Opportunity Information: Apply for W81XWH18PRMRPIIRA
The DoD PRMRP Investigator-Initiated Research Award (IIRA) is a Department of Defense funding opportunity designed to support investigator-driven studies that can make a meaningful, practical contribution to research and/or patient care for diseases or conditions that fall within at least one of the FY18 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Topic Areas. The central idea is to fund well-justified projects that originate from the investigator's own scientific or clinical insight, rather than from a narrowly prescribed government-defined research question. In practice, this means the proposed work can grow out of a lab-based discovery, a population or epidemiologic finding, a clinician's direct experience treating patients, or even credible anecdotal observations that point to a testable and potentially impactful research direction.
A key expectation of this award is that the application cannot rely on speculation alone. Proposals must include relevant supporting data that back up the rationale for the study and demonstrate that the idea has a real foundation. This supporting evidence can come from unpublished preliminary data generated by the research team or from existing published literature, as long as it clearly supports why the proposed approach is reasonable and why the work is likely to advance the field or improve care. In other words, the program is aimed at ideas with enough traction to be believable and actionable, while still leaving room for innovation and investigator initiative.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary funding opportunity offered by the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, administered through USAMRAA. The opportunity number is W81XWH18PRMRPIIRA, and it was released on April 25, 2018, with an original closing date of September 20, 2018. Awards may be made either as grants or cooperative agreements, indicating the funding mechanism can range from more traditional grant-style support to arrangements where the government may have a more active role in project oversight or coordination (depending on the specific terms of the award). The listing falls under the science and technology and other research and development category and is associated with CFDA number 12.420.
Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to many types of applicant organizations, with the caveat that applicants must still follow any specific eligibility clarifications provided in the full announcement. The program anticipated making about 47 awards. The posted award ceiling is listed as 0, which typically signals that a fixed maximum was not stated in the summarized record and that applicants would need to refer to the full announcement for any budget limits, funding caps by project type, or other cost constraints. Overall, the IIRA mechanism is positioned as a flexible, investigator-led pathway for advancing PRMRP-relevant medical research with a clear connection to improving understanding, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or patient outcomes in the designated topic areas.Apply for W81XWH18PRMRPIIRA
- The Department of Defense, Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "DoD PRMRP Investigator-Initiated Research Award" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.420.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 25, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 20, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 47 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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