MILLIONS OF NEW DOD RESEARCH DOLLARS FOR ORTHOPEDICS (Orthopedics This Week)
A Defense Department (DOD) program called the Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) announced on March 21 that potential investigators can sign up for a chance to win millions of dollars in research grants at a website called eBRAP (Electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal).
The grant offers are intended “to support the most significant gaps in care for the leading burden of injury and for facilitating return to duty by funding innovative, high-impact, clinically relevant research to advance optimal treatment and rehabilitation from musculoskeletal injuries sustained during combat and combat-related activities,” DOD said.
The types of research the PRORP program wants are:
Compartment Syndrome Models: Diagnostic and/or treatment strategies developed in a large animal model that replicates compartment syndrome. Model system should be clinically relevant and scientifically reproducible.
Limb Stabilization and Protection: Development of rapid limb stabilization and novel wound protectants for severely wounded limbs to enable transport at the point of need.
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