To reduce illness and injury
among U.S. military personnel on the battlefield through basic and applied
medical research executed largely through grants and contracts with civilian
educational and research institutions.
TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:
Project Grants. Place Cursor Here for Definition
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
Recipients are required to conform to their accepted research protocol and are
usually required to submit some form of annual or project report. Project
support is limited to fundamental research which is defined as basic and
applied research aimed at sustaining the technology base or understanding a
biological- medical process, thereby providing a technological edge in solving
complex biological-medical problems and countering future military medical
threats. Some grants are also awarded to support conferences and symposiums.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant Eligibility: Applicants must be a public, nonprofit
institution/organization, other public institution/organization, private
nonprofit institution/organization, specialized group, or quasi-public nonprofit
institution/organization.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Beneficiaries are relatively independent
investigators associated with an applicant organization.
Credentials/Documentation: Applicants must furnish evidence of legal
authorization, financial and managerial capability as well as a certification of
compliance with Federal, State, and local environmental laws, ordinances and
regulations.
Pre-application Coordination: None. This program is excluded from
coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: Applicants should obtain a copy of the U.S.
Army Medical Research and Development Command's Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
which describes the full research program and includes necessary forms and
instructions for proposal submissions. BAA's may be obtained by request in
writing from U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, ATTN:
MCMR-ACQ-BA, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702-5012. Pre-proposals are
encouraged prior to submission of a formal application. (See also
www.fedbizopps.gov, search on Army Medical Command).
Award Procedure: Proposals are evaluated by in-house committee or by a
combination of in-house and extramural review committees against the following
factors: (1) Military and program relevance; (2) research objective; (3)
scientific feasibility; (4) qualifications; (5) facilities; and (6) budget. The
final stage of evaluation is the establishment of an order of merit in which all
competing proposals are ranked on the basis of their respective military
relevance and scientific merit evaluations. Award amount will be negotiated with
those proposals recommended for acceptance. Awards depend upon the availability
of funds and the priority which USAMRDC determines to exist at the time of
award.
Deadlines: No overall program deadlines exist. Individual research
areas may initiate deadlines which will be communicated upon review of the
pre-proposal.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Pre-proposals are normally
reviewed within 60 to 120 days. Formal proposals are usually reviewed and
notifications received within 6 months from submission. Grant award dates are
normally within 6 months from notification.
Appeals: Not applicable.
Renewals: Once a grant is awarded, any follow-on research proposal is
treated as a new request. Follow-on work should allow for the review time noted
above.
ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no formula or
matching requirements.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: The length of time for which
support is requested should be consistent with the nature and complexity of the
proposed research. The maximum period acceptable for a research proposal is 5
years. Funds are normally released on a quarterly basis.
POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports: Quarterly financial reports and a final financial
transactions report, i.e. SF 272 are required. Additionally, some grants may
require midterm and/or final technical reports.
Audits: Defense Contract Audit Agency or Department of Health and
Human Services Audit Agency with no specific frequency established.
Records: Recipients are required to maintain records adequate to
reflect the nature and extent of their costs and expenditures and to insure that
the required cost of participation is achieved. Records must be maintained for 3
years following the date of submission of final reimbursement request for
services rendered.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
Account Identification: 21-2040-0-1-051.
Obligations: (Grants) FY 01 $137,380,000; FY 02 est $56,530,000; and
FY 03 est $140,000,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $100,000 to $5,000,000.
Average: $650,000.
In fiscal year 2001, the program awards were fairly evenly distributed across
the research program areas. In addition to the programs cited above and the
dollars noted in the Obligations section above, the activity awarded nearly
$200 million in research grants in support of the Department of the Army's
Breast Cancer Research Program.
REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command Board Agency Announcement
(BAA) available without cost from the sponsoring agency. OMB Circular Nos. A-
110 and A-122 are applicable to the project grants.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local Office: Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research
Acquisition Activity, Attn: SGRD-RMA-RC, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland
21702-5014. POC: Mr. Craig D. Lebo. Telephone: (301) 619- 2036.
Headquarters Office: U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command,
ATTN: MCMR-ACQ-BA, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702-5012. Telephone: (301)
619-7216.
Web Site Address: http://mrmc-www.army.mil;http://cdmrp.army.mil.
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
(1) Characterization and Utilization of Opioid-Like Hibernation Factors,
$621K; (2) Analysis of Investigational Drugs in Biological Fluids, Method
Development and Routine Assay, $2.4M; (3) Studies of Altered Response to
Infection Induced by Severe Injury, $1.1M; and (4) Mechanisms of Cutaneous
Vesication, $862K.
