The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Force Health Protection (FHP) Future Naval Capability (FNC) Program develops science and technology solutions including new practices, procedures, medical devices and pharmaceuticals for the improvement of personnel performance, casualty prevention and combat casualty care. Some important results of this program include decreasing the logistical burden of forward medical operations, mitigation and prevention of combat-related illness and injury, and providing cutting edge medical applications for our Navy and Marine Corps warfighters on land, at sea, and in the air. Solutions from diverse areas such as biological/physiological, computational, and behavioral sciences, and engineering disciplines are encouraged. The objective is to mature basic research concepts into prototype devices, treatments, protocols, and software/hardware applications that can be transitioned to the fleet to prevent, mitigate and treat tomorrow's warfighter.
Force Health Protection Enabling Capabilities:
- Casualty Prevention: Non-recompressive treatment for decompression sickness, and injury prediction modeling and simulation tools; POC: Cmdr. Sheri Parker, sheri.parker@navy.mil
- Advanced Forward Care: Closed loop systems for casualty monitoring and care, and oxygen generation technologies; POC: Dr. Mike Given, michael.given@navy.mil
- Rapid Blood Treatment: Transfusion safety, methods of pharmacologic resuscitation, and development of hemostatic agents; POC: Dr. Mike Given, michael.given@navy.mil
- Warfighter Restoration: Prevention of noise-induced hearing loss through personal monitoring and protective equipment development, mitigation strategies and treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, potential applications for the mitigation of repetitive neurotrauma, and wound healing/repair applications; POC: Cmdr. Sheri Parker; sheri.parker@navy.mil
- Human Injury Treatment: Modeling and simulation of shipboard medical emergencies and medical logistics; POC: Dr. William Krebs; william.krebs@navy.mil
- Multifunctional Blood Substitutes: Deployable resuscitation fluid that can sustain an injured Warfighter and extend the golden hour; POC: Dr. Mike Given; michael.given@navy.mil
- Automated Critical Care System: Deployable, light-weight system that monitor and sustain patients via closed-loop control systems, e.g., during a casualty evacuation; POC: Dr. Michael Given; michael.given@navy.mil
- SEMPer Fi (planned): Planned investment in the development of perfluorocarbon-based technologies (and related technologies) for the mitigation and treatment of Dysoxia injuries at sea, in the air, and on land; POC: Cmdr. Sheri Parker; sheri.parker@navy.mil
- Extreme Operations (planned) : Planned investment in the development of a hypoxia alert system for pilots and adjunct therapies for decompression illness and oxygen toxicity in divers; POC: Cmdr. Sheri Parker; sheri.parker@navy.mil
- Sound Diagnostics (planned): Planned investment in the development of ultrasound enhancements for the diagnosis and treatment of combat casualties; POC: Dr. Mike Given; michael.given@navy.mil
Fiscal Year 2012 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Programs 12-002
FOA12-002 (PDF - 134.24 KB)
Published: September 28, 2011 09:28 AM EST | Full Proposals will be accepted until September 30, 2012 03:00 PM EST
Long-Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology 12-001
12-001 (PDF - 209.78 KB)
Amendment 0001 (PDF - 249.24 KB)
Published: September 28, 2011 02:03 PM EST | Full Proposals will be accepted until September 30, 2012 03:00 PM EST