Department of Defense
Combat Readiness-Medical Research Program (CRRP)
Rapid Development and Transitional Research Reward
The FY20 Defense Appropriations Act provides funding to the Department of Defense Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program (CRRP) to support military-relevant advanced technology and therapeutic research related to forward-deployable solutions that can promptly address life-threatening injuries, medical threats, and treatments for Service members in current and future battlefield settings. As directed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, the Defense Health Agency J9, Research and Development Directorate manages the Defense Health Program (DHP) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) appropriation. The managing agent for the anticipated Broad Agency Announcement/Funding Opportunity is the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC).
The FY20 Congressional language for the CRRP considered research that would enable the Warfighter to better respond to serious injury, as well as solutions to mitigate the long-term effects of battlefield trauma. The CRRP is providing the information in this pre-announcement to allow investigators time to plan and develop ideas for submission to the anticipated FY20 Funding Opportunity. This pre-announcement should not be construed as an obligation by the Government. The FY20 CRRP Broad Agency Announcement and General Submission Instructions for the following award mechanism will be posted on the Grants.gov website. Pre-application and application deadlines will be available when the Broad Agency Announcement is released.
The FY20 CRRP will solicit research applications addressing at least one of the Focus Areas described below. The Focus Areas broadly describe current needs to ensure readiness for delivering front-line care in combat situations and for delivering medical damage control capability, assets, and lifesaving interventions to address the emerging needs of the Warfighter and Service medics during prolonged and en route care in austere and combat environments, including the acute and early management of combat-related trauma at the point of injury.
Applications submitted to the FY20 CRRP must address at least one of the following Focus Areas:
- Multiple-use scalable wound-care solutions that can address prevention of bleeding and infection, delivery of therapeutics, and promotion of healing spanning acute through chronic care
- Repair and/or restoration of combat-related genitourinary organ and tissue damage
- Solutions for assessment of mild traumatic brain injury in deployed and far-forward settings to include portable devices
- Research and development of freeze-dried plasma and platelets to address hemorrhage and resuscitation
- Solutions to enhance Warfighter readiness in battlefield and austere environments including the prevention and treatment of:
- Gastrointestinal illness such as Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrheal disease and inflammatory bowel disease
- Sleep disorders
- Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
- Infectious diseases
- Enhanced delivery and utilization of telemedicine platforms
Award Amount:
$2,000,000
Due Date:
Idaho Humanities Council
CARES Act Grant Funding
The Idaho Humanities Council has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The funding is for grants to eligible Idaho humanities organizations. These funds may be used for the organization’s general operating support for public humanities programming as well as the development of specific humanities programming in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Award Amount:
Details provided in link below
Due Date:
No deadline – Rolling submission contingent on funding
More Information At idahohumanities.org
Institute of Translational Health Sciences
Pilot Award Program
The ITHS Pilot Award Program is designed to help investigators with one of the biggest challenges they face: where to get funding for new projects. ITHS is offering funding to support researchers in translational science—the area of health research that focuses on speeding discoveries from lab to patient—as they take the first steps along the path of discovery.
Award Amount:
Award varies (3 Awards Available)
Due Date:
See link below