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Defense Health Program
Department of Defense Alcohol and Substance Abuse Research Program
Upcoming Funding Opportunities
The FY14 Defense Appropriations Act provides $3.6 million (M) to the Department of
Defense Alcohol and Substance Abuse Research Program (ASARP) to support
innovative research committed to identifying and developing new medications to improve
treatment outcomes for alcohol and substance use disorders (ASUD), especially related to
traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This program is
administered by the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
through the Office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).
The ASARP is providing the information in this pre-announcement to allow investigators
time to plan and develop applications. FY14 ASARP Program Announcement and General
Application Instructions for the following award mechanism are anticipated to be posted on
the Grants.gov website in January 2015. Application deadlines will be available when the
Program Announcement is released. This pre-announcement should not be construed as
an obligation by the government. Funding is contingent on receipt of appropriations.
Consortium Award
Investigators at or above the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent)
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Single operations center to provide oversight and management of basic research
and human clinical trials within the consortium
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Provide leadership to facilitate collaboration of multiple organizations and
individuals with the goal of translating basic science knowledge into enhanced
clinical pharmacological treatment protocols for Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Disorders
Maximum funding of $3,600,000 in direct plus indirect costs
Period of performance not to exceed 5 years
All applications must conform to the final Program Announcement and General Application
Instructions that will be available for electronic downloading from the Grants.gov website.
The application package containing the required forms for the 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.
Letters of Intent are required and must be submitted through the CDMRP electronic
Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) (https://eBRAP.org). Applications must
be submitted through the federal government's single-entry portal, Grants.gov. Submission
deadlines are not available until the Program Announcement is released. Requests for
email notification of the Program Announcement release may be sent to help@eBRAP.org.
Email notifications of funding opportunities are sent as a courtesy and should not be used
as a sole source of notification; applicants should monitor Grants.gov for official postings of
funding opportunities.
For more information about the ASARP or other CDMRP-administered programs, please
visit the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil).
Point of Contact:
CDMRP Public Affairs
301-619-9783
usarmy.detrick.medcom-cdmrp.mbx.cdmrp-public-affairs@mail.mil
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