CDMRP Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program, Prevention Research to Reduce Sexual Assault and/or Understand Adjustment Disorders, Investigator-Initiated Focused Research Award | W81XWH 19 PHTBIRP PSAAD IIFRA

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The CDMRP Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program (PH/TBIRP) Prevention Research to Reduce Sexual Assault and/or Understand Adjustment Disorders, Investigator-Initiated Focused Research Award (PSAAD IIFRA) is a Department of Defense funding opportunity administered by the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA). It was released under Funding Opportunity Number W81XWH 19 PHTBIRP PSAAD IIFRA and falls within the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category (CFDA 12.420). The mechanism supports awards made as either grants or cooperative agreements, and it is broadly open to applicants (described as unrestricted eligibility, with any limits only if specified elsewhere in the full announcement). The opportunity was posted July 12, 2019, with an original closing date of October 3, 2019, and the program anticipated making about four awards. The listing does not specify an award ceiling (shown as 0), which generally means applicants need to rely on the full solicitation for any budget constraints or expectations.

At its core, the FY19 PSAAD IIFRA is designed to generate impactful, prevention-oriented and clinically meaningful research related to sexual assault and harassment, and to improve understanding of adjustment disorders that can arise after sexual assault or other precipitating stressors. The program is centered on two main research tracks. First, it supports the development of new prevention efforts or the adaptation of existing prevention strategies aimed at reducing the occurrence of sexual assault and/or sexual harassment. This can include interventions, programs, policies, training approaches, or other evidence-informed prevention methods, with an emphasis on research that can inform real-world prevention and risk reduction rather than only describing the problem. Second, it supports research that advances how adjustment disorders are diagnosed, assessed, and screened, particularly when these disorders occur as a consequence of sexual assault or other stressors that can trigger adjustment-related symptoms. In practice, this means the program is looking for projects that can strengthen identification and measurement, clarify diagnostic boundaries, and improve screening approaches that are relevant to affected populations.

A defining feature of this award is its emphasis on impact and the expectation that applicants clearly articulate both near-term and longer-term outcomes. Proposals are expected to show how the work could produce highly impactful data with clear scientific merit, with the potential to enable critical discoveries or major advancements in the field. Importantly, the solicitation emphasizes that the research should not be limited to a narrow clinical setting such as a behavioral health clinic. That focus signals interest in studies that can apply across broader contexts, such as community, institutional, training, or operational environments, and that can inform prevention or assessment approaches that scale beyond specialty care. The program is also open to investigator-initiated ideas, meaning applicants can propose focused projects that stem from different types of insight and evidence rather than having to fit a single prescribed model.

In terms of justification and readiness, the opportunity expects applicants to ground their proposed research in relevant supporting data. The rationale for a study can come from population-based research, a clinician's direct experience with patients, or even anecdotal observations that point to a meaningful and testable problem. However, the application must include data that support why the proposed work is needed and why the approach is plausible. Those supporting data can be unpublished (for example, preliminary results, pilot testing, or internal program evaluations) or taken from published literature. Overall, the program is structured to fund focused, investigator-driven research that can materially improve prevention of sexual assault/harassment and strengthen the field's ability to detect and understand adjustment disorders linked to sexual assault or other significant stressors.

• 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 "CDMRP Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program, Prevention Research to Reduce Sexual Assault and/or Understand Adjustment Disorders, Investigator-Initiated Focused Research 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 12, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 03, 2019. (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 4 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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