HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) for Whole Recovery: Health Systems
This grant will fund research to develop and implement health system strategies for integrating chronic pain and opioid use disorder care, improving access, collaboration, and sustainability of effective treatments.
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Due Dates: January 26, 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: No cost sharing or matching required
Summary: Supports research testing improved approaches to care for people with both chronic pain and opioid use disorder.
Key Information: Clinical trial required under the RM1 funding mechanism.
Description
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to renew the Integrative Management of chronic Pain and OUD for Whole Recovery (IMPOWR) research network. The renewed network will include several individual research projects supported by a central Coordination Center. Its goal is to test new and improved approaches for people who have both chronic pain and opioid use disorder (OUD), leading to meaningful improvements in how health systems deliver care.
The network is part of NIH’s Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative, which accelerates the development and implementation of scientific solutions to the national opioid public health crisis. The initiative supports research to improve treatment and prevention of opioid misuse and OUD while enhancing pain management. This Research Centers opportunity uses the RM1 mechanism and requires a clinical trial.
