Description
The Department of the Army -- USAMRAA is seeking innovative research proposals for the Military Burn Research Program (MBRP) Discovery Award. The award supports groundbreaking research that provides new insights and explores early concepts in combat-relevant burn care. The proposed project should be novel, based on a strong scientific rationale, and have a well-developed study design. The focus areas for the Discovery Award include development and validation of methods to triage, treat, and prevent complications of cold injury, research to innovate best practices in acute burn care, and development and validation of methods to prevent, assess, and treat burn injury-related complications.
• Development and/or validation of methods to triage, treat and/or prevent complications of cold injury.
• Research to innovate best practices in the acute burn care continuum in a combat setting.
• Development and/or validation of methods for use in a combat setting to prevent, assess and/or treat burn injury-related complications.
The award has a maximum period of performance of 2 years and a cost cap of $200,000. The application submission is a two-step process, requiring both a pre-application and a full application.