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HT9425-23-RTRP-IDA: DOD Reconstructive Transplant, Idea Discovery Award

Closed Closed October 11, 2023 Opportunity HT9425-23-RTRP-IDA ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: DoW Breast Cancer, Clinical Research Extension Award (HT942526BCRPCREA2). Status: Closes November 18, 2026 (11 days left). It is in our archive of Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA notices from 2023.

• Total funding$2.5 million
• Expected awards5
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

• Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Most of the program's money (59% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The FY23 RTRP Idea Discovery Award is intended to support innovative, untested, high-risk/ potentially high-reward concepts, theories, paradigms, and/or methods relevant to reconstructive transplant. The outcome of research supported by this award should be the generation of robust data that can be used as a foundation for new avenues of scientific investigation. Important aspects of this award mechanism include: • Innovation: The proposed research project should be novel and innovative. Innovative research may introduce a new paradigm, challenge existing paradigms, look at existing problems from new perspectives, or exhibit other uniquely creative qualities. If the proposed project is building upon established research performed in solid tissue organs, there must be justification for how the proposed theory is novel. Research that is an incremental advance upon published data or a logical progression of an already established research project is not considered innovative and will not be considered for funding under this award mechanism. Important Note: Leveraging novel findings from solid organ transplant research for testing in a VCA setting is acceptable if the rationale and benefits for doing so are appropriately explained and justified. For example, it should be clear why the anticipated result might be different in VCA, or why it’s important to confirm the result is the same in VCA, or why repeating the study in a VCA setting could lead to new mechanistic insights or a better understanding of unique aspects of VCA. • Hypothesis and Rationale: The proposed research project should include a well-formulated testable hypothesis based on strong scientific rationale and study design. • Preliminary Data: Inclusion of preliminary and/or published data that support the scientific rationale or evidence that the proposed work can be completed is required; however, the proposed work should be innovative and untested. • Impact: Projects should address at least one of the FY23 RTRP Idea Discovery Award Focus Areas. The anticipated outcome(s)/product(s), including material and/or knowledge products, should be clearly articulated, as should the anticipated long-term gains from this research trajectory. • Military Relevance: All projects should be responsive to the health care needs of military Service Members and/or Veterans recovering from traumatic injury, and/or their family members, caregivers, or clinicians, as well as the general public.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, HT942526BCRPCREA2, which is open now.

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