As promoted on February 6 in this blog, the office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has released the next set of specialized funding opportunities.  

On February 21, the RFAs for the Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program were released.  The mission of the FY19 TSCRP is to fund exploratory, pioneering, and transformative science that promotes discoveries in TSC, from mechanistic insights to clinical application, by supporting new ideas and investigators for the benefit of Service members, their beneficiaries, and the American public. Within this context, the FY19 TSCRP encourages applications that specifically address the critical needs of the TSC community in one or more of the Focus Areas.

This opportunity includes the following three (3) mechanisms:

Exploration Hypothesis Development Award
Supports the initial exploration of innovative, high-risk, high-gain, and potentially groundbreaking concepts in the TSC research field. 
Pre-Application (Letter of Intent): April 18, 2019
Application: May 9, 2019

Idea Development Award
Promotes ideas that have the potential to yield high-impact findings and new avenues of investigation. 
Pre-Application (Letter of Intent): April 18, 2019
Application: May 9, 2019

Clinical Translational Research Award
Supports studies that will move promising, wellfounded preclinical and/or clinical research findings closer to clinical application, including diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of TSC. 
Pre-Application (Letter of Intent): April 18, 2019
Application: May 9, 2019

FY19 funding opportunities are anticipated for the following programs:

Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP)

·       Concept Award
·       Career Development Award
·       Idea Development Award
·       Investigator-Initiated Translational Research Award
·       Translational Research Partnership Award

Tick-Borne Disease Research Program (TBDRP)

·       Investigator-Initiated Research Award
·       Idea Award
·       Career Development Award

Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program

*       Horizon Award (pre and postdoctoral fellows award)
*       Career Development Award
*       Idea Award with Special Focus
*       Impact Award
*       Translational Team Science Award

Neurofibromatosis Research Program (NFRP)

*       Clinical Trial Award
*       Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award
*       Early Investigator Research Award
*       New Investigator Research Award
*       Investigator Initiated Research Award

Multiple Sclerosis Research Program (MSRP)

•         Exploration - Hypothesis Development Award 
•         Investigator Initiated Research Award