DoD Peer Reviewed Medical, Investigator-Initiated Research Award

Background
The PRMRP Investigator-Initiated Research Award (IIRA) is intended to support studies that will make an important contribution toward research and/or patient care for a disease or condition related to one of the FY23 PRMRP Topic Areas and one of the FY23 PRMRP Strategic Goals. The vision of the PRMRP is to improve the health, well-being, and care of all military Service Members, Veterans, and Beneficiaries, and its mission is to encourage, identify, select, and manage medical research projects of clear scientific merit that lead to impactful advances in health care of Service Members, Veterans, and Beneficiaries.

Grant Details
The proposed research must be relevant to active-duty Service Members, Veterans, military beneficiaries, and/or the American public. All applications for FY23 PRMRP funding must specifically address one of the FY23 PRMRP Topic Areas as directed by the U.S. Congress and have direct relevance to military health.
Additionally, the PRMRP implements a portfolio-driven approach by grouping related Topic Areas with Strategic Goals as a framework within which to address critical gaps in major research areas.
The types of awards made under the program announcement will be assistance agreements.
The anticipated direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for an FY23 PRMRP Investigator-Initiated Research Award will not exceed $1.6M.

Eligibility Requirements
All organizations, including foreign organizations, foreign public entities, and international organizations are eligible to apply.
Each investigator may be named on only one FY23 PRMRP IIRA application as a PI.

Period of Performance
Pre-Application Submission Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (ET), April 19, 2023
Application Submission Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET, May 31, 2023
End of Application Verification Period: 5:00 p.m. ET, June 5, 2023
Peer Review: August 2023
Programmatic Review: November 2023
Awards will be made no later than September 30, 2024.

Grant Value
$50.4M expected to fund approximately 20 Investigator-Initiated Research Award applications.
The anticipated direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for an FY23 PRMRP Investigator-Initiated Research Award will not exceed $1.6M.

Place of Performance
Relevance to the health care needs of military Service Members, Veterans, military beneficiaries, and/or the American public is a key feature of this award.