DoD Gulf War Illness Investigator-Initiated Research Award

Funding Opportunity Number: W81XWH-13-GWIRP-IIRA 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 18, 2013Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 3Creation Date: Aug 21, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: The GWIRP Investigator-Initiated Research Award was first offered in FY06. Since then, 156 Investigator-Initiated Research Award applications have been received, and 42 have been recommended for funding.The Investigator-Initiated Research Award (IIRA) supports research focusing on the complex of symptoms known as Gulf War Illness, improving its definition and diagnosis, characterizing disease symptoms, and better understanding its pathobiology. It is intended to encourage basic through clinical research aimed at identification of objective measures to distinguish ill from healthy veterans (e.g., biomarkers), elucidate potential treatment targets for GWI, or improve understanding of the pathobiology underlying GWI symptoms. In addition, studies that characterize chronic effects of neurotoxic exposures at dosage comparable to that encountered during the Gulf War are acceptable. Particula...
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