The Department of Defense Medical Practice Initiative is offering the MPI-ARM grant to support research and development of augmented reality technologies for medical training in military settings. The grant aims to enhance medical training methods, systems, and competency assessment tools. Proposals for novel methods of real-time augmentation of user perception in medical practice applications, excluding olfactory augmentation, are encouraged. The grant seeks to create freely accessible software and hardware designs, and share research data to advance medical training and simulation systems. Proposals must be submitted by March 21, 2013.
Opportunity ID: 201473
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | W81XWH-13-JPC1-MPI-ARM |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Medical Practice Initiative Augmented Reality for Medical Applications (MPI-ARM) |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | CategoryExplanation |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 4 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 12.420 — Military Medical Research and Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date:: | Sep 13, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Oct 29, 2012 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Mar 21, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Mar 21, 2013 |
| Archive Date:: | Apr 20, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | |
| Award Ceiling:: | $1,750,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $0 |
Eligibility
| 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:: |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Dept. of the Army — USAMRAA |
| Description:: | The Medical Practice Initiative is primarily focused on the research and, ultimately, the development of medical training methods, technologies, systems, and competency assessment tools for the sustainment of military medical readiness. To promote and accelerate this development, new modalities for medical training, data collection, and performance assessment are being sought and additional research proposals into the field of augmented reality for medical training is being solicited. The methods devised and data collected in the course of this research may, in due course, lead to the development and integration of improved medical training systems and competency assessment tools.The primary, but not exclusive, purpose of this MPI-ARM Program Announcement (PA) is to solicit pre-proposals and then, by invitation only, request full proposal submissions for research that will offer contextually relevant, novel methods for the real-time augmentation or enhancement of the users perception of reality, specifically related to the areas of medical training and/or practice applications and scenarios in both controlled and austere environments.The augmentation or enhancement should be related to one or more of the following sensory modalities: visual or display information, haptic and/or tactile feedback, and auditory feedback. In the context of this PA, haptic feedback refers specifically to force feedback whereas tactile feedback refers to the sense of touch. Olfactory augmentation is explicitly excluded.Prototyped systems may be portable or stationary, networked or non-networked, software, hardware, or combinations of both. In order to facilitate the broader goal of reducing development costs and democratize access to technology used in the creation of medical training and simulation systems, software and/or hardware designs and specifications developed under this funding should be freely accessible to the broader training and simulation development communities. Similarly, it is intended that the research data and validation study be made available as a public resource to further facilitate advancements in this field. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 2 | The Program Announcement has been modified only to extend the Pre-application deadline to 5:00pm ET, November 8, 2012. No other changes have been effected. | Oct 29, 2012 |
| Synopsis 1 |
Package
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 12.420 |
| Competition ID: | |
| Competition Title: | |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00147130 |
| Opening Date: | Sep 13, 2012 |
| Closing Date: | Mar 21, 2013 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | Mary Rico |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization Applicants |
| mendatory_forms |
SF424 (R & R) [V1.2] Research And Related Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) [V1.2] Project/Performance Site Location(s) [V1.4] Research & Related Budget [V1.1] Research And Related Other Project Information [V1.3] Attachments [V1.1] R & R Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form [V1.2] |
| optional_forms |
Attachments [V1.1] R & R Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form [V1.2] |
Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.420 | PKG00147130 | Sep 13, 2012 | Mar 21, 2013 | View | Mary Rico | Organization Applicants |