Opportunity Information: Apply for W81XWH 17 LRP CA
The DoD Lupus, Concept Award (FY17) is a Department of Defense Lupus Research Program (LRP) funding opportunity designed specifically to spark brand-new, high-risk ideas in lupus research. It was introduced for the first time in FY17 and is meant to support exploratory studies that test highly innovative concepts or unproven theories aimed at important lupus-related problems. The core purpose is to open up new directions for the field rather than to fund the next logical step of an ongoing, well-developed research line.
A defining feature of this mechanism is that it prioritizes creativity and novelty over established feasibility. Applicants are expected to propose a clearly new idea that could meaningfully expand current lupus knowledge or launch a distinctly innovative investigative path. Because the intent is concept exploration, the program explicitly discourages the inclusion of preliminary data, noting that presenting extensive preliminary results does not align with what this award is trying to achieve. Instead, the award is positioned as a way to generate the early evidence that could later support a more traditional, full-scale research proposal.
Reviewers place the greatest weight on innovation, making it the top evaluation criterion. Competitive applications are expected to introduce new paradigms, reframe existing lupus challenges from fresh angles, or otherwise demonstrate a high level of originality. Projects that mainly extend previously published work in an incremental way are not viewed as innovative and therefore do not fit the spirit of the award. In addition to innovation, applicants must convincingly explain the potential impact of the proposed work on lupus, focusing on why the question matters and how the findings could influence a critical area of lupus disease understanding, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment. The burden is on the Principal Investigator to spell out these impacts in a direct and compelling way.
The research strategy is also important, even though the studies may be higher risk. The application should show a deep understanding of lupus biology and the underlying scientific problem, with a rationale and experimental approach that reflect careful analysis. Methods can be entirely novel or built from strong logic grounded in a thorough reading of existing literature. Finally, proposals must align with at least one of the FY17 Lupus Research Program Focus Areas, meaning applicants need to explicitly connect their concept to the program priorities for that fiscal year.
Administratively, this opportunity was offered by the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, through USAMRAA. It was posted under Funding Opportunity Number W81XWH 17 LRP CA, categorized as discretionary funding, and used grant and cooperative agreement instruments. It fell under CFDA 12.420 (research and development). Eligibility was listed as unrestricted, meaning it was broadly open to many applicant types unless further limited by specific eligibility language in the full announcement. The original posting date was October 18, 2017, with an original closing date of January 4, 2018. The program anticipated making about 12 awards, and the award ceiling was listed as 0 in the source record, which typically indicates that the ceiling was not specified in that field and would need to be confirmed in the full solicitation details.Apply for W81XWH 17 LRP CA
- 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 Lupus, Concept 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 Oct 18, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 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 12 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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