09 Vision Research Program Announcement (VRPA)

The Department of Defense (DOD) through the Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), has released its' FY 09 Vision Research Program Announcement (VRPA).
Proposal submission is a two-step process. The first step is the submission of a pre-proposal, which will be examined and assessed by the TATRC Review Panel, and researchers will then be contacted to submit a full proposal if selected.
Please find the link to the VRPA.

You can also download the Program Announcement at: http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/UpdateOffer?id=12886

The key areas for research identified in the Program Announcement include:

• Treatments for traumatic brain injury-associated visual dysfunction
• Treatments to slow or stop loss of vision in traumatic optic neuropathies;
• Computational models of mechanisms of primary blast injury to the eye and vision system
• Methods to test visual dysfunction in the presence of cognitive impairment
• Treatments for blast and burn injury to ocular structures.