DoD Gulf War Illness Clinical Trial Award

Funding Opportunity Number: W81XWH-14-GWIRP-CTA 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: Sep 25, 2014Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: May 07, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The FY14 GWIRP is offering two award mechanisms to evaluate potential interventions for GWI: the Clinical Trial Award (CTA) and the Innovative Treatment Evaluation Award (ITEA). The CTA, described in this Program Announcement/Funding Opportunity, is intended to support larger, more definitive (Phase II-III, FDA device class I-III) clinical trials. In contrast, the ITEA supports the initial evaluation of a treatment or intervention in smaller, early phase or pilot clinical trials (Phase 0, I, or I/II), and does not require preliminary data. (For information about the ITEA, see http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/gwirp.shtml.) The CTA mechanism was first offered in FY08. Since then, 14 Clinical Trial Award applications have been received, and four have been recommended for funding. The CTA supports execution of clinical trials with the potential to have a significant impact on the health and li...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding