CICAD/NIDA Competitive Research Award Fund

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the United States and the Inter-American Observatory on Drugs (OID) of Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) created the Competitive Research Award Fund to support drug use research among university students. The purpose of this program is to support scientfic research on the drug problem in Latin America.

Call for proposals in 2007 and application form and other details of the process.

Announcement of 2007 Grant Winnerss
Announcement of 2006 Grant Winners

Publications by Award Winners

Monica Malta, Brazil

Drug users living with HIV/AIDS: Survival analysis and treatment adherence. Abstract (English, PDF, 16 kb)

Adherence to antiretroviral therapy for human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome among drug users: a systematic review. Article in Addiction, 103, 1242–1257 (Engligh, PDF, 182 kb)

Usuários de Drogas Vivendo com HIV/AIDS: análise de fatores associados à sobrevida e à aderência ao tratamento, Thesis (Portuguese, PDF, 1.6 mb)

Marcela Correa Muñoz and Augusto Pérez Gómez, Corporación Nuevos Rumbos, Colombia

Impact and relationship of drug abuse on health in Colombia. Abstract (English, PDF)

Ernesto Cortés y Gustavo Salazar, Costa Rica

Ocasiones de Consumo: DinámicaSociocultural del Alcohol en estudiantes de la Universidad de Costa Rica, Sede Rodrigo Facio. (Tesis, PDF, 3.5 mb)