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Opportunity Summary:

The DoD Military Burn Injuries Research Award (BIRA) is a funding opportunity from the Department of the Army (USAMRAA) under the Military Burn Research Program (MBRP) that was introduced for the first time in FY2015. Its purpose is to support research that directly advances the treatment of traumatic burn injuries in ways that matter to military personnel, with an emphasis on work that can move beyond concept-level science toward realistic solutions that could be tested in people. The program is designed to accelerate development of practical medical products, approaches, or technologies that could improve outcomes for service members affected by burn trauma.

A central point of this opportunity is that it does not fund fundamental basic research. In the terms used in the announcement, basic research is work aimed at expanding general knowledge about biological or physical phenomena without a clear, specific application leading toward a process or product. Instead, this award targets applied research, meaning studies that refine concepts into potential solutions, evaluate technical feasibility, and generate evidence needed to justify and prepare for initial human testing. That makes the award especially relevant for teams that already have a promising intervention or technology and need support to mature it through key translational steps like preclinical testing, feasibility work, and early clinical evaluation.

Applicants are required to include preliminary data, and the program expects investigators to demonstrate logical, evidence-based reasoning. Competitive proposals must present a strong scientific rationale and a well-formed, testable hypothesis grounded in a critical review of existing literature, supported by preliminary and/or published data that directly connects to the research question. In other words, the award is not structured for speculative early ideas; it is meant for projects with enough existing evidence to justify a focused development plan and clear next steps toward clinical use.

Clinical trials are allowed under this mechanism, and the announcement explicitly contemplates early human testing for promising pharmaceuticals, biologics, and medical devices or technologies. The opportunity uses a standard definition of a clinical trial: a prospective study in which human subjects are accrued and an intervention is tested to measure outcomes related to exploratory findings, safety, effectiveness, and/or efficacy, where the outcome reflects a direct effect of the intervention on the participant. The scope permits Phase I or early Phase II trials (often described as Phase IIa), but it does not support late Phase II, Phase III, large-scale effectiveness trials, or advanced development beyond these early stages. It also references additional guidance for human subjects research through a Human Subject Resource Document hosted on eBRAP.

In terms of project types, the award supports a wide range of translational and clinical activities, from smaller studies up to larger efforts, as long as they remain aligned with early-stage clinical readiness. Examples of work within scope include efficacy studies, comparative studies, human-use or observational studies, clinical trial development activities, and clinical trials themselves. The program highlights activities such as refining emerging approaches and technologies, evaluating and narrowing down candidate products (including in vitro and in vivo work), conducting preclinical safety and toxicity studies, and preparing materials or evidence needed for a future clinical trial or regulatory submission. The common thread is that projects should be positioned to produce tangible, testable deliverables that move a candidate intervention closer to real-world use in burn care.

From an administrative standpoint, the funding opportunity number is W81XWH-15-MBRP-BIRA, and it was offered as grants and cooperative agreements under CFDA 12.420 (Military Medical Research and Development). The opportunity was posted on June 30, 2015, with an application closing date of December 3, 2015, and an estimated total funding amount of $8,000,000 to support an expected four awards. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning the solicitation is generally open to many entity types, subject to any additional eligibility notes in the full announcement. No cost sharing or matching is required. For assistance accessing the full announcement, applicants were directed to the CDMRP Help Desk at 301-682-5507.

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