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    PrintFDA and NIH, as part of an on-going interagency partnership, awarded seven Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science (TCORS) grants in September 2023 to support research to inform the regulation of tobacco products. In this third round of funding, the TCORS 3.0 research centers will receive, in total, approximately $140 million in grants from FY 2023-2027.

What scientists learn about tobacco through the TCORS program helps inform and assess FDA's ongoing and potential regulatory activities. TCORS investigators also have the flexibility and capacity to respond to FDA's research needs as issues are raised in today's rapidly evolving tobacco marketplace.

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The TCORS 3.0 program is designed to generate scientific evidence in eight scientific domains:

Understanding **tobacco product composition and design**
	Approaches that test the **toxicity**of non-cigarette tobacco smoke, aerosol, or specific constituents
	Effects of tobacco product characteristics on **addiction**and abuse liability
	Short- and long- term **health effects** of tobacco products
	Understanding of knowledge, attitudes and **behaviors**related to tobacco product use
	Understanding how to effectively **communicate**the health effects of tobacco products
	Influences of tobacco **marketing**
	Understanding of the **impact**of potential or actual FDA regulatory actionsThe TCORS Scientists

TCORS proposals were selected for funding based on scientific and technical merit as determined by NIH scientific peer review, availability of funds, and relevance of the proposed projects to the TCORS program priorities.

The following organizations and investigators received grants:

Organization
			Title
			Investigator(s)The Ohio State University
			The Ohio State University Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (OSU-TCORS)
			Theodore Wagener, Peter ShieldsThe Pennsylvania State University, Hershey Medical Center
			Penn State TCORS: Tobacco Product Composition Effects on Toxicity and Addiction
			Joshua Muscat, Jonathan FouldsUniversity of Southern California
			USC Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science
			Adam Leventhal, Caryn LermanUniversity of Kentucky
			Appalachian Tobacco Regulatory Science Team (AppalTRuST)
			Seth HimelhochUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor
			Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations (CAsToR) TCORS 3.0
			Rafael Meza; David Levy, David MendezThe University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
			Advancing Tobacco Regulatory Science to Reduce Health Disparities
			Kurt RibislYale University
			Yale Center for the Study of Tobacco Product Use and Addiction (YCSTP)
			Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, Stephanie O’Malley

Significant updates on the TCORS projects will be posted on this webpage, as well as on the NIH's Tobacco Regulatory Science Program (TRSP)'s TCORS webpage..

Previous TCORS Awards

TCORS 2.0 Awards (2018-2023)
	TCORS 1.0 Awards (2013-2018)

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      09/26/2023
              
              
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