DoD Vision, Focused Translational Team Science Award | W81XWH 18 VRP FTTSA

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The DoD Vision, Focused Translational Team Science Award (FY18 VRP FTTSA) is a Department of Defense funding opportunity designed to push forward practical, patient-relevant advances in how traumatic eye injuries and vision problems are understood and treated when they stem from military-relevant events. The core emphasis is on translational, team-based science, meaning the program is looking for projects that connect strong foundational research to real-world clinical or operational applications, and that do so through a tightly integrated, highly collaborative research team rather than a single-investigator approach. The injuries and visual dysfunction targeted by this opportunity are those linked to traumatic exposures common in military settings, including blast and blunt trauma as well as thermal, chemical, biological, directed energy, and ionizing radiation-related events.

This opportunity was offered under the Vision Research Program (VRP) and administered by the Department of Defense through the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA). It is listed as a discretionary funding opportunity within the Science and Technology / Research and Development category and is associated with CFDA number 12.420. The funding instruments available include both grants and cooperative agreements, signaling that some awards may involve substantial government involvement or coordination during the project period, depending on the specific mechanism used.

Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning applications were open to a broad range of entity types, with the caveat that applicants needed to follow any additional eligibility details provided in the full announcement text. The opportunity was posted on July 26, 2018, with an original closing date of December 4, 2018. The expected number of awards was one, which suggests a competitive process focused on selecting a single, standout team effort with the scope and integration to move the field in a meaningful way. The award ceiling is listed as 0 in the source data, which typically indicates that a specific maximum dollar amount was not stated in that particular summary field (often the detailed announcement clarifies allowable budget ranges or expectations).

Overall, the FY18 VRP FTTSA can be understood as a targeted DoD investment in collaborative, translational vision trauma research, aiming to produce substantial, actionable progress toward diagnosing, preventing, mitigating, and treating eye injuries and visual dysfunction arising from traumatic events relevant to military service.

• The Department of Defense, Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "DoD Vision, Focused Translational Team Science Award" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.420.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jul 26, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 04, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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