Sponsor

US - Department of Defense (DoD)

Program

Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) 

For More Information

For additional information, please review both the Program Announcement and Application Instructions for the specific funding opportunity on the CDMRP website [1].

For questions, please send e-mail to:

cdmrpwebmaster@webcdmrp.org [2] - for download related questions
Help@ebrap.org [3] - for program announcement related questions

Description

Idea Development Award: [4]

• Supports conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could lead to critical discoveries in scleroderma research and/or improvements in patient care.
• Innovation and impact are important aspects of the award.
• Research must address at least one of the SRP FY20 Idea Development Award Focus Areas.
• Clinical trials are not allowed.
• Preliminary data are required.
• Pre-application submission is required; application submission is by invitation only

Translational Research Partnership Award: [4]

• Supports partnerships between clinicians and laboratory scientists that accelerate ideas in scleroderma into clinical applications. At least one partner must be a laboratory scientists and at least one partner must be a clinician.
• One investigator must be a New Investigator.
• Research must address at least one of the SRP FY20 Translational Research Partnership Award Focus Areas.
• Clinical trials are not allowed.
• Preliminary data are required.
• Pre-application submission is required; application submission is by invitation only

Special Notes

Details on eligibility, funding, duration, application process and deadlines can be found on the website [4]. 

Please note that research activities carried out in the context of COVID-19 need to adhere to the University of Guelph COVID-19 research principles, policies, guidelines and processes as they may be updated from time to time and communicated on the Office of Research web-page [5].

How to Apply

If you are interested in applying to this program or any DoD programs, please contact Angela Vuk (avuk@uoguelph.ca [6]) as soon as possible so we can work with you on your application and confirm access to Grants.gov [7] for submitting applications.  A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal [8] (eBRAP) prior to the pre-application deadline. All applications must conform to the specific program Announcements and Application Instructions on the CDMRP funding announcement website. [1]