Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury Research

 
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    CFDA#

    12.420     		 

    Funder Type

    Federal Government

    IT Classification

    B - Readily funds technology as part of an award

    Authority

    U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

    Summary

    This program seeks to advance the state of medical science in those areas of most pressing need and relevance to today’s battlefield experience. Program objectives include:
    • discover and explore innovative approaches to protect, support, and advance the health and welfare of military personnel, families, communities, and the general public;
    • to accelerate the transition of medical technologies into deployed products;
    • and to accelerate the translation of advances in knowledge into new standards of care for injury prevention, treatment of casualties, rehabilitation, and training systems that can be applied in theater or in the clinical facilities of the Military Health System.
     

    History of Funding

    None is available.

    Additional Information

    All applications must specifically address one or more of the Topic Areas listed below.
    • Military-related grief, guilt, or loss issues, moral injury, and/or anger, rage or aggression issues.
      • Efficacy of evidence-based civilian interventions and translation to a military application to address military-related Service Member and/or family grief, guilt, and loss issues, moral injury, and/or anger/aggression issues.
      • Of particular interest are universal and selective interventions that are aimed at equipping leaders, units, Service Members and/or Families with skills to handle situations that may invoke grief, guilt or anger and prevent the development of a negative trajectory.
    • Interdisciplinary and comprehensive prevention and life-skills training strategies to improve brain health.
      • Efficacy of cognitive training approaches to promote resilience and prevent/mitigate acute negative responses to psychological and physical trauma (this does not include treatment interventions for chronic symptoms).
      • Efficacy of a life-skills (e.g., communication, interpersonal, problem solving, reframing) universal training approach that emphasizes transferability of skills to improve brain health and promoting resilience in Service Members and Families and reduce negative behavioral health outcomes.
    • Military-related psychosocial/psychological health challenges unique to persons of non-traditional sexual orientation [i.e., lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)].
      • Research to determine support needs during transition periods/deployment as well as inclusion and isolation issues with the goal of developing interventions targeting these factors.
      • Prevention approaches aimed at addressing unique needs related to psychological health issues (e.g., sexual harassment/assault, suicide).
    • Sexual assault and trauma related issues in a military context.
      • Integration of the use of technology and telemedicine assessment, prevention, and treatment approaches to address psychological symptoms or sequelae associated with sexual assault.
      • Research to determine the factors related to positive and negative psychological outcomes/trajectories of sexual assault survivors with the goal of developing interventions targeting these factors.
      • Research on potential gender differences in mental health and sexual assault/harassment victim response (treatment, support), preferences, expectations, treatment efficacy and factors associated with patient/victim satisfaction, experience and outcomes.
      • Efficacy of prevention programs and initiatives to decrease incidence of sexual assault and harassment.

    Contacts

    CDMRP Help Desk

    CDMRP Help Desk
    U.S. Department of Defense
    Department of the Army

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    (301) 682-5507
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Eligible applicants are independent investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent).

    Deadline Details

    Applications must be submitted November 13, 2014, by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

    Award Details

    For applied research applications:
    • The maximum period of performance is 3 years.
    • The maximum allowable direct costs for the entire period of performance are $1.5 million (M).
    • All direct and indirect costs of any subaward (subgrant or subcontract) must be included in the total direct costs of the primary award.
    • The applicant may request the entire maximum funding amount for a project that may have a period of performance less than the maximum 3 years.
    • Regardless of the period of performance proposed, the applicant may not exceed the maximum allowable direct costs. Indirect costs shall be proposed in accordance with the organization’s negotiated rate agreement.
    For clinical trial applications:
    • The maximum period of performance is 4 years.
    • The maximum allowable direct costs for the entire period of performance are $3M.
    • All direct and indirect costs of any subaward (subgrant or subcontract) must be included in the total direct costs of the primary award.
    • The applicant may request the entire maximum funding amount for a project that may have a period of performance less than the maximum 4 years.
    • Regardless of the period of performance proposed, the applicant may not exceed the maximum allowable direct costs. Indirect costs shall be proposed in accordance with the organization’s negotiated rate agreement.

    Cost sharing/matching is not required.

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