The National Institutes on Health are offering research grants to study the relationship between youth alcohol use and the hormonal changes associated with puberty, and how each may affect adolescent brain development.

NIH will award $1 million in grants under the R21 mechanism, with each award capped at $200,000. Separate grants will be made under the R01 mechanism ( RFA-AA-07-007). Funding is limited to animal studies.

Governments, for-profits, nonprofits, and schools are among those eligible to apply.

Application deadline is April 17, 2007.

For more details, see the grant announcement online.