The Department of Defense (DoD) is offering the Multiple Sclerosis Idea Development Award to support groundbreaking, early-stage research. This grant is for conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward projects designed to yield critical discoveries in understanding MS causes and progression, ultimately improving patient care and quality of life. Its purpose is to fund research with strong scientific rationale and a testable hypothesis, emphasizing true innovation that introduces new paradigms or challenges existing ones, rather than incremental advances. Projects must demonstrate significant impact potential, aligning with FY13 MSRP Focus Areas to profoundly advance MS knowledge and patient outcomes.
Opportunity ID: 232995
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | W81XWH-13-MSRP-IDA |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | DoD Multiple Sclerosis Idea Development Award |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 5 |
| Assistance Listings: | 12.420 — Military Medical Research and Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 03, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 17, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 17, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 17, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $3,240,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| 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 MSRP Idea Development Award promotes new ideas that are in the early stages of development and have the potential to yield high-impact findings and new avenues of investigation. This award mechanism supports conceptually innovative, high-risk/potentially high-reward research that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries in understanding the cause and progression of MS and/or improvements in patient care and/or quality of life. Research projects should include a well-formulated, testable hypothesis based on strong scientific rationale. The following are significant features of this award mechanism: 1. Innovation: Innovative research may introduce a new paradigm, challenge existing paradigms, look at existing problems from new perspectives, or exhibit other uniquely creative qualities. This may include high-risk/potentially high-gain approaches to MS research, provided that there is the potential for significant impact on understanding the causes and progression of MS and/or improvements in patient care and/or quality of life. Research that is merely an incremental advance (the next logical step) is not considered innovative and will not be considered for funding under this award mechanism. 2. Impact: Proposed research projects must address at least one of the FY13 MSRP Focus Areas. Applications should articulate both the short- and long-term impact of the proposed research. High-impact research will, if successful, significantly advance current understanding of the causes and progression of MS and/or improvements in patient care and/or quality of life. 3. Preliminary Data: Preliminary data, unpublished results from the laboratory of the Principal Investigator (PI) or collaborators named on this application, and/or data from the published literature that are relevant to MS and the proposed research project should be included, if available. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
CDMRP Help Desk
301-682-5507 Email:help@cdmrp.org |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 232995 Full Announcement-1 -> msrp_fy13 ida pa gg2.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | CDMRP Help Desk 301-682-5507 Email: help@cdmrp.org |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.420 | PKG00176251 | May 03, 2013 | Sep 17, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
232995 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf
232995 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
232995 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
232995 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
232995 RR_SubawardBudget30-1.2.pdf
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