BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) for Extramural Biomedical Research and Development -W81XWH-18-S-SOC1

Revised from initial posting on 1 August 2018.  This BAA is intended to solicit extramural research and development ideas using the authority provided by United States Code, Title 10, Section 2358. This BAA is issued under the provisions of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-369), as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.102(d) (2) and 35.016 and in DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs) 22.315. In accordance with FAR 6.102, projects funded under this BAA must be for basic and applied research to support scientific study and experimentation directed toward advancing the state-of-the-art or increasing knowledge or understanding rather than focusing on development of a specific system or hardware solution. Research and development funding through this BAA are intended and expected to benefit and inform both military and civilian medical practice and knowledge.This BAA provides a general description of USSOCOM's research and development programs,

including researchareas of interest, evaluation and selection criteria, pre-proposal/pre-application and full proposal/applicationpreparation instructions, and general administrative information. Submission of a pre-proposal/pre-application isrequired. After review, if the USSOCOM is interested in receiving a full proposal/application, the Applicant orOfferor will be invited to submit a full proposal or full application. Specific submission information and additional administrative requirements can be found in the document titled "General Submission Instructions" available in Grants.gov along with this BAA The BAA is continuously open for a 5-year period, from 01 August 2018 through 31 July 2023, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.Submission of a pre-proposal/pre-application is required and must be submitted through the electronic BiomedicalResearch Application Portal (eBRAP) (https://eBRAP.org/).Pre-proposals/pre-applications may be submitted at any time throughout the 5-year period.If the USSOCOM is interested in receiving a full proposal/application, the Principal Investigator will be sent aninvitation to submit via eBRAP. A full proposal/application must be submitted through Grants.gov(http://www.grants.gov/). Invited full proposals/applications can be submitted under this BAA through 31 July 2023.The BAA with revised research areas of interests, and General Submission Instructions will be available for download on Grants.gov on 21 February 2020.  Search opportunity number W81XWH18SSOC1.