DoD Neurofibromatosis Investigator Initiated Research Award

Post Date

May 3rd 2013

Application Due Date

July 11th 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

W81XWH-13-NFRP-IIRA

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

4

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $3680000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

The vision of the FY13 NFRP is to decrease the clinical impact of NF. Toward this end, the NFRP seeks to: support innovative, high-impact research that will foster new directions for and address neglected issues in NF research; sponsor multidisciplinary and multi-institutional collaborations that will bring new perspectives to the field; foster the next generation of NF investigators; promote translational and clinical studies to move promising ideas from bench to bedside; develop a balanced portfolio of meritorious research related to all aspects of NF1, NF2, and schwannomatosis. Areas of Emphasis: The FY13 NFRP strongly encourages research applications that specifically address the critical needs of the NF community in one or more of the following Areas of Emphasis: ╔ Cognitive and social dysfunction in the setting of NF; ╔ Drug discovery for the treatment of NF; ╔ Heterogeneity of neurofibromas and other NF-related tumors using genomics, epigenetics, systems biology, or other similar approaches; ╔ Manifestations of NF post-adolescence; ╔ Novel disease markers such as imaging and proteomics of NF; ╔ Pain in the setting of NF. The NFRP Investigator-Initiated Research Award supports innovative basic and clinically oriented research that will: ╔ Provide insight into the development of NF, or into particular lesions or abnormalities that occur as a result of NF; ╔ Result in substantial improvements over todayуs approach to the diagnosis and treatment of NF; and ╔ Have an impact on the quality of life of persons with NF. Applications must include preliminary or published data that is relevant to NF and the proposed research project.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Defense

• Office:

  Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA

• Agency Contact:

  CDMRP Help Desk
  301-682-5507

• Agency Mailing Address:

  CDMRP Help Desk

• Agency Email Address:

  help@cdmrp.org mil