DoD Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award

Funding Opportunity Number: W81XWH-16-GWIRP-GWIERA Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementGrantCategory of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCFDA Number: 12.420Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Agency Name: DOD-AMRAAClosing Date: Oct 20, 2016Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: May 13, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: The Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award was first offered in FY15. Since then, 11 Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award applications have been received, and 2 have been recommended for funding. 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, severi...
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