Future, innovative, and groundbreaking research depends upon the introduction and invigorating influence of bright, enthusiastic, and capable young scientists entering the field. Pursuing a research career is growing more difficult because of intense competition for increasingly scarce financial resources. It's especially difficult for promising new investigators to receive proper funding.

From its beginning, the Foundation has opened the door to these young investigators through its grant program.  Many of today's leaders in the field of alcohol research credit the Foundation for their initial breakthroughs and success. Often, our grants provide the impetus for more sustained support from much larger organizations.

The aim of the grant program is to energize the field by helping researchers begin their careers, and position them to attract greater funding from other sources with the track record resulting from a Foundation grant.