FY13 PROGRAM UPDATE
Released: January 30, 2013
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NEUROFIBROMATOSIS RESEARCH PROGRAM
FISCAL YEAR 2013 STRATEGIC PLAN
The Department of Defense Neurofibromatosis Research Program (NFRP) is administered by the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command through the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).
To allow investigators time to plan and develop applications, NFRP is providing its strategic plan for award mechanisms to be offered in 2013 should funding become available. Congressional funds for the FY13 NFRP have not yet been appropriated, and this document is not to be construed as an obligation by the government; there is no guarantee of funding for these planned mechanisms.
Areas of Emphasis: The FY13 NFRP encourages research projects applications that specifically address the critical needs of the NF community in 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.
| Award Mechanism | PI Eligibility | Key Mechanism Elements |
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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 | All levels of experience |
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| Investigator-Initiated Research Award | Must be an independent investigator at or above the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent) |
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| New Investigator Award | Must be an independent investigator at or below the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent) or an established investigator at or above the level of Assistant Professor seeking to transition into a career in NF research |
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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 upon official announcement of funding opportunity release. Submission deadlines will not be 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 NFRP 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
