DoD Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s Transforming Research Award | HT942524PRARPTRRA

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The Department of Defense’s Peer Reviewed Alzheimer's Transforming Research Award (FY24 PRARP TrRA) is designed to fund research that significantly advances efforts to prevent or reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD), particularly in relation to traumatic brain injury (TBI) and military service. The program seeks transformative research with the potential to improve patient care and quality of life.

Applicants must address a critical problem or barrier in prevention and risk reduction, with research potentially focused on identifying risk factors, developing preventive strategies, understanding social determinants of health, or conducting epidemiological studies to explore environmental and other contributing factors. Proposals must be culturally competent, meaning they should consider the diversity and cultural background of the populations they aim to benefit.

Key elements of the award include: - **Robust and Impactful Research**: Projects should be well-designed, data-driven, and capable of making a meaningful impact on the AD/ADRD field, including for patients, families, and caregivers. - **Non-Incremental Advancement**: Research must go beyond small, incremental steps and should leverage existing knowledge to push the field forward. Preliminary data is required. - **Community Collaboration**: Engagement with individuals and organizations representing people with lived experience of AD/ADRD is encouraged for all projects and required for clinical research. - **Knowledge Dissemination**: Applicants must have a plan for sharing research findings with relevant communities and stakeholders.

Community collaboration can take several forms, such as integrating advisors with lived AD/ADRD experience, forming partnerships with community-based organizations, or utilizing Community Advisory Boards to provide meaningful input at all stages of research.

The award also includes a **Career Initiation or Transition (CIT) Partnership Option**, which encourages collaboration between an early-career researcher or an investigator new to the AD/ADRD or military health fields and an experienced investigator. The CIT option is designed to foster new research capacity and expertise in AD/ADRD while ensuring that projects benefit from a combination of complementary skills and perspectives.

Overall, this funding opportunity is aimed at accelerating AD/ADRD research in meaningful and transformative ways, particularly in the context of military service and TBI history, while ensuring strong community engagement and real-world impact.

• The Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "DoD Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s Transforming Research Award" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.420.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-03-25.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-06-20. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2025.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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