<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Consolas">The
Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) Defense Appropriations Act provides research
funding for the peer reviewed programs managed by the Department of
Defense (DOD) office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research
Programs (CDMRP). </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Consolas">This
e-mail is to notify the research community of the recently released
pre-announcements from the following research programs: </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:Consolas">Breast Cancer </span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:Consolas">Gulf War Illness </span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:Consolas">Neurofibromatosis</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:Consolas">Ovarian Cancer</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-family:Consolas">Tuberous Sclerosis Complex </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Consolas">Brief
descriptions of each of the funding opportunities for each of these
programs can be found in the respective program’s pre-announcement on
the CDMRP website at </span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="http://cdmrp.army.mil/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Consolas;color:purple">http://cdmrp.army.mil</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Consolas">. As further funding opportunities become available, additional announcements will be released on the CDMRP website.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Consolas">Comprehensive
program announcements are expected to be released over the next
month(s). The program announcements will include detailed descriptions
of funding mechanisms, evaluation criteria, submission requirements, and
deadlines.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Consolas">CDMRP</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Consolas"><a href="mailto:help@cdmrp.org" target="_blank">help@cdmrp.org</a> </span></p><span style="font-family:Consolas"><a href="tel:301-682-5507" value="+13016825507" target="_blank">301-682-5507</a></span><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Fritz Claydon Ph.D.<br>Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering<br>Associate Dean of Administration and Research<br>University of Houston<br>Cullen College of Engineering<br>713.743.4204<br><a href="mailto:fclaydon@uh.edu" target="_blank">fclaydon@uh.edu</a><br>
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