DoD Gulf War Illness Research Program

DoD Gulf War Illness Research Program 
Idea Award
Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted will not exceed $200,000. If applying under the Biorepository Contribution Option, direct costs will not exceed $220,000.
Purpose: The FY21 GWIRP Idea Award supports innovative, high-risk/high-reward research in the earliest stages of development that will contribute to markers or treatments for GWI. The Idea Award targets the Discovery phase of the research pipeline. Key elements: Innovation, Preliminary data, Impact.
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.
 Not eligible: Instructors, Clinical Instructors, Academic Staff-Research (i.e., research associates), Postdocs, and Clinical fellows are not eligible.
Timeline:
Pre-application/Letter of intent (required) deadline: May 7, 2021 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) deadline: August 12, 2021
Full proposal deadline: August 19, 2021 via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/gwirp

DoD Gulf War Illness Research Program 
Research Advancement Award
Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted will not exceed $600,000. If applying under the Biorepository Contribution Option, direct costs will not exceed $620,000.
Purpose:  The FY21 GWIRP Research Advancement Award supports applied research in GWI that is aimed at continued expansion and validation of markers and treatments that are supported by evidence in the GWI field. The Research Advancement Award targets the Qualification phase of the research pipeline. Key elements: Preliminary data, Impact.
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.
 Not eligible: Instructors, Clinical Instructors, Academic Staff-Research (i.e., research associates), Postdocs, and Clinical fellows are not eligible.
Timeline:
Pre-application/Letter of intent (required) deadline: May 7, 2021 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) deadline: August 12, 2021
Full proposal deadline: August 19, 2021via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/gwirp

DoD Gulf War Illness Research Program 
Clinical Evaluation Award
Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted will not exceed $1,500,000. If applying under the Biorepository Contribution Option, direct costs will not exceed $1,520,000. If applying under the Clinical Consortium Collaboration Option, direct costs will not exceed $1,700,000. 
Purpose:  The FY21 GWIRP Clinical Evaluation Award supports translation of validated GWI research, including qualified and replicated preclinical findings, to a Gulf War Veteran population. The Clinical Evaluation Award targets the Verification phase of the research pipeline. Statistically powered biomarker trials with the potential to validate use of biomarkers as clinical endpoints or proof-of-concept intervention trials (e.g., pilot, first in human, phase 1-2a) are encouraged under this funding opportunity. Clinical trials may be designed to evaluate pharmacologic agents (drugs or biologics), devices, clinical guidance or other approaches, and technologies supported by strong objective evidence in the GWI field. While studies of treatments repurposed from other disorders sharing GWI symptomatology will be considered (with appropriate rationale), the FY21 GWIRP encourages studies that translate qualified results from the GWI research community. 
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.
Not eligible: Instructors, Clinical Instructors, Academic Staff-Research (i.e., research associates), Postdocs, and Clinical fellows are not eligible.
Timeline:
Pre-application/Letter of intent (required) deadline: May 7, 2021 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) deadline: August 12, 2021
Full proposal deadline: August 19, 2021via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/gwirp

DoD Gulf War Illness Research Program 
Therapeutic/Biomarker Trial Award
Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted will not exceed $5,000,000. If applying under the Biorepository Contribution Option, direct costs will not exceed $5,020,000. If applying under the Clinical Consortium Collaboration Option, direct costs will not exceed $5,500,000.
Purpose:  The FY21 GWIRP Therapeutic/Biomarker Trial Award supports large-scale, pivotal (e.g., phase 2b-3) clinical trials that will revolutionize the clinical management of GWI. The Therapeutic/ Biomarker Trial Award targets the Confirmation phase of the research pipeline. The proposed research should lead to an approach that is fundamentally better than interventions already approved or in clinical development. Objective biomarkers to measure the biological effect of an investigational therapeutic or predictive/cohort-selective biomarkers that indicate whether a specific therapy will be effective in an individual Gulf War Veteran or Gulf War Veteran subgroup must be included in the trial design.
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.
Not eligible: Instructors, Clinical Instructors, Academic Staff-Research (i.e., research associates), Postdocs, and Clinical fellows are not eligible.
Timeline:
Pre-application/Letter of intent (required) deadline: May 7, 2021 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) deadline: August 12, 2021
Full proposal deadline: August 19, 2021via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/gwirp

DoD Gulf War Illness Research Program 
New Investigator Award
Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted will not exceed $500,000. If applying under the Biorepository Contribution Option, direct costs will not exceed $520,000.
Purpose: The FY21 GWIRP New Investigator Award supports investigators new to the field of GWI research at different stages of career development. This award enables such investigators to compete for funding separately from investigators with established programs of GWI research. The New Investigator Award aligns to the Discovery or Qualification phase. Previous experience in GWI research is allowed, but not required. However, applications naming a Principal Investigator (PI) with limited background in GWI research are strongly encouraged to include collaboration with investigators who are experienced in GWI research and/or possess other relevant expertise to strengthen the application.
Eligibility:
Early Career Investigator: Independent investigators - 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/letter of intent) who are within 5 years of their last training position.
New GWI Researcher: Independent investigators - faculty with PI eligibility and CE faculty (with an approved CE PI waiver) who have received less than $300,000 in federally funded, non-mentored funding for GWI research.
PIs with limited background in GWI research are strongly encouraged to include collaboration with investigators who are experienced in GWI research and/or possess other relevant expertise to strengthen the application.
Stanford clarification: Not eligible-Postdocs: Although the RFP indicates "transitioning postdoctoral fellows" are eligible, the RFP requires that applicants "be able to demonstrate the freedom to pursue independent research goals without formal mentorship" and therefore postdocs are not considered eligible by Stanford policy. Postdocs are not eligible to request a Career Development PI waiver without a designated mentor.
Not eligible: Clinical Instructors, Instructors, and Academic staff-research are also not eligible because Stanford does not consider those positions to be independent or faculty-level appointments.
Timeline:
Pre-application/Letter of intent (required) deadline: May 7, 2021 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) deadline: August 12, 2021
Full proposal deadline: August 19, 2021via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/gwirp

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).