# Evaluating New Nicotine Standards for Cigarettes - Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · 2020 · $679,385

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY (CORE A) 
 Use of combusted tobacco continues to devastate public health. The Food and Drug Administration now has 
the authority to reduce the nicotine content of combusted tobacco products, potentially rendering cigarettes and 
other harmful products less addictive. This renewal application proposes three innovative projects that extend 
our work towards understanding the impact of reducing the nicotine content of combusted tobacco in the context 
of alternative nicotine and tobacco products. The Administrative Core focuses on addressing the challenges of 
conducting the proposed science and enabling the investigative team to take full advantage of the opportunity 
to make significant contributions to the field of tobacco regulatory science. Specifically, this includes the following 
aims: 1) To provide an infrastructure that facilitates integration across the projects and cores and the 
implementation of methods, measures and procedures that yield high quality research. 2) To facilitate 
communication and dissemination of information to scientists, policy makers, other stakeholders, and the 
community at large. 3) To provide and monitor a training plan for NIH-supported pre-doctoral and post-doctoral 
researchers interested in tobacco regulatory research. 4) To generate new science through a pilot projects 
program that addresses innovative research questions related to the aims of CENIC, contributes to investigator 
training, and fosters collaborations among investigators. The Administrative Core will be housed at the University 
of Pittsburgh under the leadership of Drs. Eric Donny and Dorothy Hatsukami (Co-Directors). Each of the four 
functions will be overseen by a core member of our team. An External Advisory Board will provide annual input 
on the overall direction of the Center, areas that need to be addressed, and progress being made. A single Data 
Safety and Monitoring Board will oversee all three projects.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9889093
- **Project number:** 5U54DA031659-09
- **Recipient organization:** WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** ERIC Christian DONNY
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $679,385
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2023-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9889093

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9889093, Evaluating New Nicotine Standards for Cigarettes - Administrative Core (5U54DA031659-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9889093. Licensed CC0.

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