DOD announces $4.8M for chronic pain research

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.31153
• Published date: 02 July 2020
• Date: 02 July 2020

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DOD announces $4.8M

for chronic pain research

The Defense Department (DOD) recently

announced $4.8 million in funding for the FY20

Chronic Pain Management Research Program

Translational Research Award (CPMRP TRA) to

support translational research that will accelerate

the movement of evidence-based ideas in chronic

pain management research into clinical applica-

tions, such as health care products, technologies,

clinical practice guidelines and/or models of care.

According to the announcement, researchers will

be required to explain how the proposed work will

inform the development, renement and/or revision

of existing standards of care, recommendations or

guidelines for managing chronic pain.

DOD said researchers must address one or both

of the following FY20 CPMRP TRA focus areas:

• Implementation Science—for evidence-based,

efcacious interventions to manage chronic pain.

° Unique barriers for delivery of comple-

mentary and integrative health therapies

and models of care in military populations

and environments, including at-risk

subpopulations

° Self-management and service-of-care models

• Comparative Effectiveness—for evidence-based,

efcacious interventions to manage chronic pain.

° Multimodal and combination therapies

° Chronic pain and its bidirectional interac-

tions with comorbidities (e.g., polytrauma

triad, suicidal thoughts and behaviors,

substance abuse, etc.)

Other encouraged but not required approaches

include pain informatics, pragmatic approaches,

patient expectations, and preference and goals of

treatment at point of care, DOD said.

Eligibility is open to all qualied governments,

organizations and individuals. Two awards are

expected, with a maximum amount of $1.4 million.

Applicants must submit a pre-application by Aug.

7, 2020, DOD said, and proposals are due Nov. 6, 2020.

To learn more, visit www.grants.gov and search

FON# W81XWH-20-CPMRP-TRA. To see more DOD

grants, see page 4. ■

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