NEWS RELEASE
Released: February 8, 2012
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS COMPLEX RESEARCH PROGRAM
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012
The Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) Defense Appropriations Act provides $5.1 million to the Department of Defense Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program (TSCRP). This program is administered by the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command through the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).
The TSCRP is providing the information in this pre-announcement to allow investigators time to plan and develop applications. FY12 TSCRP program announcements and general application instructions for the following award mechanisms are anticipated to be posted on Grants.gov in February 2012. This pre-announcement should not be construed as an obligation by the government.
Award Mechanism | Eligibility | Key Mechanism Elements | Funding |
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Clinical Trial Award | Must be an independent investigator at or above the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent) |
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Exploration -Hypothesis Development Award | Investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent) |
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Idea Development Award | Principal Investigator: Independent investigators with a documented faculty appointment (or equivalent) |
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All applications must conform to the final program announcements and general application instructions that will be available for electronic downloading from the Grants.gov website. The application package containing the required forms for each award mechanism will also be found on Grants.gov. A listing of all USAMRMC funding opportunities can be obtained on the Grants.gov website by performing a basic search using CFDA Number 12.420.
A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the CDMRP eReceipt website (http://cdmrp.org) prior to the pre-application deadline. Applications must be submitted through the federal government's single-entry portal, Grants.gov. Submission deadlines are not available until the program announcements are released. Requests for email notification of the program announcements release may be sent to help@cdmrp.org. For more information about the TSCRP or other CDMRP-administered programs, please visit the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil).
Point of Contact:
- CDMRP Public Affairs
301-619-9783
CDMRP.PublicAffairs@amedd.army.mil