DoD Gulf War Illness Investigator-Initiated Focused Research Award

Funding Opportunity Number: W81XWH-16-GWIRP-IIRFA 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: 11Creation Date: May 13, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: The Investigator-Initiated Focused Research Award is being offered for the first time in FY16; however, this mechanism is derived from the previously offered FY06-FY15 GWIRP Investigator-Initiated Research Award (IIRA). The Investigator-Initiated Focused Research Award supports research to promote new ideas or continued development of applied research in GWI that is aimed at diagnosis or therapeutic advancement. Applications must articulate the pathway to making a clinical impact for Veterans with GWI even if a clinical impact is not an immediate outcome. All applications must focus on Veterans of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War affected by GWI. It is the responsibility of the Principal Investigator (PI) to clearly and explicitly articulate the project’s potential impact on GWI. This award supports projects at different stages of development. PIs should apply to the Investigator-I...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding