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A -- FY 99 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST RESEARCH ON HEALTH-RELATED TOPICS SOL CBD-HRT-0909 DUE 111099 POC Craig D. Lebo, Contracting Officer, 301-619-2036 The Defense Appropriations Act of 1999 provides $19.5 million of which $14.5 million is available to support research on 15 health-related topics. As the executive agent for this program, the U.S. Army will solicit proposals to fund intramural and extramural research on these topics. Topics for Research Proposals: Alcoholism Research; Sleep Management; Chemical Weapons Treatment; Disease Management; Healthcare Information Protection; Lung Research; Laser Eye Injury/Eye Cancer Research and Treatment; Mustard Gas Antidote; Prostate Diagnostic Imaging; Retinal Display Technology for Cardiovascular Research; Smoking Cessation; Neurological Examination Equipment; Digital Mammography; Paget's Disease and Pediatric Asthma. The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) solicits research proposals on these topics using procedures described in the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 99-1 dated December 1998 (available at http://www-usamraa.army.mil). Proposals may address etiology, diagnosis, treatment or preventive measures. Proposals will be assessed for complementing existing DoD research efforts. Awards will be made based on scientific excellences by extramural peer review and programmatic relevance by a tri-service program review panel. Preliminary Letters of Intent (LOI) are desirable, should not exceed three pages, and should include the topic, principle investigator(s), institutional affiliation, the objective of the research, and a brief description of the technical approach. For this program the LOI will take the place of preproposals which are described in the BAA. LOI will only be used to initiate Army efforts to prepare for peer and program reviews. No response to the LOI should be anticipated. LOI are due 20 September 1999 by email or fax. Complete proposals are due no later than 4:00 p.m. 10 November 1999. Posted 09/09/99 (W-SN378373). (0252)

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