DoD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Therapeutic Idea Award | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The DoD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Therapeutic Idea Award (TIA) is a Department of Defense funding opportunity under the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program (DMDRP) that focuses on pushing forward brand-new therapeutic concepts for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), especially ideas that are still early and not yet heavily supported by extensive prior results. It is intended to generate high-impact data that can open up fresh directions for DMD treatment research, with an emphasis on novel therapeutics rather than incremental extensions of established approaches. The mechanism explicitly favors conceptually innovative projects that carry a high risk but also the potential for a high reward, meaning applicants are encouraged to propose bold, well-justified ideas that could realistically lead to major breakthroughs or meaningful advances in DMD therapeutics if successful.

A central feature of this award is that proposals must be driven by a well-formulated, testable hypothesis supported by strong scientific rationale. In other words, even though the work can be exploratory and early stage, it still needs to be anchored in clear biological or therapeutic reasoning and laid out in a way that can be evaluated through defined experiments. The program also signals that extensive preliminary data is not the goal of this mechanism. While applicants are not banned from including preliminary findings, reviewers are instructed, in effect, to evaluate applications based on the innovation, logic, and potential impact of the idea rather than the depth of existing supportive data. This design is meant to lower the barrier for investigators who have compelling therapeutic concepts but are not yet at a stage where they can present a large body of preliminary results.

Administratively, this opportunity was issued as Funding Opportunity Number W81XWH-14-DMDRP-TIA, titled "DoD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Therapeutic Idea Award." It falls under the Department of the Army, administered through USAMRAA, and is categorized under science and technology and other research and development. The funding instrument type allows for either a cooperative agreement or a grant. The total estimated funding listed for the opportunity is $480,000, with an expectation of making 1 award, and there is no cost sharing or matching requirement. The CFDA listing associated with the program is 12.420 (Military Medical Research and Development). Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to applicants of any entity type, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications contained in the full announcement text.

Key dates for this specific cycle include a posted and creation date of May 27, 2014, with an original and current closing date of October 22, 2014, and an archive date of November 21, 2014. For technical issues accessing the full announcement, the point of contact provided is the CDMRP Help Desk (phone: 301-682-5507; email: help@eBRAP.org).

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