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US Department of Defense – Epilepsy Research Program (ERP) – Idea Development Award
Sponsor: US Department of Defense 		Closing Date: 27-Sep-2018
The Epilepsy Research Program (ERP) envisions a time when the causative links between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and epilepsy are understood and post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is both preventable and treatable. The ERP’s mission is to advance research to understand the mechanisms underlying the genesis and progression of PTE, especially in Service members and Veterans.

The intent of the FY18 ERP Idea Development Award is to solicit research to understand the magnitude and underlying mechanisms of PTE related to the ERP’s mission (see Section II.A, Program Description).

Eligibility
• Level I: The Principal Investigator must be at or above the level of postdoctoral fellow (or equivalent), but below the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent).
• Level II: The Principal Investigator must be an independent investigator at or above the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent).

Key Mechanism Elements
• Intent: To solicit research to understand the magnitude and underlying mechanisms of PTE, especially in Service members and Veterans, while also benefitting the civilian community.
• Level I is intended to support high-risk or high-gain research from researchers at or above the level of a post-doctoral fellow (or equivalent).
• Level II is intended to support a more mature, hypothesis-driven research project.
• The following Focus Areas are open to both Funding Levels:
- Epidemiology
- Markers and Mechanisms
- Longitudinal Studies
• Preliminary data, while not required, are encouraged for both levels.
• Research focusing on interventional clinical trials (e.g., pharmacological interventions) is strongly discouraged.

Funding
Level I:
• Maximum funding of USD $300,000 for direct costs (plus indirect costs)
• Maximum period of performance is 2 years.
Level II:
• Maximum funding of USD $500,000 for direct costs (plus indirect costs)
• Maximum period of performance is 3 years.

Please see the U.S. Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) website at http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/erp and http://cdmrp.army.mil/erp/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: 20 September 2018 (new date)
Pre-applications (mandatory) close with US Department of Defense: 27 September 2018 (new date)
Full applications close with US Department of Defense: 11 October 2018 (new date)

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 (via internationalgrants@research.uq.edu.au) well in advance of the UQR&I internal deadline to discuss their application.
Website: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/erp

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