May 19, 2014

Funding Opportunities

Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) recently released funding opportunities from the following programs: Autism Research Program (ARP), Gulf War Illness Research Program (GWIRP), Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP), Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP), Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP), and Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP).

Note: A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the CDMRP electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) (https://eBRAP.org) prior to the pre-application deadline. More information about all of these CDMRP-administered programs can be found at the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil).

Autism Research Program (ARP)

  • Clinical Trial Award
  • Idea Development Award

Gulf War Illness Research Program (GWIRP)

  • Clinical Trial Award
  • Innovative Treatment Evaluation Award
  • Investigator-Initiated Research Award
  • New Investigator Award

Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP)

  • Career Development Award  (Pre-application due June 10, 2014, letters of invite issued in July, full applications due September 17, 2014)
  • Idea Award with Special Focus  (Pre-application due June 10, 2014, letters of invite issued in July, full applications due September 17, 2014)

Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP)

  • Clinical Trial Award
  • Discovery Award
  • Focused Program Award
  • Investigator-Initiated Research Award
  • Technology/Therapeutic Development Award

Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP)

  • Clinical Trial Award
  • Clinical Trial Development Award
  • Idea Development Award
  • Outcomes Research Award
  • Translational Research Award

Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP)

  • Biomarker Development Award (Pre-proposal due June 18, 2014)
  • Idea Development Award (Pre-proposal due June 12, 2014)
  • Synergistic Idea Development Award (Pre-proposal due June 12, 2014)

*Note: The PCRP Clinical Exploration, Health Disparity Research, Laboratory-Clinical Transition, Population Science Impact, and Prostate Cancer Pathology Biospecimen Resource Site Award funding opportunities will be released in late May 2014. The PCRP Collaborative Undergraduate HBCU Student Summer Training Program, Exploration Hypothesis Development, Physician Research Training, and Postdoctoral Training Award funding opportunities will be released in early June 2014.

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American Heart Association sets summer application deadlines

The AHA is accepting applications for research awards that will begin on January 1, 2015. Deadlines vary for affiliate and national programs and for certain awards. Please see our funding opportunities page for program details and deadlines.

Founders Affiliate - July 25

Great Rivers Affiliate - July 23

Greater Southeast - July 25

Midwest Affiliate - July 22

National - July 24

SouthWest Affiliate - July 22

Western States Affiliate - July 23

Mid-Atlantic Affiliate - no summer deadline

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 The 2015 PhRMA Foundation offers awards in Clinical Pharmacology, Health Outcomes, and Translational Medicine and Therapeutics.  Program links and deadline dates are as follows:

Adherence Evaluation
September 1, 2014
Adherence Improvement   
October 1, 2014
Center of Excellence for Comparative Effectiveness Research    
September 1, 2014
Informatics     
September 1, 2014
Pharmaceutics   
September 1, 2014
Pharmacology/Toxicology   
September 1, 2014

Visit our website at www.phrmafoundation.org for more detailed information about their programs or contact them at foundation@phrma.org if you would like any additional information or to receive hardcopies of these brochures.

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