Opportunity Information: Apply for W81XWH 20 PRARP CSRA
The DoD Peer Reviewed Alzheimer's, Convergence Science Research Award (CSRA) is a Department of Defense research funding opportunity under the Peer Reviewed Alzheimer's Research Program (PRARP), administered by the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA). It was released as a discretionary research and development opportunity (CFDA 12.420) intended to push the field forward by backing unusually creative, high-impact projects that fit squarely within PRARP's mission area related to Alzheimer's disease and associated health science needs. The award mechanism can be either a grant or a cooperative agreement, meaning some projects may involve a more collaborative relationship with the government depending on the specific terms and level of DoD involvement.
The central goal of this CSRA is not incremental progress, but convergence-style work that produces broadly useful research resources, tools, or new directions that other researchers and practitioners can build on. In practice, that means proposals are expected to do more than test a narrow hypothesis; they should generate something with clear downstream value for the wider community, such as enabling methods, datasets, platforms, protocols, assessment tools, analytical approaches, or other infrastructure that opens up new avenues of investigation in Alzheimer's-related health sciences. A key theme is that applicants should be willing to challenge established paradigms or combine ideas across disciplines in a way that would be difficult to pursue through conventional single-field research.
Applications for this program are explicitly innovation- and impact-based. That emphasis signals that reviewers are likely to prioritize boldness, originality, and the potential for meaningful, field-shaping outcomes over purely confirmatory studies. The work should demonstrate a strong case for why the approach is novel, what barrier it breaks, and how it could change what is possible for Alzheimer's research or practice. The description also suggests the program is looking for high creativity aligned to PRARP's stated mission and vision, so applicants would be expected to articulate that alignment clearly and show how the outputs will matter to the communities PRARP serves.
Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning the opportunity is broadly open to many types of organizations or entities, subject to any additional eligibility language that may appear in the full announcement. The funding opportunity number is W81XWH 20 PRARP CSRA, it was created on May 19, 2020, and the original closing date was July 21, 2020. The announcement anticipated making about five awards. The listed award ceiling is shown as 0, which typically indicates that a specific maximum was not provided in the summary field and would need to be confirmed in the full funding announcement or related budget guidance.
Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a DoD-funded push for ambitious, enabling Alzheimer's-related science: projects that blend disciplines, introduce genuinely new ways of approaching problems, and leave behind tangible resources or tools that can accelerate further discovery or improve health-science practice connected to PRARP's mission.Apply for W81XWH 20 PRARP CSRA
- The Department of Defense, Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "DoD Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s, Convergence Science Research Award" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.420.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 19, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 21, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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