Applied Research and Technology Development Award (ARATDA) - Psychological Health, Polytrauma, and Operational Health

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The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Defense Health Program Medical Research and Development Office is soliciting proposals for Defense Medical Research and Development Program (DMRDP) Applied Research and Advanced Technology Development awards to be funded beginning in fiscal year 2012 (FY12). The goal of the DMRDP is to advance the state of medical science in those areas of most pressing need and relevance to today�s battlefield experience, for example in the areas of psychological health and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to the capability needs of the Joint Force Health Protection (JFHP) Concept of Operations (CONOPS), as delineated in the tasks described in this Program Announcement/Funding Opportunity. The objectives of the DMRDP are to discover and explore innovative approaches to protect, support, and advance the health and welfare of military personnel, families, and communities; to accelerate the transition of medical technologies into deployment; and to accelerate the translation of advances in knowledge into new standards of care for injury prevention, treatment of casualties, rehabilitation, and training systems that can be applied in theater or in the clinical facilities of the Military Health System (MHS).

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