Reconstructive Transplant Research
NEWS RELEASE
Released: May 15, 2017
Defense Health Program
Department of Defense Reconstructive Transplant Research Program
Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17)
The FY17 Defense Appropriations Act provides $12 million (M) to the Department of Defense Reconstructive Transplant Research Program (RTRP) to support research of exceptional scientific merit that has the potential to make a significant impact on improving the function, wellness, and overall quality of life for injured military Service members and Veterans, their caregivers and family members, and the American public. As directed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, the Defense Health Agency (DHA) J9, Research and Development Directorate manages the Defense Health Program (DHP) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) appropriation. The managing agent for the anticipated Program Announcements/Funding Opportunities is the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).
The RTRP is providing the information in this pre-announcement to allow investigators time to plan and develop applications. FY17 RTRP Program Announcements and General Application Instructions for the following award mechanisms are anticipated to be posted on the Grants.gov website in June 2017. Pre-application and application deadlines will be available when the Program Announcements are released. This pre-announcement should not be construed as an obligation by the government.
Focus Areas: The FY17 RTRP encourages research projects that specifically address needs in the field of vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) in the following focus areas:
- Immune system regulation as specifically applied to VCA
- Psychosocial considerations and challenges associated with VCA
- Develop ex vivo VCA tissue preservation techniques or technologies to extend the time between procurement and transplantation (goal: 24 hours)
- Develop pre-habilitation or rehabilitation strategies that improve reconstructive transplant functional outcomes
- Develop standardized quantitative functional outcome measures for VCA, especially for face transplant
- Graft clinical monitoring – acute and chronic, as applied to VCA
Award Mechanism | Eligibility | Key Mechanism Elements | Funding |
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Concept Award | Investigators at or above the level of postdoctoral fellow (or equivalent) |
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Investigator-Initiated Research Award | Independent investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent) |
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Individual PIs:
Multiple PI Option:
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Technology Development Award | Independent investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent) |
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Qualitative Research Award | Independent investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent) |
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Individual PIs:
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A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) at https://eBRAP.org prior to the pre-application deadline. All applications must conform to the final Program Announcements and General Application Instructions that will be available for electronic downloading from the Grants.gov website. The application package containing the required forms for each award mechanism will also be found on Grants.gov. A listing of all CDMRP funding opportunities can be obtained on the Grants.gov website by performing a basic search using CFDA Number 12.420.
Applications must be submitted through the federal government’s single-entry portal, Grants.gov. Submission deadlines are not available until the Program Announcements are released. For email notification when Program Announcements are released, subscribe to program-specific news and updates under “Email Subscriptions” on the eBRAP homepage at https://eBRAP.org. For more information about the RTRP or other CDMRP-administered programs, please visit the CDMRP website (https://cdmrp.army.mil).
Point of Contact:
CDMRP Public Affairs
301-619-9783
usarmys.detrick.medcom-cdmrp.mbx.cdmrp-public-affairs@mail.mil
Last updated Thursday, May 26, 2022