DOD, Spinal Cord Injury, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Funding Agency:
- Department of Defense
Applications to the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) are being solicited by the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) using delegated authority provided by United States Code, Title 10, Section 4001 (10 USC 4001). The execution management agent for this program announcement is the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC). The SCIRP was initiated in 2009 to provide support for traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI)-related research of exceptional scientific merit that has the potential to make significant impact on improving the health and well-being of military Service Members, Veterans, and other individuals living with SCI. Appropriations for the SCIRP from FY09 through FY22 totaled $397.85 million (M). The FY23 Defense Appropriations Act provides $40.00M to the SCIRP through the appropriation for peer-reviewed spinal cord research. The vision of the SCIRP is to advance the treatment and management of SCI and ameliorate its consequences relevant to injured Service Members. The FY23 SCIRP challenges the scientific community to design research that will advance the development or translation of health care solutions for people living with SCI. Innovative research that fosters new directions or addresses neglected issues in the field of traumatic SCI is also supported, although studies focused exclusively on target identification are discouraged. The SCIRP encourages impactful research across the continuum of care from time of injury and across the lifespan that is well reasoned and scientifically supported. Applications from investigators within the military Services and applications involving multidisciplinary collaborations among academia, industry, the military Services, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and other federal government agencies are highly encouraged.
Various
$6,720,000
5:00 p.m. Eastern time (ET), May 24, 2023
11:59 p.m. ET, September 7, 2023
CDMRP Help Desk Phone: 301-682-5507 Email: help@eBRAP.org