Department of defense multiple sclerosis research program

This pre-announcement should not be construed as an obligation by the Government. Pre-application and application deadlines will be available when the Program Announcements are released.

All applications must conform to the final Program Announcements and General Application Instructions that will be available for electronic downloading from the Grants. The application package containing the required forms for each award mechanism will also be found on Grants. Submission deadlines are not available until the Program Announcements are released.

Contact Us Site Map. Transforming Healthcare through Innovative and Impactful Research. Review Two Tiered Review Process. Multiple Sclerosis. Period of performance not to exceed 3 years. All applications submitted in this funding opportunity must address the Biology, Measurement, or Treatment of MS Symptoms.

Supports the initial exploration of innovative, high-risk, high-gain, and potentially groundbreaking concepts in the MS research field. Pre-application Letter of Intent submission is required. Projects involving human subjects or human biological substances must be exempt under 32 CFR Preliminary data is not required. Clinical trials not allowed. Period of performance not to exceed 2 years. Investigator-Initiated Research Award Independent investigators at or above the level of Assistant Professor or equivalent.

All applications submitted in this funding opportunity must address Obstacles to Remyelination in MS. They tracked blood samples stored from more than 10 million people in the U. The military regularly administers blood tests to its members and the researchers checked samples stored from to , hunting antibodies signaling viral infection. Just 5. The researchers compared MS cases subsequently diagnosed over the year period with 1, service members who never got MS.

Only one of the MS patients had no evidence of the Epstein-Barr virus prior to diagnosis. And despite intensive searching, the researchers found no evidence that other viral infections played a role. Alberto Ascherio of the Harvard T.