The Department of Defense is offering the Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award to support population-based research on mortality, morbidity, and symptomatology in Veterans affected by Gulf War Illness. Studies funded aim to improve GWI case definitions by considering epidemiological data and understand how symptoms have changed over time compared to control populations. Research topics include mortality rates, symptom descriptors, clinical diagnoses, and gender/racial differences. Proposals may also address medical conditions co-occurring with GWI or in Gulf War Veteran offspring. Funding is intended for studies involving broad or comparative populations related to Gulf War Veterans. Closing date for applications is Oct 29, 2015.
Opportunity ID: 276599
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | W81XWH-15-GWIRP-GWIERA |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | DoD Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research 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: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 12.420 — Military Medical Research and Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | May 14, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jul 09, 2015 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 29, 2015 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 29, 2015 |
| Archive Date: | Nov 28, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,600,000 |
| 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 Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award mechanism is being offered for the first time in FY15. The purpose of this award is to support population-based research to obtain a better understanding of mortality, morbidity, and symptomatology over time in Veterans deployed in the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War and afflicted by GWI. While individual symptoms experienced by ill Gulf War Veterans can vary from person to person, the types of symptoms reported are comparable and typically include some combination of widespread pain and headaches, fatigue, cognitive impairment, gastrointestinal symptoms, and skin abnormalities. GWI case definitions published to date may be improved through the consideration of additional epidemiological data describing symptom onset, duration, severity, and laboratory findings. The Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award will support hypothesis-driven or discovery-based research into mortality, morbidity, and symptomatology and/or how these have changed or progressed over time in the Gulf War Veteran population compared to rates and patterns of change with time in appropriate control populations. Topic areas of interest under the Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award include but are not limited to: • Mortality (rate and causes) • Descriptors of symptomatology (e.g., duration, frequency, severity, etc.) and changes to those associated with GWI • Clinical diagnoses and laboratory findings • Symptom clustering and subgrouping • Gender and racial differences The April 2014 report of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses (available online at http://www.bu.edu/sph/files/2014/04/RAC2014.pdf) notes that Gulf War Veterans exposed to nerve gas release and oil well fires have elevated rates of death due to brain cancer. However “very little other research has yet been conducted to determine rates at which Gulf War Veterans have been affected by other medical conditions of possible concern, including neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s disease, other cancers, sleep disorders, adverse pregnancy outcomes or rates of birth defects in Veterans’ children.” Therefore, studies proposed under this award may also address questions related to medical conditions co-occurring with GWI or related to Gulf War Veteran offspring; however, the primary focus of the study must be epidemiological characterization of the Gulf War Veteran population. The GWIRP intends to fund studies that address broad populations, or comparative populations that can inform one or more of the topic areas listed above. Studies that address small populations, populations associated with very limited catchment, specific military units or geographic areas of deployment, or limited sets of symptoms, markers, or effects must be well justified as to why the scope has been specifically limited. Revisiting previously studied cohorts to generate or extend longitudinal data is one example of a reasonable justification. |
| 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@eBRAP.org |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| The purpose of this modification is to extend the date for pre-application submission. Please see revised Program Announcement. | Jul 09, 2015 | |
| Jul 09, 2015 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | W81XWH-15-GWIRP-GWIERA |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | DoD Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research 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: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 12.420 — Military Medical Research and Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | May 14, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jul 09, 2015 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 29, 2015 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 29, 2015 |
| Archive Date: | Nov 28, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,600,000 |
| 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 Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award mechanism is being offered for the first time in FY15. The purpose of this award is to support population-based research to obtain a better understanding of mortality, morbidity, and symptomatology over time in Veterans deployed in the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War and afflicted by GWI. While individual symptoms experienced by ill Gulf War Veterans can vary from person to person, the types of symptoms reported are comparable and typically include some combination of widespread pain and headaches, fatigue, cognitive impairment, gastrointestinal symptoms, and skin abnormalities. GWI case definitions published to date may be improved through the consideration of additional epidemiological data describing symptom onset, duration, severity, and laboratory findings. The Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award will support hypothesis-driven or discovery-based research into mortality, morbidity, and symptomatology and/or how these have changed or progressed over time in the Gulf War Veteran population compared to rates and patterns of change with time in appropriate control populations. Topic areas of interest under the Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award include but are not limited to: • Mortality (rate and causes) • Descriptors of symptomatology (e.g., duration, frequency, severity, etc.) and changes to those associated with GWI • Clinical diagnoses and laboratory findings • Symptom clustering and subgrouping • Gender and racial differences The April 2014 report of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses (available online at http://www.bu.edu/sph/files/2014/04/RAC2014.pdf) notes that Gulf War Veterans exposed to nerve gas release and oil well fires have elevated rates of death due to brain cancer. However “very little other research has yet been conducted to determine rates at which Gulf War Veterans have been affected by other medical conditions of possible concern, including neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s disease, other cancers, sleep disorders, adverse pregnancy outcomes or rates of birth defects in Veterans’ children.” Therefore, studies proposed under this award may also address questions related to medical conditions co-occurring with GWI or related to Gulf War Veteran offspring; however, the primary focus of the study must be epidemiological characterization of the Gulf War Veteran population. The GWIRP intends to fund studies that address broad populations, or comparative populations that can inform one or more of the topic areas listed above. Studies that address small populations, populations associated with very limited catchment, specific military units or geographic areas of deployment, or limited sets of symptoms, markers, or effects must be well justified as to why the scope has been specifically limited. Revisiting previously studied cohorts to generate or extend longitudinal data is one example of a reasonable justification. |
| 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@eBRAP.org |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | W81XWH-15-GWIRP-GWIERA |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | DoD Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research 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: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 12.420 — Military Medical Research and Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 09, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 29, 2015 |
| Archive Date: | Nov 28, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,600,000 |
| 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 Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award mechanism is being offered for the first time in FY15. The purpose of this award is to support population-based research to obtain a better understanding of mortality, morbidity, and symptomatology over time in Veterans deployed in the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War and afflicted by GWI. While individual symptoms experienced by ill Gulf War Veterans can vary from person to person, the types of symptoms reported are comparable and typically include some combination of widespread pain and headaches, fatigue, cognitive impairment, gastrointestinal symptoms, and skin abnormalities. GWI case definitions published to date may be improved through the consideration of additional epidemiological data describing symptom onset, duration, severity, and laboratory findings. The Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award will support hypothesis-driven or discovery-based research into mortality, morbidity, and symptomatology and/or how these have changed or progressed over time in the Gulf War Veteran population compared to rates and patterns of change with time in appropriate control populations. Topic areas of interest under the Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award include but are not limited to: • Mortality (rate and causes) • Descriptors of symptomatology (e.g., duration, frequency, severity, etc.) and changes to those associated with GWI • Clinical diagnoses and laboratory findings • Symptom clustering and subgrouping • Gender and racial differences The April 2014 report of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses (available online at http://www.bu.edu/sph/files/2014/04/RAC2014.pdf) notes that Gulf War Veterans exposed to nerve gas release and oil well fires have elevated rates of death due to brain cancer. However “very little other research has yet been conducted to determine rates at which Gulf War Veterans have been affected by other medical conditions of possible concern, including neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s disease, other cancers, sleep disorders, adverse pregnancy outcomes or rates of birth defects in Veterans’ children.” Therefore, studies proposed under this award may also address questions related to medical conditions co-occurring with GWI or related to Gulf War Veteran offspring; however, the primary focus of the study must be epidemiological characterization of the Gulf War Veteran population. The GWIRP intends to fund studies that address broad populations, or comparative populations that can inform one or more of the topic areas listed above. Studies that address small populations, populations associated with very limited catchment, specific military units or geographic areas of deployment, or limited sets of symptoms, markers, or effects must be well justified as to why the scope has been specifically limited. Revisiting previously studied cohorts to generate or extend longitudinal data is one example of a reasonable justification. |
| 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@eBRAP.org |
Related Documents
Folder 276599 Full Announcement-1 -> gwirp_fy15_gwiera pa2_gg.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | CDMRP Help Desk 301-682-5507 Email: help@eBRAP.org |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.420 | PKG00216915 | May 14, 2015 | Oct 29, 2015 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
276599 RR_SF424_2_0-2.0.pdf
276599 RR_Budget_1_3-1.3.pdf
276599 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_2_0-2.0.pdf
276599 PerformanceSite_2_0-2.0.pdf
Optional forms
276599 RR_SubawardBudget30_1_3-1.3.pdf
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