ALICE RAP is a European research project, co-financed by the European Commission, which started in April 2011 and aims to stimulate a broad and productive debate on science-based policy approaches to addictions.
Vision Statement: Promote well-being through a synthesis of knowledge to redesign European policy and practice to better address the challenges posed by substance use and addictive behaviours.
Mission Statement: Advance synergy among sciences that address substance use and addictive behaviours, through a five-year programme of European trans-disciplinary research.
The project is divided into 
seven areas and twenty one work packages (three in each area), making up an integrated multidisciplinary research strategy. In addition, two specialist consultation groups will input to the direction and work of the project as a whole:
- A media and communications advisory group will be consulted and oversee the provision of public information. Blogs and websites will make all the findings generated in the project available in real-time, providing spaces for continuous public input.
- A global science group, brings together renowned scientists from around the world, to embed the project in a global context and enable a global overview of the governance of addictions, providing relevant comment and input of other related initiatives, societal trends in relation to governance and public policy responses that are going on outside Europe.