HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of chronic Pain and OUD for Whole Recovery (IMPOWR) - Building Engagement, Assistance, Capacity, Outreach, and Networks (BEACON) Center
This grant supports research to improve and integrate care for people with both chronic pain and opioid use disorder, focusing on scalable, sustainable solutions and stakeholder engagement through the BEACON Center.
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Due Dates: January 26, 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: One award expected; no cost sharing or matching required
Summary: Supports a single BEACON Center to coordinate the IMPOWR network and advance sustainable, integrated care for chronic pain and opioid use disorder.
Key Information: Clinical trials and foreign components are not allowed.
Description
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks a single Building Engagement, Assistance, Capacity, Outreach, and Networks (BEACON) Center to support renewal of the IMPOWR research network. Part of NIH’s Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative, the network tests innovations integrating evidence-based treatments for chronic pain and opioid use disorder. Its research addresses factors affecting widespread adoption and sustained use of effective treatments.
The BEACON Center will coordinate the network and provide research education at the intersection of chronic pain, opioid use disorder, and implementation science. It will conduct annual surveys and qualitative activities examining barriers and attitudes affecting access to integrated services. The center will also develop stakeholder resources to improve sustainability and scalability of evidence-based practices, incorporating findings and resources from IMPOWR Phase I.
