The Consortium on Addiction Recovery Science (CoARS) is funded by NIDA and coordinated by Dr. Aaron Hogue (PI). It is an example of NIDA’s investment in increasing our understanding of recovery support services. In 2018, NIDA announced a new funding opportunity: RFA-DA-20-014; Research Networks for the Study of Recovery Support Services for Persons Treated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder. Five research teams were funded, including the JEAP Initiative, whose collective mission was to advance the science on recovery support services through research networking, training and mentoring students and early career scientists, and building community partnerships. In 2022, NIDA increased its investment in recovery support science by announcing two new RFAs: (1) fund additional research teams to build research and training infrastructure and (2) fund preliminary studies testing the effectiveness of recovery support services. NIDA also provided funding to CoARS to consolidate the partnership among the eight R24 and three R34-funded research teams. See more here: https://www.recoveryanswers.org/coars-2/
