The FY24 Defense Appropriations Act provides funding for the Toxic Exposures Research Program (TERP) to support high-impact toxic exposures research. The managing agent for this effort is the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC).
Applications submitted to the FY24 TERP must address at least one of the following Topic Areas:
- Neurotoxin Exposure
- Gulf War Illness (GWI) and Its Treatment
- Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits
- Other Military Service-Related Toxic Exposures in General, Including Prophylactic Medications, Pesticides, Organophosphates, Toxic Industrial Chemicals, Materials, Metals and Minerals
Applications submitted to the FY24 TERP must address one or more of the following Program Goals:
- Elucidate mechanisms of how military-related toxic exposures result in adverse effects, including but not limited to toxicities, malignancies, neurologic and respiratory disorders, cardiac complications, sleep disorders, immune system dysfunction, gastrointestinal issues, etc.
- Diagnose the effects of military-related toxic exposures, understand the phenotypic, pathological and clinical outcomes associated with short-term and long-term exposures, and predict disease progression.
- Predict and prevent military-related toxic exposures by identifying strategies that can anticipate, identify, monitor and prevent Service Members and the American public from adverse effects of exposures to toxic substances.
- Develop therapeutics, treatments and strategies to minimize symptoms and disease progression associated with military-related toxic exposures.
A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP). All applications must conform to the final funding opportunity announcements that will be available for downloading from the Grants.gov website.
Submission deadlines are not available until the funding opportunity announcements are released. For email notification when announcements are released, subscribe to program-specific news and updates under “Email Subscriptions” on the eBRAP homepage.