DOD HAS $23.25 MILLION TO SPEND ON ORTHOPEDIC RESEARCH GRANTS (Orthopedics This Week)
The deadline is June 26 for submitting a pre-application to possibly win an orthopedics research grant from the Peer-Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP), a Department of Defense (DOD) research program mandated by Congress.
The deadlines and details of the announcements are far different from those of an earlier DOD announcement of the same program we reported on April 1 (Millions of New DOD Research Dollars for Orthopedics, Orthopedics This Week, April 1, 2019).
Some of that $23.25 million will likely be reserved for overhead, but PRORP grants are being offered in these amounts for three types of orthopedic research other than on spine injuries, which are covered by a separate program.
The Application Process and Deadlines
After pre-application, dates and deadlines for all three programs are:
Organizations will be chosen by July 29 to submit a final application;
The deadline for submitting a final application is September 18.
DOD is seeking three kinds of research.
Applied Research: DOD is offering grants of up to $750,000 each for a total program funding of $3.75 million for...
