The Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10) Defense Appropriations Act provides $50 million to the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) appropriation to provide support for military health-related research of exceptional scientific merit. This program is administered by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command through the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). A summary of PRMRP funding opportunities is provided below. Detailed descriptions of each of the funding mechanisms, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the FY10 PRMRP Program Announcements. Each Program Announcement is available electronically for downloading from the Grants.gov website, the CDMRP website , and the CDMRP eReceipt Website.

The FY10 PRMRP topic areas as provided by Congress include:
Chronic Migraine and Post-traumatic Headache
Dystonia
Drug Abuse
Epilepsy
Fragile X Syndrome
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Interstitial Cystitis
Listeria vaccine for infectious disease
Lupus
Mesothelioma
Neuroblastoma
Osteoporosis and related bone disease
Paget’s Disease
Pheochromocytoma
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis
Scleroderma
Social Work Research
Tinnitus

Submission Deadlines:

Concept Award
Pre-Application Letter of Intent: March 25, 2010, Proposal: April 8, 2010

Clinical Trial Award
Pre-Application Letter of Intent: April 22, 2010, Proposal: May 13, 2010

Technology/Therapeutic Development Award
Pre-Application Letter of Intent: April 22, 2010, Proposal: May 13, 2010

Investigator-Initiated Research Award

Pre-Application Pre-Proposal: March 11, 2010, Proposal: August 5, 2010

If you’re interested in responding to one of the PRMRP solicitations, and you need some help on how to get started, please contact Sue Kristoff at The Kristoff Group.