BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH
(PROGRAM SPECIFIC)
for the Department of Defense
Defense Health Program
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
Defense Medical Research and Development Program
Joint Program Committee 1 (JPC-1) -
Medical Simulation and Information Sciences Research Program
Predictive Personality & Emotional State Performance Determinants for Training
(PREEMPT)
Funding Opportunity Number: W81XWH-16-R-MSI1
This Funding Opportunity Announcement is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Fiscal Year
2016 (FY16) Joint Program Committee 1 (JPC-1)/Medical Simulation and Information Sciences (MSIS)
Research Program Predictive Personality & Emotional State Performance Determinants for Training
(PREEMPT). This BAA must be read in conjunction with the submission guidelines in Grants.gov/Apply for Grants (hereinafter called Grants.gov/Apply ). It must also be read in conjunction with the document titled “General Submission Instructions” available with this BAA in Grants.gov.
This BAA (Program Specific) is intended to solicit extramural research and development ideas and is issued under the provisions of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-369), as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016. In accordance with FAR
35.016, projects funded under this BAA must be for basic and applied research and that part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement. Projects must be for scientific study and experimentation directed toward advancing the state-of-the-art or increasing knowledge or understanding rather than focusing on a specific system or hardware solution. Research and development funded through this BAA is intended and expected to benefit and inform both military and civilian medical practice and knowledge.
This BAA is intended for extramural investigators only. A separate FY16 JPC-1/MSIS-PREEMPT
Announcement/Funding Opportunity for intramural investigators will be available at https://cdmrp.org/Program_Announcements_and_Forms/ .
FY16 Predictive Personality & Emotional State Performance Determinants for Training (PREEMPT)
Award
Eligibilty
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Independent Investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent).
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An extramural investigator is defined as all those not included in the definition of intramural investigator, below.

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An intramural investigator is defined as a Department of Defense (DoD) military or civilian employee working within a DoD laboratory, DoD military treatment facility, or working in a DoD activity embedded within a civilian medical center.
Key Mechanisms
Seeks the development of a proof-of-concept task performance assessment tool to predict an individual’s performance and stress level.
Seeks research on two (2) of the several predictors of an individual’s performance: personality and emotional state. Near-term impact is expected.
Preliminary data are required.
Pre-application is required; application is by invitation only.
Funding
Maximum funding of $1,250,000 in direct costs (plus indirect costs)
Period of performance should not exceed 2 years http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/dmrdp.shtml
Deadlines
Pre-Application:
May 11, 2016
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)
Extramural Application:
August 22, 2016
5:00 p.m. ET
Extramural Application Verification Period:
August 29, 2016
5:00 p.m. ET
Intramural Application:
August 29, 2016
5:00 p.m. ET

A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the electronic Biomedical Research
Application Portal (eBRAP) at https://eBRAP.org
prior to the pre-application deadline. All applications must conform to the final Program Announcements and General Application Instructions 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 CDMRP funding opportunities can be obtained on the Grants.gov website by performing a basic search using CFDA
Number 12.420.
Applications must be submitted through the federal government's single-entry portal, Grants.gov
. For email notification when Program Announcements are released, go to the CDMRP website
( http://cdmrp.army.mil
) and select Subscribe to Funding Opportunities & Program Communications. For more information about the DMRDP or other CDMRP-administered programs, please visit the CDMRP website ( http://cdmrp.army.mil
).
Point of Contact:
CDMRP Help Desk
301-682-5507 help@eBrap.org