Please disseminate the following News Release regarding the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs fiscal year 2012 funding opportunities to researchers at University of New Orleans in medical, biological, and life sciences. Information regarding dates for Program Announcement Releases and deadlines will be forthcoming over the next few months. This news release is also available on the CDMRP website: http://cdmrp.army.mil/pubs/press/2011/funding_press_release12.shtml/. NEWS RELEASE: January 3, 2012 Department of Defense United States Army Medical Research Materiel Command Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs CDMRP Research Funding for 2012 The Fiscal Year 2012 Department of Defense Appropriations Act provides research funding for the following peer reviewed programs managed by the Department of Defense (DoD) office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP): Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program - $6.4 million Autism Research Program - $5.1 million Bone Marrow Failure Research Program - $3.2 million Breast Cancer Research Program - $120 million Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program - $3.2 million Gulf War Illness Research Program - $10 million Lung Cancer Research Program - $10.2 million Multiple Sclerosis Research Program - $3.8 million Neurofibromatosis Research Program - $12.8 million Ovarian Cancer Research Program - $16 million Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program - $12.8 million Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program - $50 million Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program - $30 million Prostate Cancer Research Program - $80 million Spinal Cord Injury Research Program - $9.6 million Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program - $5.1 million Comprehensive Program Announcements are expected to be released during winter/spring of 2012.