NIH R34 Grants — Planning Grant

Recent R34 awards from NIH RePORTER

Examples of funded R34 projects across the last two fiscal years. The matching-award count comes from the full result set; funding totals, averages, rankings, and examples use the first 500 records returned by NIH RePORTER. Figures reflect a snapshot last refreshed on June 9, 2026.

Example R34 projects from the sample

• Feasibility study of a chaplain-delivered compassion intervention to improve psychological safety among interprofessional healthcare teams

  5R34AT012509-03
  Jennifer Mascaro · EMORY UNIVERSITY, GA · $273,536 · awarded Jun 5, 2026 · NIH

  Enter the text here that is the new abstract information for your application. This section must be no longer than 30 lines of text. Healthcare provider burnout is pervasive in oncology, and it imparts harm to providers and patients, increases healthcare and workforce disparities, and exacerbates projected physician and nursing shortages. Although burnout…

• Tailoring a fun and engaging tech-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy program for adolescents and young adults with hematological malignancies: A planning grant

  5R34CA297498-02
  Adam DuVall · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, IL · $332,527 · awarded Jun 3, 2026 · NIH

  Project Summary/Abstract Adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer face unique psychosocial challenges during their cancer journey, especially individuals diagnosed with a hematologic malignancy (HM), often resulting in clinically significant depression. While evidence-based depression treatments are available for AYAs without cancer, AYAs with cancer,…

• An Adaptive Psychological Intervention to Improve Pain and Reduce Opioid Use following an Injury

  5R34DA060172-02
  Lisa Matero · HENRY FORD HEALTH + MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES, MI · $236,548 · awarded Jun 1, 2026 · NIH

  As many as 24% of the 6.8 million patients who seek treatment for a musculoskeletal injury each year continue opioid use long-term, which can lead to negative consequences including opioid use disorders, overdose, and death. Because tapering patients off chronic opioid use is challenging, interventions are needed to assist patients in opioid cessation…

• Harnessing Evidence-based Psychotherapies to Develop an Integrated Intervention Targeting Key Psychological Mechanisms of PTSD in Cardiac Patients

  1R34HL180396-01A1
  Jennifer Sumner · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, CA · $236,250 · awarded May 29, 2026 · NIH

  Project Summary Sudden, life-threatening cardiac events can be terrifying experiences that can trigger the onset of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD symptoms are common after cardiac events, with over 1 in 5 patients receiving implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) for prevention of life-threatening arrhythmias and sudden cardiac arrest…

• Intelligent chatbot for online support groups to treat tobacco addiction.

  1R34DA061012-01A1
  Cornelia Pechmann · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE, CA · $235,500 · awarded May 28, 2026 · NIH

  PROJECT ABSTRACT We seek to refine, field test, and deploy an intelligent AI-based chatbot in small, peer-to-peer mobile support groups for smoking cessation. The chatbot will complement the human support group members by responding to posts when no human can. We expect the chatbot to improve engagement by ensuring no post goes unanswered. By developing and…

• Caring for the Caregivers: A Community-Developed Program to Prevent Substance Use for Children with Incarcerated Parents

  1R34DA064351-01
  Cady Berkel · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS, AZ · $730,989 · awarded May 27, 2026 · NIH

  Project Summary/Abstract National estimates suggest more than five million children in the United States have experienced parental incarceration. Rates of parental incarceration have increased dramatically over the past four decades. Children with an incarcerated parent (CIP) are seven times more likely to have a diagnosed substance use disorder due to…

• The Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) Results Communication (PERC) Study

  3R34AA031652-03S1
  Judith Hahn · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, CA · $50,109 · awarded May 27, 2026 · NIH

  Unhealthy alcohol use is very prevalent (22-30%) among persons with HIV (PWH), impairs adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), and fuels inflammation, HIV non-suppression, coinfections (e.g., tuberculosis), and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) that are common among PWH. There is an urgent need to reduce unhealthy alcohol use, especially in Uganda which…

• Digital Screening and Brief Intervention for Perinatal Substance Use in Home Visiting

  5R34DA061238-03
  SARAH DAUBER · PARTNERSHIP TO END ADDICTION, NY · $254,414 · awarded May 26, 2026 · NIH

  Abstract The early postpartum period is a time of significant risk for escalating substance use (SU), as many people who reduce their SU during pregnancy return to pre-pregnancy levels within 3 months postpartum. Addressing postpartum SU is key to preventing negative maternal and child health outcomes, but postpartum mothers are unlikely to seek treatment…

• Transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Treatment for Autistic Adolescents and Young Adults

  1R34MH141224-01
  Kristina Lenker · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR, PA · $704,700 · awarded May 26, 2026 · NIH

  PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This proposal will address the critical need for evidence-based transdiagnostic sleep interventions for autistic adolescents and young adults (AYA). Autistic AYA frequently report a multitude of pervasive sleep and circadian problems, including difficulties initiating and maintaining sleep, excessive sleepiness, delayed phase, and…

• Developing and Piloting a Supervision Strategy for Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs

  5R34DA060419-03
  Jure Baloh · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS, AR · $214,616 · awarded May 25, 2026 · NIH

  Substance use disorders (SUDs) such as addiction to opioids, methamphetamines and alcohol are a significant burden in the US, affecting almost 50 million individuals annually. Community specialty SUD treatment programs (“SUD programs”) are a key type of SUD providers and while effective treatments for SUD exist, significant issues in the organization and…

• AI-Facilitated Partner Communication for PrEP

  1R34MH142048-01
  Whitney Irie · BOSTON COLLEGE, MA · $736,887 · awarded May 25, 2026 · NIH

  The AI-Facilitated Partner Communication for PrEP study aims to enhance HIV prevention among women by empowering them with skills to discuss pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with male sexual partners. Existing PrEP interventions rarely address the complex barriers to partner communication that influence PrEP uptake. This R34 proposal aims to develop and…

• PrEP-RISE: A Multi-Level PhotoVoice Intervention to Improve PrEP Uptake and Adherence Among Women Who Inject Drugs (WWID)

  1R34DA064469-01
  Suzan Walters · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, NY · $256,165 · awarded May 19, 2026 · NIH

  Women who inject drugs (WWID) in the United States experience disproportionately high rates of HIV due to vulnerabilities related to drug use and sex. Despite the proven effectiveness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in preventing HIV, its uptake among WWID remains critically low, in part due to mistrust and negative perceptions about the healthcare…

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