DoD Autism Research Program

Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance will not exceed $1.9M. Direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance will not exceed $2.2M for the Partnering PI Option for Early-Career Investigator.
Purpose: The ARP Clinical Trial Award supports the rapid implementation of clinical trials with the potential to have a significant impact on the treatment or management of ASD. Applications are strongly encouraged to address one of the FY23 ARP Clinical Trial Award Areas of Interest. If the proposed study does not address an Area of Interest, an explanation of how the study addresses an important problem with respect to individuals with ASD must be provided. Clinical trials may be designed to evaluate promising new products, pharmacologic agents (drugs or biologics), behavioral interventions, devices, clinical guidance, and/or emerging approaches and technologies. Funding from this award mechanism must support a clinical trial and may not be used for preclinical research studies.
Initiating PI - Eligibility: Independent investigators - Stanford faculty with PI eligibility and CE faculty (with an approved CE faculty PI waiver obtained through their RPM in RMG prior to the pre-application) may be the PI or Initiating PI.
Partnering PI Option for Early Career Investigator - Eligibility: By the full application submission date, the Partnering PI (Early Career Investigator) must:
-Be in a current postdoctoral training position or have completed postdoctoral training. Postdocs must submit a Career Development PI waiver request through their RPM in RMG at least 1 week prior to the pre-application deadline (the Initiating PI must mentor the Partnering PI to promote his/her career development in clinical trial research).
-Be no more than 7 years from the receipt of a terminal degree (excluding time spent in residency or on family medical leave). Lapses in research time or appointments as denoted in the biographical sketch may be articulated in the application.
-The Partnering PI (Early-Career Investigator) must contribute at least 50% effort for the proposed research that would be supported by this award.
Timeline:
REQUIRED Pre-Application (Pre-Proposal) Deadline: April 19, 2023 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) Deadline:  July 13, 2023
Application Submission Deadline: July 20, 2023 via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/arp

Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance will not exceed $550,000.
Purpose: The FY23 ARP Idea Development Award supports the development of innovative, highrisk/high-reward research that could lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate progress in improving outcomes for individuals with ASD. Applications are strongly encouraged to address one of the FY23 ARP Idea Development Award Areas of Interest or provide justification that the proposed research addresses a critical problem, question, or need in ASD. This award mechanism is designed to support innovative ideas with the potential to yield impactful data and new avenues of investigation. 
Initiating PI & Partnering PI Eligibility: Independent investigators - Faculty with PI eligibility and CE faculty (with an approved CE faculty PI waiver obtained through their RPM in RMG prior to the pre-application).
Not eligible: Instructors, Clinical Instructors, Academic staff-research (i.e., research associates), and postdocs are not eligible for this RFP because Stanford does not consider them to hold independent positions.
Timeline:
REQUIRED Pre-Application (Pre-Proposal) Deadline: April 19, 2023 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) Deadline:  July 13, 2023
Application Submission Deadline: July 20, 2023 via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/arp

Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance will not exceed $550,000.
Purpose: The FY23 ARP Career Development Award supports early-career, independent investigators and/or the transition of established investigators from other research fields to conduct innovative, DOD FY23 Autism Research Program Career Development Award 5 high-impact ideas or early-phase, proof-of-principle clinical trials with the potential to have a major impact on ASD. Applications are strongly encouraged to address one of the FY23 ARP Career Development Award Areas of Interest or provide justification that the proposed research addresses a critical problem, question, or need in ASD.
Eligibility: Independent investigators - Stanford Assistant Professors with PI eligibility and CE Assistant Professors (with an approved CE faculty PI waiver obtained through their RPM in RMG prior to the pre-application) OR an established independent investigator in an area other than ASD at or above the level of Assistant Professor seeking to transition to a career in ASD thereby bringing their expertise to the field may be PI. 
Not eligible: Instructors, Clinical Instructors, Academic staff-research (i.e., research associates), and postdocs are not eligible for this RFP because Stanford does not consider them to be independent positions.
Timeline:
REQUIRED Pre-Application (Pre-Proposal) Deadline: April 19, 2023 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) Deadline:  July 13, 2023
Application Submission Deadline: July 20, 2023 via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/arp

Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance will not exceed $200,000.
Purpose: The FY23 ARP Discovery Award supports innovative, non-incremental, high-risk/potentially high-reward research that will provide new insights, paradigms, technologies, or applications in autism research. Studies supported by this award are expected to lay the groundwork for future avenues of scientific investigation regarding an important question for autism research and/or the ASD community. The proposed research project should include a well-formulated, testable hypothesis based on a sound scientific rationale and logical reasoning. Preliminary data are not required but is allowed. The outcome of research supported by this award should be the generation of robust preliminary data that can be used as a foundation for future research projects and applications for funding.
PI Eligibility: Independent investigators - Faculty with PI eligibility and CE faculty (with an approved CE faculty PI waiver obtained through their RPM in RMG prior to the pre-application/letter of intent) may be the PI or Partnering PI.
Stanford eligibility clarification - Fellows are not eligible: even though the guidelines indicate "postdoctoral fellow or clinical fellow" may serve as PI, the application and guidelines do not require to a mentor. Therefore, this award is considered a research grant in which the Stanford PIship policy only permits faculty to apply. Since it is not mentored career development award, Instructors, Clinical Instructors, Academic Staff-Research (i.e., research associates), Postdocs, and Clinical fellows are not eligible (they may not submit career development PI waivers).
Timeline:
Pre-Application (Letter of Intent) Deadline: June 29, 2023 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) Deadline:  July 13, 2023
Application Submission Deadline: July 20, 2023 via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/arp

Please include your institutional official's name (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) as business official in the pre-application/LOI.

eBRAP Funding Opportunities and Forms (including the General Application Instructions).