The Defense Health Agency awarded a $1,493,220 Project Grant to The Cleveland VA Medical Research & Education Foundation under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant supports the development of a "Neurally Integrated Lower Limb Prosthesis for Home and Community Use" to aid mobility and sensory restoration for wounded veterans. The 4-year project, running from September 2023 to August 2027, aligns with the program's priorities of advancing...
The Defense Health Agency awarded a $3,995,791 project grant to Virginia Commonwealth University under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to compare the attentional demands and functional outcomes of pattern recognition and direct myoelectric control in people with transradial amputation. VCU will conduct this research from September 2023 through September 2027 in Richmond, Virginia. Two subawards were also provided. Hanger Institute for Clinical Research and...
The Defense Health Agency awarded a $2,401,711.00 Project Grant on August 15, 2023 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant supports a 4-year research project focused on "JOINT SHAPE CHANGE AS A TARGET FOR THE UNDERSTANDING, DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS." As a sub-award under this grant, Sutter Bay Hospitals' California Pacific Medical Center...
This $1,971,886 project grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command, under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), supports research exploring the impact of microprocessor-controlled knees on prosthesis awareness and overall health. Virginia Commonwealth University is the primary awardee and will work with sub-awardees Hanger, Inc. and the University of Washington on this research from July 2021 through June 2025. The grant aims to transform military and...
This Project Grant award, valued at $3,999,779.00 and awarded on June 1, 2024, is funded by the U.S. Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) federal grant program. The objective of this award is to develop a personalized, patient-centered prosthetic foot prescription and rehabilitation strategy to maximize mobility and satisfaction in veterans with lower limb loss. The prime awardee is Northwestern University, and the project...
This Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency provides $349,939 to the University of Colorado Denver under the Military Medical Research and Development federal grant program (CFDA 12.420) from February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2026. The grant funds research on transfemoral osseointegrated prosthesis limb-load symmetry training. As the program description notes, the Military Medical Research and Development program supports basic, applied, and advanced biomedical research to improve military...
This $392,829 federal Project Grant award was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program. The grant supports a pilot study titled "Skin Adaptation to Initial Prosthesis Use in Individuals with Lower Limb Amputation" led by The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), a non-profit organization. The study aims to investigate skin adaptation and tolerance in individuals with lower...
The federal Project Grant award, HT94252410903, was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program. The $4,000,000.00 award, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2028, supports the "Development of Patient-Centered Clinical AFO Prescription Guidelines to Optimize Post-Stroke Function and Quality of Life." The primary awardee is the University of Texas at Austin, a leading research institution. The...
The Department of Defense's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) awarded The Cleveland Clinic Foundation a $1,448,174 Project Grant on June 1, 2024 to fund research on "INTUITIVE ULTRASOUND-BASED UPPER LIMB PROSTHETIC CONTROL AND FEEDBACK UTILIZING TARGETED REINNERVATION FOR NEUROMA PAIN." The research, conducted in collaboration with the University of California, Davis as a sub-awardee, aims to establish sonomyographic control parameters for patients with...
This three-year, $1,497,516 Project Grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command through its Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports research aimed at improving upper extremity function for individuals with cervical spinal cord injuries. The Washington University is the primary awardee and has enlisted several sub-awardees, including the Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research, the University of British Columbia, Craig Hospital, and the Veteran...