DoD Autism Pilot Award

Post Date

May 2nd 2012

Application Due Date

September 20th 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

W81XWH-12-ARP-PA

CFDA Number(s)

12.420

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement
Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

8

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1280000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

The ARP Pilot Award supports conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will drive the field of ASD forward. Research projects should include a testable hypothesis based on a strong scientific rationale. This award is not intended to support the continuation of existing studies or the next logical extension and/or incremental step. Through the Pilot Award, the ARP seeks to promote multidisciplinary collaborations (e.g., special education, biomedical science, preclinical research); to develop and validate biologically relevant animal models of autism (with appropriate justification for its relevance to a given subgroup); to investigate the implications of immunological response and ASD; and to leverage existing biological samples, clinical populations, and databases to provide power to test ideas.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Defense

• Office:

  Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA

• Agency Contact:

  301-682-5507; help@cdmrp.org

• Agency Mailing Address:

  CDMRP Help Desk

• Agency Email Address:

  help@cdmrp.org