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[+] NEW! Program Announcement: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) (1 MB, PDF) The purpose of this program announcement is to stimulate research in the area of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Due to ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, TBI accounts for a significant portion of combat casualites.

[+] NEW! - Deployment Health Research: OEF/OIF Veteran Research Issues (64 KB, PDF) The VA Office of Research and Development (ORD) continues to encourage innovative research that is important to veterans. This program announcement emphasizes the need for research addressing the health care needs of veterans returning from Afghanistan (OEF-Operation Enduring Freedom) and Iraq (OIF-Operation Iraqi Freedom).

UPDATED! Nursing Research Initiative (NRI) (92 KB, PDF)

NRI Updates: Summary of Changes

Parkinson’s Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders (331 KB, PDF)

[+] Program Announcement: Request for Applications on Chiropractic Care Research (41 KB, PDF) Chiropractic care involves a variety of therapies for patients seeking care for musculoskeletal symptoms such as back pain, neck pain, and headache. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) offers this program announcement to stimulate interest and solicit relevant research proposals on chiropractic care.

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[+] NEW! Network(s) for Developing PTSD Risk Assessment Tools (R21) This RFA provides VA investigators an opportunity to compete for funding from VA and NIMH to identify clinically useful metrics for PTSD risk assessment that will inform early intervention research, emergency medicine, and other clinicians about who might benefit most from early intervention after trauma. It will be important to have research and clinical decision tools that are sensitive to and meaningful for diverse populations of trauma survivors. Applicants are strongly encouraged to consider the potential impact of multiple socio-demographic characteristics and other factors in choosing data sets for exploration.

[+] UPDATED LINKS AND DATES! Clinical Trial Development Awards for Evaluating Effectiveness of Treatment-Diagnostic Combinations (DRAFT) LOI due October 1, 2006
Applications due December 1, 2006

[+] Shared Equipment Evaluation Program (VHA Handbook 1202.6) (60 KB, PDF) We are accepting new applications to the Shared Equipment Evaluation Program (VHA Handbook 1202.6).

Please refer to key revisions to the submission format in Appendices A and B. Please note the deadline for receipt of applications is July 26, 2005

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[+] NEW! Request for Proposals: Research on Educational Interventions for Health Professionals (49 KB, PDF) The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Research and Development is building a program of research focused on understanding the relationship between educational interventions for health professionals and outcomes of health care.

NEW! Research for Educational Interventions for Health Professionals: RFP Frequently Asked Questions (22 KB, PDF)

[+] 2008 Solicitation for VA HSR&D Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) (106 KB, PDF) HSR&D invites applications for the Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP). HSR&D is interested in promoting and supporting groups of VA funded HSR&D investigators located at VA Medical Centers that do not contain an HSR&D Center of Excellence (COE). The goal of this program is to increase HSR&D capacity by assisting VA sites that already show promise, as demonstrated by a history of HSR&D peer reviewed research and career development funding. Funds provided under this initiative are for maintaining or creating a core program of investigators, statisticians, economists and other social scientists to support and facilitate the development of HSR&D research projects and the training and mentoring of new HSR&D investigators.

2008 Solicitation for VA REAP - FAQs (25 KB, PDF)

Deployment Health Services Research (UPDATED 06/20/05) (73 KB, PDF)

[+] HSR&D Priorities for Investigator-Initiated Research - Fiscal Year 2006 (103 KB, PDF) HSR&D has identified the following priorities for funding through Fiscal Year 2006:
A. Equity
B. Implementation
C. Mental Health
D. Long-Term Care
E. Women’s Health
F. Research Methodology

Projects addressing HSR&D priorities will receive special funding consideration as outlined in paragraph five of this solicitation. This solicitation supersedes most other previously issued HSR&D solicitations; those that are superseded have been removed from the web.

Note that HSR&D reviews individual project budgets very carefully before negotiating final funding decisions. Moreover, proposals that exceed $300,000 in any one year or a total of $900,000 (including all salary costs) are no longer being accepted for review by HSR&D.

Please address questions regarding the solicitation to the individual specified under each topic area.

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[+] Special Solicitation for Projects Implementing Research into Practice to Improve Care Delivery (163 KB, PDF) VHA seeks to increase collaboration between Research and Operations with a particular emphasis on using the QUERI model to improve care delivery. Proposals responsive to this solicitation will include efforts that: a. Implement research findings and guidelines into routine practice. b. Evaluate specific programs and strategies to improve VHA health care quality. c. Develop evidence and insights about effective implementation and quality improvement approaches. d. Create - through partnerships and collaborations with VHA leaders, managers, and policymakers at local, network, and national levels - sustainable tools, processes, and infrastructure that support improved quality.

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[+] Solicitation for Proposals to Establish Rehabilitation Research and Development Centers (89 KB, PDF) LOI Due: July 14, 2006
Proposals Due: September 15, 2006
This Information Letter announces the opportunity for VA medical facilities to submit proposals for establishing Rehabilitation Research and Development (RR&D) Centers with focus on research in high-priority areas relevant to the rehabilitation needs of veterans.

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Department of Defense (DOD), Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) (199 KB, PDF)