DoD FY15 Peer Reviewed Alzheimer s Quality of Life Research Award | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The DoD FY15 Peer Reviewed Alzheimers Quality of Life Research Award (QUAL) is a funding opportunity under the Department of the Army, USAMRAA, within the Peer Reviewed Alzheimers Research Program (PRARP). Its core purpose is practical: support research that measurably reduces the day-to-day burden experienced by people living with symptoms associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and Alzheimers disease (AD), as well as the burden carried by their caregivers. While the program is clearly oriented toward the needs of military Service members and Veterans, the DoD also emphasizes that the outcomes should translate more broadly, creating benefits for civilian patients and families too.

This award is aimed at projects that address at least one of two overarching challenges. The first is quality of life, meaning new or improved technologies, assessments, interventions, or devices that help individuals manage symptoms and function better in daily life when living with TBI- and AD-related impairments. The second is caregiver burden, focusing on tools and approaches that make caregiving more sustainable and less physically, emotionally, or logistically overwhelming. In both cases, the emphasis is on applied impact: work that can realistically improve lived experience rather than purely descriptive studies.

Within those overarching challenges, applicants are encouraged to align with at least one of the FY15 focus areas. One focus area is care interventions and quality of life, which includes research designed to stabilize or improve well-being for people affected by TBI or AD. Examples mentioned in the announcement include identifying and managing co-morbidities and modifiable risk factors such as sleep apnea or obesity, evaluating cognitive training interventions, and studying health, wellness, and behavioral interventions that could improve daily functioning. The second focus area is caregiver support, which centers on interventions intended to reduce the demands and stress placed on caregivers. Example topics include caregiver training, home-based support models, behavioral strategies, and relationship or family-centered interventions that can improve coping and reduce strain. The announcement notes that projects outside these focus areas can still be considered, but only if the application makes a strong, convincing rationale for why the proposed approach fits the program mission and challenges.

Eligibility is broadly open, with an unrestricted applicant pool in terms of institution type, but the Principal Investigator must be at the level of Assistant Professor or equivalent or higher. The program is also deliberately interdisciplinary, inviting investigators from any field or discipline as long as they can apply their expertise to the PRARP mission. A key requirement, however, is that the application must show the study team has experience in both TBI and AD research, reflecting the program interest in the intersection of these conditions and their combined impact on patients and caregivers. Preliminary data is not required, but the DoD encourages it, signaling that early evidence or feasibility information can strengthen an application.

The funding mechanism listed for this opportunity includes cooperative agreements and grants under the science and technology and other research and development category, with CFDA 12.420 (Military Medical Research and Development). The DoD expected to make about four awards, with an estimated total funding amount of $2.8 million. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement, which can make participation more feasible for institutions that cannot commit significant non-federal funds.

One clear boundary in the FY15 PRARP QUAL announcement is that pharmacologic interventions are specifically discouraged. This includes clinical or basic research that requires investigational drugs or even FDA-approved drugs or medicines. In other words, the program is steering applicants away from drug-based studies and toward non-pharmacologic solutions such as devices, assessments, behavioral interventions, training programs, supportive services, and practical care strategies that can directly improve quality of life or reduce caregiver burden.

Key administrative details include the funding opportunity number W81XWH-15-PRARP-QUAL, a posted date of July 20, 2015, and an original (and current) closing date of November 25, 2015, with an archive date of December 25, 2015. For assistance accessing the full announcement, applicants were directed to the CDMRP Help Desk (301-682-5507, help@eBRAP.org), indicating that applications were expected to be managed through the CDMRP electronic systems.

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