DoD Peer Reviewed Medical, Lifestyle and Behavioral Health Interventions Research Award

Background
The FY24 PRMRP Lifestyle and Behavioral Health Interventions Research Award (LBIRA) supports clinical research and/or clinical trials using a combination of scientific disciplines including behavioral health, psychology, psychometrics, biostatistics and epidemiology, surveillance, and public health. The vision of the PRMRP is to improve the health, care, and well-being of all military Service Members, Veterans, and their Families, 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 their Families.

Grant Details
The FY24 PRMRP LBIRA mechanism promotes evidence-based and patient-centered approaches to improve health and/or disease-related outcomes and enhance the patient experience in defined populations. Research ideas may include development and testing for efficacy of lifestyle interventions and symptom management approaches to minimize disease risk and maximize quality of life; studies to investigate the impact of prevention, diagnostics, treatment, or health care delivery approaches on health outcomes; studies to assess the relationship(s) between behavioral, cognitive, and/or social functioning in relation to disease or condition initiation, progression, detection, treatment, and rehabilitation; studies to examine and improve quality of life or decision-making; population-focused studies to identify behavioral and lifestyle predictors of disease and/or disease progression.

Eligibility Requirements
Applicants seeking funding for a clinical trial involving pharmacological interventions or devices should apply to the FY24 PRMRP Clinical Trial Award mechanism (Funding Opportunity Number HT942524PRMRPCTA). The research team must include at least one patient advocate who will be integral throughout the planning and implementation of the research project. The patient advocate will be a person living with or a family member or caretaker of someone with a disease or condition addressed in one of the congressionally directed FY24 PRMRP Topic Areas.

Grant Value
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