Funding-DOD Genetic Studies of Food Allergies Program, Letter of Intent; March 26, 2009

The Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09) Defense Appropriations Act provides $2.5 million to the Department of Defense Genetic Studies of Food Allergies Research Program (GSFARP) to support scientifically meritorious proposals that may impact the field of genetics research in food allergies and/or genetics studies that impact patient care

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 the FY09 GSFARP funding opportunity is provided below and detailed descriptions of this FY09 PRMRP funding mechanism, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the Program Announcement and Application Instructions & General Information. The Program Announcement is available electronically for downloading from the Grants.gov website (<http://www.grants.gov>), the CDMRP website (<http://cdmrp.army.mil>) and the CDMRP eReceipt Website (https://cdmrp.org).

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Submission Deadline:

Investigator-Initiated Research Award

Pre-Application Letter of Intent:  March 26, 2009

Application:  April 23, 2009

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Pre-application submission is required and must be completed through the CDMRP eReceipt website, <https://cdmrp.org> prior to application submission.  As of 2007, all applications requesting funding from the CDMRP must be submitted through the Federal Government's single entry portal, www.Grants.gov, in compliance with Public Law 106-107. This Program Announcement, Application Instructions & General Information, and required forms can be found on the Grants.gov website.

Please visit http://cdmrp.army.mil  for more information.