Home Base FY 2025 Innovation Award to Catalyze Military-Connected Research

Home Base is providing catalyst funding to be used toward innovative, military-focused research. The purpose of this grant funding is to stimulate new ideas and exciting approaches to research designed to yield meaningful impact for Veterans, Active-Duty Service Members and Military-Connected Families. Data from catalyst awards can then be used to seek larger-scale funding from other entities to conduct additional research. Proposals should relate to advancing one or more of the following areas of clinical or translational research:

• Post-traumatic stress and its most common comorbidities including but not limited to depressive, anxiety, and substance use disorders.
• TBI and its most common comorbidities including but not limited to depressive, anxiety, and sleep disorders.
• The impact of the invisible wounds on the service member’s or veteran’s family relationships, as well as interventions to improve these relationships.
• Interventions to improve wellness among service members and veterans, irrespective of specific clinical diagnoses.

Applications will be reviewed and evaluated by the Home Base Scientific Advisory Council based on their scientific merit, the quality of the research team, the project design, budget, and the likelihood the project will generate novel findings relevant to the invisible wounds.  We plan to provide 2 awards of $75,000 each, inclusive of 20% indirect costs.  The project period for your proposal can be either one year or two years.  Recipients will be expected to present their interim and final findings to the Home Base Program, provide annual progress reports to the Home Base Scientific Advisory Council, and acknowledge the support in any presentations or publications that result from this research.

Application deadline: May 31, 2024, by 5:00 p.m.

Award announcement: By August 31, 2024

Funding period: October 1, 2024-September 30, 2026

Click here to learn more and apply.

Members of the Home Base Scientific Advisory Council (SAC) are appointed by Home Base Senior Leadership and include Home Base, MGH and Spaulding staff. This group meets every other month to discuss short and long term priorities, review scientific progress and provide input on future scientific goals.