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US Department of Defense – Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program (TSCRP) – Exploration Hypothesis Development Award
Sponsor: US Department of Defense 		Closing Date: 11-Jul-2018
The mission of the FY18 Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program is to fund exploratory, pioneering, and transformative science that promotes discoveries in TSC, from mechanistic insights to clinical application, by supporting new ideas and investigators for the benefit of Service members, their beneficiaries, and the American public. The primary goal of the Exploration – Hypothesis Development Award mechanism is to pioneer transformative research that could lay the foundation for a new direction in the field of TSC. The studies supported by this award mechanism are expected to generate preliminary data for future avenues of scientific investigation.

Eligibility
• Investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent), including postdoctoral fellows, are eligible to submit applications.

Key Mechanism Elements
• Supports the initial exploration of innovative, high-risk, high-gain, and potentially groundbreaking concepts in the TSC research field.
• Projects involving human subjects or human biological substances is permitted; however, studies must be exempt under Title 32 of the Code of Regulations, Part 219.101(b) (32 CFR 219.101(b)) or eligible for expedited review (32 CFR 219.110 or 21 CFR 56.110).
• Preliminary data not required.
• Clinical trials not allowed.

Funding
• Maximum funding of USD $100,000 for direct costs. Indirect costs may be proposed in accordance with the institution’s negotiated rate agreement.
• Maximum period of performance is 2 years.

Please see the U.S. Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) website at http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/tscrp and http://cdmrp.army.mil/tscrp/default for further information. Pre-applications are submitted via the CDMRP’s Electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (EBRAP) and full applications are submitted via Grants.gov. For complete instructions for pre-applications and full applications, you must refer to both the Program Announcement and General Application Instructions documents.

Key Dates
Full applications due to UQR&I: 4 July 2018
Pre-applications (mandatory) close with US Department of Defense: 11 July 2018
Full applications close with US Department of Defense: 2 August 2018

Ahead of internal review, ensure all online components on EBRAP or Grants.gov are complete. To initiate review, email your completed Funding Application Coversheet to internationalgrants@research.uq.edu.au. Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to make contact with the UQR&I international team internationalgrants@research.uq.edu.au well in advance of the UQR&I internal deadline to discuss their application.
Website: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/tscrp

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