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...
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 Department of the Army Medical Command awarded a $1,607,403.00 Project Grant to East Bay Institute For Research & Education Inc., a non-profit organization, to conduct a longitudinal study monitoring cognitive changes in older veterans using telehealth computerized neuropsychological assessment. This research project is funded under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program, which supports advanced biomedical research initiatives focused on transforming...
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...
This $6,964,861 Project Grant award was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) federal grant program. The purpose of the award is to conduct a longitudinal study on the long-term outcomes of military personnel who previously participated in clinical trials for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sleep disorders, and chronic pain. The award supports several specific aims, including: 1) a prospective follow-up of 3,360 previous...
The U.S. Defense Health Agency awarded a $2,916,605 Project Grant under the Department of Defense's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to the Boston VA Research Institute, Inc. (BVARI) on September 30, 2023. The 4-year award, titled "LONG-TERM PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOLLOWING MILITARY DEPLOYMENT: THE VETERANS AFTER-DISCHARGE LONGITUDINAL REGISTRY (PROJECT VALOR)", will fund BVARI's research to investigate risk factors, prevention, and...
This federal Project Grant award of $737,899 from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) is supporting research by the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio to develop a non-trauma intervention to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans and service members suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI). The award has a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The project aims to...
The Defense Health Agency awarded a $183,258 Project Grant to the East Bay Institute for Research & Education Inc., a non-profit organization located in Mather, California. The grant, provided under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) federal grant program, supports a longitudinal study monitoring cognitive changes in older veterans using telehealth-based computerized neuropsychological assessments. The research project, with a performance period from March 1, 2025 to...
The Department of Defense, through the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), awarded a $2,449,123 project grant to the Northern California Institute for Research and Education, Inc. (NCIRE) to conduct the "TBI Rehabilitation and Activation in Veterans (TRAIN-VETS)" research project. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will fund a 4-year study to develop and evaluate innovative rehabilitation approaches for improving outcomes for veterans with traumatic...
This Project Grant award of $2,384,097, provided by the Defense Health Agency through the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) federal grant program, is funding a hybrid experimental clinical trial to determine the optimal sequencing of interventions to maximize the effectiveness of PTSD treatment. The primary awardee, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, will conduct this research with a planned completion date of August 2028. The project involves two...