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The DoD has announced the following funding opportunities in its Vision Research Program:
Focused Translational Team Science Award.
- Must address research in eye injury or visual dysfunction as related to a military-relevant traumatic event. Examples of military-relevant trauma may include, but are not limited to: blast, blunt, thermal, or chemical trauma; trauma caused by directed energy weapons such as laser, microwaves, and particle beams; ionizing radiation.
- The anticipated direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for an FY18 VRP
FTTSA will not exceed $5M. - Overarching Challenge: Team science is a collaborative effort that leverages the strengths
of investigators specializing in different fields to address an overarching scientific challenge
or question. To meet the intent of the FTTSA, the overarching challenge or question must be
defined in the context of the FY18 VRP FTTSA Focus Area. Investigators are strongly
encouraged to consider barrier(s) to and/or gap(s) in the understanding, prevention,
diagnosis, mitigation, and/or treatment of eye injury or visual dysfunction associated with a
military-relevant trauma and envision what may be achievable in 10 to 15 years. Based on
the long-term vision, identify what should and can be achieved in the near term, and design
projects and research teams around these goals. - Applications shall include at least three but no more than five distinct research projects that together form a concerted and synergistic effort to address the overarching challenge. The potential topics of individual projects are wide-ranging. The examples provided below are illustrative and not exhaustive:
– Elucidation of molecular, cellular, and biophysical mechanisms
– Identification of biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets
– Development and validation of therapeutic agents and/or devices
– Development and validation of drug delivery platforms appropriate for said trauma
– Development or improvement of clinically relevant models for said trauma
– Design of protection to mitigate the impact of said trauma on eye and vision
Investigator-Initiated Research Award.
- Must address research in eye injury or visual dysfunction as related to a military-relevant traumatic event. Examples of military-relevant trauma may include, but are not limited to: blast, blunt, thermal, or chemical trauma; trauma caused by directed energy weapons such as laser, microwaves, and particle beams; ionizing radiation.
- The FY18 VRP IIRA is intended to support studies that will yield highly impactful discoveries
or major advancements in the research and/or patient care of eye injury and/or visual dysfunction
as related to military-relevant trauma. Research projects may focus on any phase of research
(e.g., basic, translational, applied, clinical, observational), excluding clinical trials. The research
idea or solution should be innovative, novel, or a significant advancement over existing ideas or
solutions, as applicable. - The anticipated direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for an FY18 VRP
IIRA will not exceed $500,000. - Preliminary data to support the feasibility of the proposed research project are required.
- Research involving human subjects and human anatomical substances is permitted; however, this
award may not be used to conduct clinical trials.
Detailed descriptions of the funding opportunity, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the Program Announcements. The Program Announcements are available electronically for downloading from the Grants.gov website (http://www.grants.gov), the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault.shtml), and the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) (https://eBRAP.org).
All CDMRP funding opportunities, both recently and previously released, are available on the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil).
Submission is a two-step process requiring both pre-application submission and full application submission. All pre-applications must be submitted through eBRAP (Caution-https://eBRAP.org/ < Caution-https://eBRAP.org/ > ). Full applications from extramural organizations (non-DoD organizations) must be submitted through Grants.gov (Caution-http://www.grants.gov/ < Caution-http://www.grants.gov/ > ). Intramural DoD organizations may submit full applications to either eBRAP or Grants.gov. Refer to the General Application Instructions, Section II.A. for registration and submission requirements for eBRAP and Grants.gov. For detailed information on the submission process, refer to Section II.D. of the Program Announcement/Funding Opportunity.
eBRAP is a multifunctional web-based system that allows PIs to submit their pre-applications electronically through a secure connection, to view and edit the content of their pre-applications and full applications, to receive communications from the CDMRP, and to submit documentation during award negotiations and period of performance. A key feature of eBRAP is the ability of an organization’s representatives and PIs to view and modify the Grants.gov application submissions associated with them. eBRAP will validate Grants.gov application files against the specific Program Announcement/Funding Opportunity requirements and discrepancies will be noted in an email to the PI and in the Full Application Files tab in eBRAP. It is the applicant’s responsibility to review all application components for accuracy as well as ensure proper ordering as specified in this Program Announcement/Funding Opportunity.
Deadlines for both award mechanisms: September 4, 2018 (pre-applications); December 4, 2018 (invited applications)
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