance Use Disorders) (DP1 Clinical Trial Optional)
Development of Interventions to Prevent and Treat Substance Use Disorders and Overdose (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Cutting-Edge Basic Research Awards (CEBRA) (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Pilot Health Services and Economic Research on the Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Use Disorders (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
Development and Testing of Novel Interventions to Improve HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Program Implementation for People Who Use Substances (R34 Clinical Trial Required)
High Priority HIV and Substance Use Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
High Priority HIV and Substance Use Research (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional)
NIDA Animal Genomics Program (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NIDA Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Program Award in Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder Research (K12 Clinical Trial Optional)
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (170 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 93.279: 170 indexed opportunities · 13 open on the recent slice.
- Start with the open listing PAS-27-028 (closes September 30, 2026) before you compare distant categories. Open listing
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) administers 22 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grants (97.047). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
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