The Department of the Army Medical Command awarded a $1,836,611 Project Grant to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) federal grant program. The grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, supports advanced biomedical research focused on developing a novel cell therapy for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. As a major academic research institution, VCU has extensive experience...
This federal Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) provides $249,732 in funding to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) for research on novel kappa opioid receptor (KOR) agonists and their potential to promote central nervous system (CNS) repair. The award, which runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, will enable VCU to conduct research aimed at developing effective treatments for...
The Department of Defense's Defense Health Agency awarded a $623,003 Project Grant to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant, which runs from May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2027, will fund a longitudinal study to characterize the genetic architecture and risk factors for post-concussive symptoms, post-traumatic stress disorder, and alcohol use disorder in a military cohort. VCU has subawarded a portion of the grant to...
Virginia Commonwealth University was awarded a $749,446 Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development federal grant program (CFDA 12.420). The grant will fund research from September 2023 through September 2026 to develop a novel TNF inhibitor to improve outcomes in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury. Through supporting innovative biomedical research, the Military Medical Research and Development program aims to transform military and...
The Department of Defense's Defense Health Agency awarded Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) a $568,461 Project Grant under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to conduct research on "READING HISTONE H2A UBIQUITINATION IN THE FUNCTION OF RSF1 IN BREAST CANCERS WITH RSF1 GENE AMPLIFICATION." The grant, effective from March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2027, will fund VCU's research to advance the scientific understanding of breast cancer and develop...
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...
This Project Grant award of $1,552,466.00 from the Department of the Army Medical Command's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports research by Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to develop unique oncolytic adenoviruses for the treatment of ovarian cancer. The award has a performance period from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2029. VCU, a public research university in Richmond, Virginia, will leverage its expertise in biomedical research and cancer treatment to...
The Virginia Commonwealth University will receive $1.5 million over four years from the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to manage distress in malignant brain cancer. Through this Project Grant award issued on August 1, 2021 and concluding on July 31, 2025, VCU will provide services to transform healthcare for service members and the public through innovative research investigating medical solutions for the...
Virginia Commonwealth University was awarded a two-year, $232,875 Project Grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant will support research titled "GLT-1/EAAT2: A NOVEL PLAYER IN MYELIN REPAIR" being conducted between September 30, 2022 and September 29, 2024 in Richmond, Virginia. Through this funding, VCU researchers will investigate medical solutions for the battlefield by exploring the...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $582,189.00, provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program, supports research at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to investigate the role of histone H2A ubiquitination and the RSF1 gene in breast cancer. The 3-year award, starting on March 1, 2024, will fund personnel, facilities, and equipment to conduct basic, translational, and clinical research aimed at advancing...