The Department of Defense (DoD) Vision Research Program (VRP) offers this Hypothesis Development Award (HDA) to support conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward research. This grant aims to drive critical discoveries and major advancements in vision research by funding novel ideas with a testable hypothesis, not existing studies. Projects must demonstrate significant innovation—challenging paradigms or offering new perspectives—and show strong potential impact on improving patient outcomes for visual dysfunction. Applications must address VRP HDA Focus Areas, such as mitigating traumatic/war-related ocular injuries, TBI-associated visual dysfunction, vision restoration, or ocular injury modeling.
Opportunity ID: 245773
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | W81XWH-13-CRMRP-VRP-HDA |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | DoD FY13 CRMRP VRP Hypothesis 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: | 10 |
| Assistance Listings: | 12.420 — Military Medical Research and Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Oct 28, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 06, 2014 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 06, 2014 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 08, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $2,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
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 FY13 VRP Hypothesis Development Award (HDA) mechanism supports conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will drive the field of vision research forward. Research projects should include a testable hypothesis based on a strong scientific rationale. This award is not intended to support the continuation of existing studies or the next logical extension and/or incremental step. The HDA is designed to support innovative ideas with the potential to yield impactful data and new avenues of investigation. Important aspects of the HDA are as follows: Impact: The proposed research is expected to make an important and original contribution to advancing the understanding of visual dysfunction and lead ultimately to improved outcomes for patients. Innovation: Research deemed innovative may represent a new paradigm, challenge existing paradigms, look at existing problems from new perspectives, or exhibit other uniquely creative qualities. Research may be innovative in study concept, research methods or technology, or adaptations of existing methods or technologies. Research that represents an incremental advance on previously published work is not considered innovative. The presentation of preliminary or published data relevant to one or more of the VRP HDA Focus Areas is encouraged, but NOT REQUIRED. It is the responsibility of the Principal Investigator (PI) to clearly and explicitly articulate how the proposed research project is innovative. To meet the intent of the FY13 VRP HDA mechanism, all applications must specifically address one or more of the FY13 VRP HDA Focus Areas listed below. Applications proposing research outside of the Focus Areas listed below should not be submitted in response to this Program Announcement/Funding Opportunity. Mitigation and treatment of traumatic injuries, war-related injuries, and diseases to ocular structures and the visual system Mitigation and treatment of visual dysfunction associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) Vision restoration following traumatic injury Modeling and simulation of traumatic ocular injury |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Phone 301-682-5507
Email:help@cdmrp.org |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 245773 Full Announcement-1 -> fy13 crmrp vrp hda pa_gg.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Phone 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 | PKG00187910 | Oct 28, 2013 | Feb 06, 2014 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
245773 RR_SF424_1_2-1.2.pdf
245773 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
245773 RR_Budget-1.1.pdf
245773 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
245773 RR_SubawardBudget30-1.2.pdf
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