The Department of Defense office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has detailed focus efforts and allocations for FY 2014 research projects.
Comprehensive Program Announcements will be released during 2014. The Program Announcements will include detailed descriptions of funding mechanisms, evaluation criteria, submission requirements, and deadlines. Each Program Announcement may be downloaded from the Grants.gov website upon its release.
The anticipated projects for FY2014 include:
- Gulf War Illness Research Program – $20.0 million
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program – $6.0 million
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program – $7.5 million
- Autism Research Program – $6.0 million
- Bone Marrow Failure Research Program – $3.2 million
- Breast Cancer Research Program – $120.0 million
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program – $3.2 million
- Lung Cancer Research Program – $10.5 million
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Program – $5.0 million
- Neurofibromatosis Research Program – $15.0 million
- Ovarian Cancer Research Program – $20.0 million
- Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program – $25.0 million
- Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program – $200.0 million
- Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program – $30.0 million
- Prostate Cancer Research Program – $80.0 million
- Spinal Cord Injury Research Program – $30.0 million
The CDMRP finds and funds the best research through a competitive, two-tier application review process to target innovative research approaches and encourage high-impact advancements. The CDMRP maintains a disease-specific focus with funds directed toward most critical needs.