DoD Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award

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DoD Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award: The Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award mechanism is being offered for the first time in FY15.
The purpose of this award is to support population-based research to obtain a better understanding of mortality, morbidity, and symptomatology over time in Veterans deployed in the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War and afflicted by GWI. While individual symptoms experienced by ill Gulf War Veterans can vary from person to person, the types of symptoms reported are comparable and typically include some combination of widespread pain and headaches, fatigue, cognitive impairment, gastrointestinal symptoms, and skin abnormalities. GWI case definitions published to date may be improved through the consideration of additional epidemiological data describing symptom onset, duration, severity, and laboratory findings. The Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award will support hypothesis-driven or discovery-based research into
mortality, morbidity, and symptomatology and/or how these have changed or progressed over time in the Gulf War Veteran population compared to rates and patterns of change with time in appropriate control populations.
Topic areas of interest under the Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award include but are not limited to:
• Mortality (rate and causes)
• Descriptors of symptomatology (e.g., duration, frequency, severity, etc.) and changes to those associated with GWI
• Clinical diagnoses and laboratory findings
• Symptom clustering and subgrouping
• Gender and racial differences
The April 2014 report of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses (available online at http://www.bu.edu/sph/files/2014/04/RAC2014.pdf) notes that Gulf War Veterans exposed to nerve gas release and oil well fires have elevated rates of death due to brain cancer. However “very little other research has yet been conducted to determine rates at which Gulf War Veterans have been affected by other medical conditions of possible concern, including neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s disease, other cancers, sleep disorders, adverse pregnancy outcomes or rates of birth defects in Veterans’ children.” Therefore, studies proposed under this award may also address questions related to medical conditions co-occurring with GWI or related to Gulf War Veteran offspring; however, the primary focus of the study must be epidemiological characterization of the Gulf War Veteran population.
The GWIRP intends to fund studies that address broad populations, or comparative populations that can inform one or more of the topic areas listed above. Studies that address small populations, populations associated with very limited catchment, specific military units or geographic areas of deployment, or limited sets of symptoms, markers, or effects must be well justified as to why the scope has been specifically limited. Revisiting previously studied cohorts to generate or extend longitudinal data is one example of a reasonable justification.
Federal Grant Title: DoD Gulf War Illness Epidemiology Research Award
Federal Agency Name: Dept of the Army USAMRAA
Grant Categories: Science and Technology
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: W81XWH-15-GWIRP-GWIERA
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement, Grant
CFDA Numbers: 12.420
CFDA Descriptions: Military Medical Research and Development
Current Application Deadline: Oct 29, 2015
Original Application Deadline: Oct 29, 2015
Posted Date: May 14, 2015
Creation Date: May 14, 2015
Archive Date: Nov 28, 2015
Total Program Funding: $1,600,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $0
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $0
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Grant Announcement Contact
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