Opportunity Information: Apply for W81XWH 18 VRP IIRA
The DoD Vision, Investigator-Initiated Research Award (FY18 VRP IIRA) is a Department of Defense funding opportunity focused on advancing research and patient care related to eye injuries and visual dysfunction that occur in the context of military-relevant trauma. The central goal is to support investigator-driven studies that can deliver highly impactful discoveries or meaningful leaps forward in how the field understands, prevents, identifies, reduces the effects of, or treats trauma-related vision problems. Projects are expected to be clearly tied to a specific type of trauma relevant to military settings, and applicants need to explain how the work will produce both near-term and longer-term outcomes that move the field forward.
The program is intentionally broad in terms of the research pipeline it will support. Proposed work can fall anywhere from basic science through translational, applied, clinical, or observational research, giving investigators flexibility to target foundational mechanisms, develop or refine diagnostic approaches, or improve interventions and care pathways. A key boundary is that clinical trials are not allowed under this award, so applications should be designed to avoid trial structures while still demonstrating strong relevance to human outcomes and real-world impact where appropriate.
Innovation is a core expectation. The DoD is looking for research ideas or solutions that are novel, creative, or represent a significant advancement over existing approaches. In practical terms, an application should make a clear case for why the proposed work is not merely incremental, and why it has the potential to change current understanding or practice related to traumatic eye injury and visual dysfunction. The proposal should also connect the dots between the chosen trauma type, the biological or clinical problem being studied, and the anticipated products or deliverables (for example, new insights into mechanisms of injury, improved screening or diagnostic methods, strategies to mitigate damage, or therapeutic concepts that could later be advanced toward clinical testing outside of this award).
Administratively, the opportunity is issued by the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, through USAMRAA, and is listed as Funding Opportunity Number W81XWH 18 VRP IIRA under CFDA 12.420. It is a discretionary program using either grants or cooperative agreements as the funding instrument. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is generally open to a wide range of applicant organizations, subject to any additional eligibility details that may be provided in the full announcement. The opportunity was created on July 26, 2018, with an original application deadline of December 4, 2018. The DoD anticipated making about six awards. The listed award ceiling is shown as 0, which typically indicates that applicants should rely on the full announcement for specific budget limits or that ceilings may be defined elsewhere rather than in the summary record.Apply for W81XWH 18 VRP IIRA
- The Department of Defense, Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "DoD Vision, Investigator- Initiated Research Award" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.420.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 26, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 04, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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