NEWS RELEASE

Department of Defense
United States Army Medical Research Materiel Command
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

Released: May 5, 2017

CDMRP Research Funding for 2017

The Fiscal Year 2017 Department of Defense Appropriations Act provides research funding for the following peer reviewed programs managed by the Department of Defense office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP):

• Alcohol and Substance Abuse Research Program - $4.0 million
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program - $7.5 million
• Autism Research Program - $7.5 million
• Bone Marrow Failure Research Program - $3.0 million
• Breast Cancer Research Program - $120.0 million
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program - $3.2 million
• Epilepsy Research Program - $7.5 million
• Gulf War Illness Research Program - $20.0 million
• Hearing Restoration Research Program - $10.0 million
• Kidney Cancer Research Program - $10.0 million
• Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program - $50.0 million
• Lung Cancer Research Program - $12.0 million
• Lupus Research Program - $5.0 million
• Military Burn Research Program - $8.0 million
• Multiple Sclerosis Research Program - $6.0 million
• Neurofibromatosis Research Program - $15.0 million
• Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Parkinson's - $16.0 million
• Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Program- $10.0 million
• Ovarian Cancer Research Program - $20.0 million
• Peer Reviewed Alzheimer's Research Program - $15.0 million
• Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (14 Topics) - $60.0 million
• Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (48 Topics) - $300.0 million
• Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program - $30.0 million
• Prostate Cancer Research Program - $90.0 million
• Reconstructive Transplant Research Program - $12.0 million
• Spinal Cord Injury Research Program - $30.0 million
• Tick-Borne Disease Research Program - $5.0 million
• Trauma Clinical Research Program - $10 million
• Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program - $6.0 million
• Vision Research Program - $15.0 million

Comprehensive Program Announcements will be released during 2017. The Program Announcements will include detailed descriptions of funding mechanisms, evaluation criteria, submission requirements, and deadlines. Each Program Announcement may be downloaded from the Grants.gov website https://www.grants.gov, or the CDMRP website https://cdmrp.health.mil upon its release.

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 CDMRP, our research programs, previous awardees, as well as research highlights and videos, please visit the website at https://cdmrp.health.mil.

Point of Contact:

CDMRP Public Affairs
301-619-7783
usarmy.detrick.medcom-cdmrp.mbx.cdmrp-public-affairs@mail.mil