{"id":40843,"date":"2018-04-18T10:17:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T14:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/?p=40843"},"modified":"2018-04-18T10:17:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T14:17:59","slug":"department-of-defense-spinal-cord-injury-research-program-funding-opportunities-for-fiscal-year-2018-fy18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/2018\/04\/18\/department-of-defense-spinal-cord-injury-research-program-funding-opportunities-for-fiscal-year-2018-fy18\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Defense Spinal Cord Injury Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">The FY18 Defense Appropriation provides $30 million (M) to the Department of Defense Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP)<\/span><\/b><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"> to support innovative, high-impact spinal cord injury research. As directed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, the Defense Health Agency, J9 Research and Development Directorate manages the Defense Health Program (DHP) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&amp;E) appropriation. The managing agent for the anticipated Program Announcements\/Funding Opportunities is the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">The SCIRP is providing the information in this pre-announcement to allow investigators time to plan and develop applications.\u00a0 FY18 SCIRP Program Announcements and General Application Instructions for the following award mechanisms are anticipated to be posted on the Grants.gov website in May 2018.\u00a0 Pre-application and application deadlines will be available when the Program Announcements are released.\u00a0 This pre-announcement should not be construed as an obligation by the government.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">For FY18, SCIRP encourages applications that address the critical needs of SCI research and patient care in one or more of the following FY18 Focus Areas:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Neuroprotection<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Biomarkers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 10.5pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Bladder and bowel dysfunction and neuropathic pain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;margin: 0px 0px 16px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Psychosocial issues relevant to SCI in\u00a0 individuals with SCI and their caregivers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;margin: 0px 0px 16px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Rehabilitation and regeneration<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cdmrp.army.mil\/pubs\/press\/2018\/18scirppreann\">http:\/\/cdmrp.army.mil\/pubs\/press\/2018\/18scirppreann<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Clinical Trial Award<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Independent investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Preproposal is required; application submission is by invitation only.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Fund Phase 0, I, or II clinical trials with the potential to have a major impact on treatment or management of spinal cord injury (SCI) and its consequences.<b><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: italic;font-weight: bold\"><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Preclinical data required for all clinical trial applications.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Maximum funding of <b>$3M<\/b> for direct costs (plus indirect costs)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;color: #000000;line-height: normal;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Maximum period of performance is <b>4\u00a0<\/b>years<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Investigator-Initiated Research Award<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Independent investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Preproposal is required; application submission is by invitation only.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Fund SCI-related research that has the potential to make an important contribution to SCI research and\/or patient care.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Preliminary data required.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Clinical trials not allowed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Maximum funding of <b>$500,000<\/b> for direct costs (plus indirect costs)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Maximum period of performance is <b>3<\/b> years.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Qualitative Research Award<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Independent investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Preproposal is required; application submission is by invitation only.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Fund qualitative research on military Service members and Veterans in the years following SCI.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Qualitative research is defined as a form of social inquiry that focuses on understanding the way that people interpret and make sense of their experiences and the world in which they live (i.e., seek to understand the human experience).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Preliminary data encouraged, but not required.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Clinical trials not allowed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Maximum funding of <b>$500,000<\/b> for direct costs (plus indirect costs)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Maximum period of performance is <b>3<\/b>\u00a0years<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Translational Research Award<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Independent investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Preproposal is required; application submission is by invitation only.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Fund studies that accelerate the movement of promising ideas in SCI research into clinical applications.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';margin: 0px\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\"><b><i>P<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">reliminary data required<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><i><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The SCIRP TRA may include a pilot clinical trial as part of the proposed research where limited clinical testing of a novel intervention or device is necessary to inform the next step in the continuum of translational research.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Maximum funding of <b>$1.25M<\/b> for direct costs (plus indirect costs)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Maximum period of performance is <b>3<\/b>\u00a0years<\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) at <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ebrap.org\/\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">https:\/\/eBRAP.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> prior to the pre-application deadline. All applications must conform to the final Program Announcements and General Application Instructions that will be available for electronic downloading from the Grants.gov website.\u00a0 The application package containing the required forms for each award mechanism will also be found on Grants.gov.\u00a0 A listing of all CDMRP and other USAMRMC extramural funding opportunities can be obtained on the Grants.gov website by performing a basic search using CFDA Number 12.420.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: medium\">Submission deadlines are not available until the Program Announcements are released.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;color: #333333;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 10.5pt\">For email notification when Program Announcements are released, subscribe to program-specific news and updates under \u201cEmail Subscriptions\u201d on the eBRAP homepage at <a href=\"https:\/\/ebrap.org\/\">https:\/\/eBRAP.org<\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0 For more information about the SCIRP or other CDMRP-administered programs, please visit the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cdmrp.army.mil\/\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">CDMRP website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> (<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cdmrp.army.mil\/\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">http:\/\/cdmrp.army.mil<\/span><\/a><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Point of Contact:<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">CDMRP Public Affairs<br \/>\n301-619-9783<br \/>\n<b><a>usarmy.detrick.medcom-cdmrp.mbx.cdmrp-public-affairs@mail.mil<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FY18 Defense Appropriation provides $30 million (M) to the Department of Defense Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) to support innovative, high-impact spinal cord injury research. 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