Opportunity Information: Apply for W81XWH 13 SCIRP QRA
Apply for W81XWH 13 SCIRP QRA
- The Dept. of the Army USAMRAA in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "DoD Spinal Cord Injury Qualitative Research Award" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.420 Military Medical Research and Development.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 24, 2013 and posted on May 24, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 16, 2013. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $2,600,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Opportunity Summary:
The DoD Spinal Cord Injury Qualitative Research Award (SCIRP QRA) is a Department of the Army (USAMRAA) funding opportunity under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs designed to support qualitative studies that deepen understanding of what life looks like after spinal cord injury (SCI), especially for military Service members and Veterans. The central purpose is not to test a new treatment, but to capture and analyze lived experiences so researchers and clinicians can better identify practical, real-world paths that help people adjust to disability and improve quality of life, health, and functional status in the months and years after injury. A major emphasis is on the transition period from initial injury and acute care through rehabilitation and then community reintegration, where success is often shaped by social, psychological, cultural, and systems-level factors that are difficult to measure with purely quantitative approaches.
This award specifically encourages work that reflects the realities of military and Veteran populations after SCI, including the unique challenges tied to returning to duty, returning home, navigating military and VA systems, and rebuilding daily life in the community. Collaboration with military researchers and clinicians is encouraged, reflecting the program goal of ensuring the research is grounded in the contexts where Service members actually receive care and rehabilitative support. The program recognizes that outcomes after SCI can be influenced by a wide range of factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, injury severity, psychological health, family and caregiver dynamics, co-morbid conditions, and where and how medical care is delivered (for example, treatment at civilian versus military facilities).
The research supported is qualitative in nature, meaning it relies on open-ended inquiry and methods that prioritize how individuals interpret their experiences and make meaning from them. The opportunity is suited to exploratory, descriptive, predictive, or explanatory projects that can surface barriers, facilitators, and decision points affecting rehabilitation and reintegration. Examples of topic areas highlighted in the announcement include understanding barriers that keep soldiers with SCI from returning to active duty or fully reintegrating into civilian community life; examining how personal characteristics and co-morbid medical issues influence health and quality of life during hospitalization; studying how cultural values and beliefs shape engagement with rehabilitation; and evaluating how medical care decisions (such as facility type or treatment choices) influence longer-term reintegration outcomes.
The announcement also points to family and caregiver impacts as an important area for study, including how SCI affects spouses and families in practical and personal ways such as career disruption, physical strain and injury related to caregiving, and changes in intimacy and relationships. It further encourages projects that identify strategies to strengthen psychosocial adjustment for both patients and their support networks, including how involvement of family and friends can influence health outcomes and quality of life. Other appropriate areas include perceived access to care and care coordination, and how those perceptions relate to the effectiveness of care delivery and reintegration success, as well as the effects of aging and age-related changes in social support that may limit fuller participation in society over time.
From an eligibility and evidence standpoint, the opportunity is broadly open to applicants (unrestricted eligibility), and it does not require cost sharing or matching. Preliminary or published data related to SCI and the proposed project are encouraged but not mandatory, which can make the mechanism accessible to teams with strong rationale and well-designed qualitative methods even if they are earlier in evidence generation. Research involving human subjects and human anatomical substances is allowed, but the program draws a firm line against clinical trials within this mechanism.
A key restriction is that clinical trials are not permitted. The program defines a clinical trial as prospective enrollment of human subjects in which an intervention (such as a drug, device, biologic, surgery, rehabilitation modality, behavioral intervention, or other intervention/interaction) is tested for a measurable outcome related to safety, effectiveness, or efficacy. In other words, if the project is primarily about administering or testing an intervention to see its direct effect, it does not fit this award. Investigators intending to conduct a clinical trial are directed instead to use the SCIRP Clinical Trial Award mechanism referenced in the announcement. For applicants who are uncertain about whether their study design crosses into clinical trial territory, the CDMRP Human Subject Resource Document hosted in the CDMRP eReceipt system is provided as guidance.
Administratively, this opportunity was posted May 24, 2013 under Funding Opportunity Number W81XWH-13-SCIRP-QRA, with an original and current closing date of October 16, 2013, and an archive date of November 15, 2013. The funding instrument type is listed as a cooperative agreement and grant within the science and technology/research and development category. The program anticipated making about 4 awards, with an estimated total funding amount of $2.6 million. The CFDA number associated with the opportunity is 12.420 (Military Medical Research and Development). For technical access issues related to the full announcement, the contact listed is the CDMRP Help Desk at 301-682-5507.
DoD Spinal Cord Injury Qualitative Research Award (SCIRP QRA) - FAQs
What is the SCIRP Qualitative Research Award (QRA)?
The SCIRP QRA is a funding opportunity under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), managed by the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA). It supports qualitative research focused on understanding what life looks like after spinal cord injury (SCI), with a particular emphasis on military Service members and Veterans.
What is the main purpose of this award?
The central purpose is to capture and analyze lived experiences after SCI so researchers and clinicians can better identify practical, real-world paths that help people adjust to disability and improve quality of life, health, and functional status over time. The focus is not on testing a new treatment.
Is this award intended to fund new treatments or rehabilitation interventions?
No. This mechanism is intended for qualitative studies that deepen understanding of experiences, barriers, facilitators, and decision points after SCI. It is not intended to test an intervention for safety, effectiveness, or efficacy.
What kinds of research methods fit this opportunity?
The award supports qualitative research methods based on open-ended inquiry and approaches that prioritize how individuals interpret their experiences and make meaning from them. Projects can be exploratory, descriptive, predictive, or explanatory, as long as they remain qualitative in nature and do not become clinical trials.
What population is the program especially interested in?
The opportunity specifically encourages research reflecting the realities of military and Veteran populations after SCI, including challenges related to returning to duty, returning home, navigating military and VA systems, and rebuilding daily life in the community.
What part of the SCI journey is emphasized?
A major emphasis is on the transition period from initial injury and acute care through rehabilitation and then community reintegration. The program highlights that social, psychological, cultural, and systems-level factors often shape success during this period and may be difficult to measure using purely quantitative approaches.
What are examples of topics that are appropriate for this award?
Examples highlighted in the announcement include:
- Barriers that keep soldiers with SCI from returning to active duty or fully reintegrating into civilian community life
- How personal characteristics and co-morbid medical issues influence health and quality of life during hospitalization
- How cultural values and beliefs shape engagement with rehabilitation
- How medical care decisions (such as facility type or treatment choices) influence longer-term reintegration outcomes
- Perceived access to care and care coordination, and how those perceptions relate to effectiveness of care delivery and reintegration success
- Effects of aging and age-related changes in social support that may limit fuller participation in society over time
Does the award encourage research on family members and caregivers?
Yes. The announcement identifies family and caregiver impacts as an important area for study, including practical and personal effects such as career disruption, physical strain or injury related to caregiving, and changes in intimacy and relationships.
Can projects focus on psychosocial adjustment?
Yes. The opportunity encourages projects that identify strategies to strengthen psychosocial adjustment for both patients and their support networks, including how involvement of family and friends can influence health outcomes and quality of life.
Are military collaborations required?
Collaboration with military researchers and clinicians is encouraged to help ensure the research is grounded in the contexts where Service members receive care and rehabilitative support, but the provided information does not state that such collaboration is required.
What factors does the program recognize as influencing outcomes after SCI?
The announcement notes that outcomes may be influenced by factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, injury severity, psychological health, family and caregiver dynamics, co-morbid conditions, and where and how medical care is delivered (for example, treatment at civilian versus military facilities).
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning the opportunity is broadly open to applicants.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The opportunity does not require cost sharing or matching.
Is preliminary or published data required to apply?
No. Preliminary or published data related to SCI and the proposed project are encouraged but not mandatory.
Are human subjects allowed in projects funded by this award?
Yes. Research involving human subjects is allowed under this mechanism, as described in the opportunity.
Are studies involving human anatomical substances allowed?
Yes. Research involving human anatomical substances is allowed, based on the information provided.
Are clinical trials allowed under the SCIRP QRA?
No. Clinical trials are explicitly not permitted within this mechanism.
How does the program define a clinical trial for this restriction?
A clinical trial is defined as prospective enrollment of human subjects in which an intervention is tested for a measurable outcome related to safety, effectiveness, or efficacy. The announcement includes interventions such as a drug, device, biologic, surgery, rehabilitation modality, behavioral intervention, or other intervention/interaction.
If a project involves an intervention, does that automatically make it a clinical trial?
If the project is primarily about administering or testing an intervention to measure its direct effect on outcomes related to safety, effectiveness, or efficacy, then it falls under the clinical trial definition and would not fit this award mechanism.
What should investigators do if they want to conduct a clinical trial?
The announcement directs investigators intending to conduct a clinical trial to use the SCIRP Clinical Trial Award mechanism referenced in the announcement.
What if an applicant is unsure whether their design counts as a clinical trial?
The opportunity points applicants to the CDMRP Human Subject Resource Document hosted in the CDMRP eReceipt system for guidance on human subjects requirements and whether a study design may be considered a clinical trial.
What is the funding instrument type for this opportunity?
The funding instrument type is listed as a cooperative agreement and grant.
How many awards were anticipated and what was the estimated total funding?
The program anticipated making about 4 awards, with an estimated total funding amount of $2.6 million.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this award?
The Funding Opportunity Number listed is W81XWH-13-SCIRP-QRA.
What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
The CFDA number associated with the opportunity is 12.420 (Military Medical Research and Development).
When was this opportunity posted and what were the key dates?
The opportunity was posted May 24, 2013. The original and current closing date was October 16, 2013, and the archive date was November 15, 2013.
What category is this opportunity listed under?
The opportunity is listed in the science and technology/research and development category.
Who can be contacted for technical access issues with the full announcement?
For technical access issues related to the full announcement, the contact listed is the CDMRP Help Desk at 301-682-5507.
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