Research request for applications and program announcements | veterans affairs

Learn more about the available VA awards and funding mechanisms. COOPERATIVE STUDIES PROGRAMS (CSP) The Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program is a division of VA Research and

Development that is responsible for the planning, funding, and conducting of large multi-center clinical trials and epidemiologic studies in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Read about

the largest Cooperative Studies Program study, Million Veteran Program (MVP), and watch a video overview. For more information, visit the CSP national website. CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD (CDA)

Career Development Awards (CDAs) are mentored awards designed to allow post-doctoral researchers protected research time, intended to advance the awardee towards independence as a Merit

Review-funded Veterans Affairs researcher. The VA CDA is similar to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) K- award.  If funding is awarded, clinician principal investigators may request a

minimum of 6 calendar months to a maximum of 9 calendar months protected research effort; non-clinicians may request an 8/8ths VA appointment for 12 months of salary support. IMPLICIT IN ALL

CDA APPLICATIONS IS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE APPLICANT PLANS TO CONTINUE THEIR CAREER WITHIN VA. SUBMISSION TIMELINE You may submit career development proposals to all four branches of

the Veterans Affairs Central Office of Research. Rehabilitation (RR&D) and Health Services (HSR&D) have June and December submission cycles, while Biomedical Laboratory (BLR&D)

and Clinical Science (CSR&D) have March and September submission cycles.