Defense Health Program Department of Defense Military Burn Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21)

How to Apply: 

The FY21 Defense Appropriations Act is anticipated to provide funding to the Department of Defense MBRP to support a research portfolio in the treatment of burns and the trauma associated with burn injuries sustained during combat or combat-related activities.  Outcomes of successful research are anticipated to benefit Service members, Veterans, and the general public.  The managing agent for the anticipated Program Announcements/Funding Opportunities is the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC).

 

FY21 MBRP Program Announcements and General Application Instructions for the following award mechanisms are posted on the Grants.gov website. 

 

The MBRP encourages applications proposing research that advances the development or refinement of interventions, technologies, or knowledge projects that will facilitate appropriate burn care closer to the point of injury to enhance the potential for better long-term outcomes.  Applications submitted to the FY21 MBRP must address the following Focus Area:

 

  • Complex combat-related burns:  Development and/or validation of therapeutic interventions to treat military-relevant burn injury (heat, cold, chemical, or electrical) combined with other injuries including, but not limited to, hemorrhage, radiation, and/or polytrauma.  Interventions or projects scalable to mass casualty events are of particular interest to the MBRP.

 

https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/mbrp

 

Clinical Translational Research Award – Preproposal due June 8, 2021

Independent investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent)

  • Intended to support human research projects that are likely to have a major impact on patient care by applying promising and well-founded research findings to the care of the burn-injured patient, particularly at the point-of-injury, or during the acute phase of injury.
  • Impact is a key component of this award mechanism and should be clearly described.
  • Burn care interventions or projects scalable to mass casualty events are of particular interest to the MBRP.
  • The proposed study must include clinical research, and may include initial proof-of- concept trials, studies involving use of human anatomical substances, observational studies, and/or involve some retrospective data analysis.
  • Large randomized clinical trials are discouraged.
  • Preliminary data is required.
  • Animal research is not allowed.
  • Pre-application submission is required; application submission is by invitation only.
  • The maximum allowable funding for the entire period of performance is $1,500,000 for total costs (direct costs plus indirect costs).
  • The maximum period of performance is 4 years.

 

Idea Development Award – Preproposal due June 8, 2021

Independent investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent)

  • Supports highly impactful and military-relevant research in the field of burn wound care.
  • Inclusion of preliminary and/or published data relevant to the proposed research is required.
  • Research Strategy and Feasibility are important review criteria.
  • Clinical trials are not allowed.
  • Pre-application submission is required; application submission is by invitation only
  • The maximum allowable funding for the entire period of performance is $600,000 for total costs (direct costs plus indirect costs).
  • The maximum period of performance is 3 years.

 

A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) at https://eBRAP.org prior to the pre-application deadline.  All applications must conform to the final Program Announcements and General Application Instructions available for electronic downloading from the Grants.gov website.  The application package containing the required forms for each award mechanism will also be found on Grants.gov.  A listing of all CDMRP and other USAMRDC extramural funding opportunities can be obtained on the Grants.gov website by performing a basic search using CFDA Number 12.420. 

 

For email notification when Program Announcements are released, subscribe to program-specific news and updates under “Email Subscriptions” on the eBRAP homepage at https://eBRAP.org.  For more information about the MBRP or other CDMRP-administered programs, please visit the CDMRP website (https://cdmrp.army.mil).

 

Point of Contact:

CDMRP Help Desk
301-682-5507
help@eBrap.org

External Deadline: 
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
URL: 

https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/mbrp

Agency: 
Department of Defense
Funding Source: 
External
Funding Level: 
Research