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Opportunity Summary:

The DoD Applied Research and Advanced Technology Development Psychological Health Award is a U.S. Army medical research funding opportunity (USAMRAA) that supports applied research and early-stage technology development aimed at improving the psychological health and overall well-being of military service members and their families. The program is tied to specific, pre-identified psychological health topic areas listed in the announcement (Section B), and proposals are expected to directly address those priorities rather than broad or unrelated mental health questions. The emphasis is on work that can move beyond ideas and toward practical solutions that can be tested, evaluated, and potentially transitioned into use within military-relevant settings.

A central expectation is strong scientific justification. Competitive applications must show clear logical reasoning, grounded in a critical review and analysis of the existing literature, and must present a well-formulated, testable hypothesis. In other words, the program is not looking for exploratory or purely descriptive efforts without a clear line from evidence to hypothesis to measurable outcomes. Applicants are expected to demonstrate why their approach is likely to work, what gap it fills, and how it advances the field in a way that matters for military psychological health needs.

The award specifically targets applied research, meaning studies that refine concepts into candidate solutions to real military health and performance problems and that evaluate technical feasibility. This can include investigations that mature an intervention, assessment approach, or technology to the point where it is ready for initial human testing. In addition, the program supports advanced technology development, which focuses on developing candidate solutions and key components of early prototype systems for test and evaluation. This includes work that builds and assesses early prototypes or components of systems intended to improve psychological health outcomes, with a clear plan for how the prototype will be tested and what metrics will be used to judge performance and readiness.

The opportunity allows for initial human studies in the form of Phase I or early Phase II clinical trials when appropriate, particularly for promising drug or vaccine candidates, medical devices, or other health technologies that require early safety and efficacy evaluation. However, it explicitly does not support late Phase II large-scale effectiveness trials, nor does it support advanced development efforts aimed at full product rollout or mature capability development. The program is positioned at the stage where a solution is being proven feasible and promising in early testing, not at the stage where it is being definitively validated at scale or fully operationalized.

Preliminary data are required for applications under both applied research and advanced technology development, signaling that the DoD expects applicants to come in with evidence that the concept is already credible and has some supporting results. At the same time, the announcement makes clear what is out of scope: funding cannot be used for fundamental basic research focused primarily on generating general scientific knowledge or uncovering underlying principles without a near-term path to practical application in operationally relevant military environments. The program is therefore oriented toward translational, solution-driven work rather than foundational discovery science.

From an administrative standpoint, this was issued as Funding Opportunity Number W81XWH-13-MOMJPC5-ARATDPHA under CFDA 12.420 (Military Medical Research and Development). The funding instrument is listed as a grant and/or cooperative agreement, and the opportunity is categorized under science and technology and other R&D. The estimated total funding was $5,000,000 with an anticipated five awards, and there was no cost sharing or matching requirement. Eligibility was listed as unrestricted, meaning it was broadly open to many types of applicant organizations, subject to any clarifications in the full announcement. Key dates included an original posting on January 15, 2013, with a revised schedule extending the full application deadline to 5:00 pm ET on April 24, 2013, followed by peer review in May/June 2013, programmatic review in June 2013, and funding decisions communicated in July 2013. For access issues with the full announcement, the notice directs applicants to the TATRC Help Desk for support.

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