Funding Opportunities

Synopsis of Current Program Announcements


FY13 Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP)

Mechanism Program Announcement/Instructions Release Date Funding Amount
Submission Deadline
Clinical Trial Award Program Announcement
Application Instructions (external link)
February 21, 2013
  • Maximum funding of $2.5M for direct costs (plus indirect costs)
  • Period of performance up to 4 years
  • Nested Career Development: Additional direct costs of $225K for total combined direct costs of $2.725M
Pre-Application (Preproposal): April 4, 2013
Application: July 18, 2013
Clinical Trial Development Award Program Announcement
Application Instructions (external link)
February 21, 2013
  • Maximum funding of $200,000 for direct costs (plus indirect costs)
  • Period of performance up to 18 months.
Pre-Application (Preproposal): April 4, 2013
Application: July 18, 2013
Translational Research Award Program Announcement
Application Instructions (external link)
February 21, 2013
  • Maximum combined funding of $750K for direct costs (plus indirect costs)
  • Period of performance up to 3 years
  • Nested Career Development: Additional direct costs of $225K for total combined direct costs of $975K
Pre-Application (Preproposal): April 4, 2013
Application: July 18, 2013
Idea Development Award Program Announcement
Application Instructions (external link)
February 21, 2013
  • Maximum funding of $500K for direct costs (plus indirect costs)
  • Period of performance up to 3 years
  • Nested Career Development: Additional direct costs of $225K for total combined direct costs of $725K
Pre-Application (Preproposal): April 4, 2013
Application: July 18, 2013

FY13 Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury (PH/TBI)

Mechanism Program Announcement/Instructions Release Date Funding Amount Submission Deadline
Traumatic Brain Injury Research Award Program Announcement
Application Instructions
January 23, 2012
  • The maximum period of performance is 3 years.
  • The maximum allowable total costs for the entire period of performance are $3,000,000 inclusive of indirect costs for clinical studies including clinical trials and $1,000,000 inclusive of indirect costs for applied and or mechanistic studies.
Pre-Application: February 27, 2013
Application: May 30, 2013
Basic/Applied Psychological Health Award Program Announcement
Application Instructions (external link)
March 5, 2013
  • The maximum period of performance is 4 years.
  • For basic research awards, the maximum allowable direct costs for the entire period of performance is $1,000,000 plus indirect costs.
  • For applied research and combined awards, the maximum allowable direct costs for the entire period of performance cannot exceed $4,000,000 plus indirect costs.
  • Subject to availability of funding, approximately 5-10 Basic/Applied Psychological Health Award applications will be awarded.
Pre-Application: April 16, 2013
Application: July 23, 2013