# DoD Gulf War Illness, Idea Award

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/w81xwh-21-gwirp-ia-dod-gulf-war-illness-idea-award/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/332035

> Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA offered grants to any type of organization. It expected to make one award worth $320,000 in total. Applications closed on August 19, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | W81XWH-21-GWIRP-IA |
| Agency | Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | August 19, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | not stated |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $320,000 |
| 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 FY21 GWIRP Idea Award supports innovative, high-risk/high-reward research in the earliest stages of development that will contribute to markers or treatments for GWI. The Idea Award targets the Discovery phase of the research pipeline as outlined in Section II.A.2. Innovation: Research deemed innovative may represent a new paradigm, challenge current paradigms, look at existing problems from new perspectives, or exhibit other highly creative qualities. Adaptation of concepts from symptom-based disorders with some overlapping symptomatic features, such as chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia, to GWI may also be deemed innovative. Multidisciplinary projects are especially encouraged. Preliminary Data: To foster research with clearly defined potential to yield new avenues of investigation, presentation of preliminary data is not required. Any unpublished, preliminary data that are provided should originate from the laboratory of the Principal Investigator (PI) or a member(s) of the research team. Whether or not preliminary data are included, applications should be based on a sound scientific rationale that is established through logical reasoning and/or critical review and analysis of the literature. Impact: Applications must articulate how results will lead to a clinical impact for Veterans with GWI even if a clinical impact is not an immediate outcome. All applications must focus on features of GWI and Veterans of the 1990-1991 Gulf War affected by GWI. The application should clearly and explicitly articulate the project’s potential impact on GWI. FY21 GWIRP Idea Award Areas of Emphasis: The FY21 GWIRP Idea Award has a special interest in the exploration of the topics listed below. Applicants are not restricted to this list and may propose studies in any other GWI research area relevant to the mission of the GWIRP and in the context of the FY21 GWIRP Overarching Challenges.  Identification of treatments for GWI, particularly areas that already show positive impact on the disease  Identification of the causes of and treatment targets for dysregulated biological system function.

## Questions people ask

### Is W81XWH-21-GWIRP-IA still open?

No. It closed on August 19, 2021. A newer notice is open: HT942526BCRPCREA2, closes November 18, 2026 (11 days left).

### Who can apply for DoD Gulf War Illness, Idea Award?

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

### What is the deadline for DoD Gulf War Illness, Idea Award?

Closed August 19, 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 $320,000 in total for one award.

### 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.