This is a new opportunity for drug abuse researchers to obtain federal funding for their scholarly work.  CPDD and The Friends of NIDA convinced Congress to include drug abuse for the first time as a category for funding in the Department of the Army Congressionally Mandated Medical Peer Review Program.  The deadline for grant submission is July 2, 2008.  The instructions for this opportunity are presented below.

 

To :      CPDD

 

Re :      DOD Peer Reviewed Medical Investigator-Initiated Research Award

 

  Dear CPDD:  Attached please find the formal announcement from the Department of the Army Congressionally Mandated Medical Peer Review Program.  The deadlines are laid out in the full announcement.  As you will see drug abuse is listed as one of the 21 subject areas that can be funded. 

 

A.         FY08 PRMRP Congressionally Directed Topic Areas

All applications for PRMRP funding must specifically and clearly address one of the topic areas. If the research has no relevance to currently advertised PRMRP topic areas, the Government reserves the right to administratively withdraw the proposal.  The Government reserves the right to reassign the proposal's topic area if submitted under an inappropriate topic area.  The FY08 topic areas are listed below.   

 

Alcoholism Research

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Blood Cancer

Drug Abuse

Epilepsy Research

Eye and Vision Research

Integrated Tissue Hypoxia Research

Interstitial Cystitis

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Leishmaniasis

Lupus

Kidney Cancer

Mesothelioma

Multiple Sclerosis

Nutrition and Health Promotion

Paget's Disease

Polycystic Kidney Disease

Pulmonary Hypertension

Scleroderma

Social Work Research

Tinnitus

 

There is an additional $1M Congressional appropriation for bone marrow failure disorder research.

B.         Eligibility

PIs must be independent investigators at any academic level (or equivalent).  Refer to Application Instructions, Appendix 1, for general eligibility information.

C.         Funding

Funding for an Investigator-Initiated Research Award that addresses one of the 21 topic areas listed above can be requested for up to $900,000 for direct costs for up to a 3-year performance period, plus indirect costs as appropriate. 

 

DOD Peer Reviewed Medical Investigator-Initiated Research Award

 

 

 

Synopsis

 

Full Announcement

 

 

Application

 

 

 

The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 03/26/2008 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.

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Document Type:

Grants Notice

Funding Opportunity Number:

W81XWH-08-PRMRP-IIRA

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Posted Date:

Mar 26, 2008

Creation Date:

Mar 26, 2008

Original Closing Date for Applications:

Jul 02, 2008 

Current Closing Date for Applications:

Jul 02, 2008 

Archive Date:

Aug 01, 2008

Funding Instrument Type:

Cooperative Agreement

Grant

Category of Funding Activity:

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Category Explanation:

 

Expected Number of Awards:

17

Estimated Total Program Funding:

$22,500,000

Award Ceiling:

 

Award Floor:

 

CFDA Number:

12.420  --  Military Medical Research and Development

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:

No

Eligible Applicants

Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

 

Additional Information on Eligibility:

 

Agency Name

Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA

Description

The PRMRP Investigator-Initiated Research Award (IIRA) mechanism was first offered in FY99. Since then, 1850 Investigator-Initiated Research Award proposals have been received, and 219 have been recommended for funding. This award supports research that makes an important contribution to research and/or patient care in one of the FY08 PRMRP topic areas. All proposals must be responsive to the health care needs of the Armed Forces and Family members, the U.S. Veteran population, and the general public. Research projects that support the development or validation of evidence-based clinical policy or guidelines are encouraged. Proposals must include preliminary data relevant to the topic area and the proposed project. This award may not be used to conduct clinical trials. Principal Investigators (PIs) seeking funding for a clinical trial should apply to the FY08 PRMRP Clinical Trial Award mechanism. See the Program Announcement for the full Funding Opportunity Description.

Link to Full Announcement

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

PA HELP: 301-619-7079; cdmrp.pa@amedd.army.mil

eReceipt HELP: 301-682-5507; help@cdmrp.org

CDMRP Helpdesk

Synopsis Modification History

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