# DOD Chronic Pain Management, Clinical Exploration Award

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/w81xwh-21-cpmrp-cea-dod-chronic-pain-management-clinical-exploration-award/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/334177

> Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA offered grants to any type of organization. It expected to make about 4 awards worth $1.6 million in total. Applications closed on November 12, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | W81XWH-21-CPMRP-CEA |
| Agency | Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | November 12, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | not stated |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 4 |
| Total funding | $1.6 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 12.420 |

## Who can apply

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

## What the grant funds

The intent of the FY21 CPMRP CEA is to support proof-of-principle pilot studies, clinical trials, and correlative studies to investigate hypothesis-based, innovative interventions and/or avenues of research that have the potential to resolve current clinical barriers and result in a profound impact on the management of chronic pain. While therapeutic approaches proposed for testing through the CEA must represent novel, hypothesis-based, “outside-the-box” approaches for managing chronic pain, they may include therapies already in clinical use, or undergoing clinical testing, for other diseases, provided that the proposed use for chronic pain management would lead to a major advancement in patient care. CEA applications should explain how the proposed work will address a gap in clinical knowledge and enable future studies to transform clinical care for chronic pain management. It is anticipated that outcomes from studies funded by this award will provide scientific rationale for subsequent larger clinical trials of interventions that will transform chronic pain management and/or clinical care. Studies seeking to advance new and novel opioid-based therapeutic interventions do not meet the intent of the award mechanism and may be withdrawn. Studies seeking to understand and reduce opioid utilization in chronic pain management within the context of current prescribing practices are acceptable.

## Questions people ask

### Is W81XWH-21-CPMRP-CEA still open?

No. It closed on November 12, 2021. A newer notice is open: HT942526BCRPCREA2, closes November 18, 2026 (11 days left).

### Who can apply for DOD Chronic Pain Management, Clinical Exploration Award?

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA accepted applications from any type of organization.

### What is the deadline for DOD Chronic Pain Management, Clinical Exploration Award?

Closed November 12, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

About $1.6 million in total across about 4 awards.

### Who has won Military Medical Research and Development grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., The Univeristy of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins University. The program made 5,470 awards worth $6.9 billion in that time.