SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL PRION RESEARCH PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002.
- Notice Date
- 8/7/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, ATTN: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014
- ZIP Code
- 21702-5014
- Solicitation Number
- DAMD17-02-NPRP
- Response Due
- 10/30/2002
- Point of Contact
- Patricia Evans, 301-619-7354
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
(pat.evans@amedd.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NA In accordance with the directives received from Congress, The Department of Defense (DOD) National Prion Research Program (NPRP) is being established in fiscal year 2002 (FY02) to promote research in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). Congr ess appropriated $42.5 million for the NPRP in FY02. The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command through the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMPR) administer this program. The priority goal of the NPRP is to devel op antemortem diagnostic tests for TSEs. Proposals will be requested for the following award mechanisms Idea Awards, Investigator-Initiated Research Awards (with optional Nested Postdoctoral Traineeships), Career Transition Awards, and Prion Techniques Fel lowship Awards. The NPRP will employ a two-tiered scientific review process consisting of scientific (peer) review and programmatic review. Proposals are encouraged from investigators working at Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Instit utions. All applicants considering submission of a proposal in response to this program announcement are expected to submit an electronic Letter of Intent no later than September 30, 2002. This form can be found on the CDMRP web site http://cdmrp.army.mil /funding/02nprp1.htm. All applicants will be required to submit one electronic PDF (Portable Document Format) version of the proposal through the Internet no later than 11:59 p.m. (applicant's local time) October 30, 2002. Detailed descriptions of each of the award mechanisms, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the FY02 NPRP Program Announcement, which can be downloaded from the CDMRP web site at http://cdmrp.army.mil.
- Record
- SN00135401-W 20020809/020808085225 (fbodaily.com)
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