United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Portland VAMC Research and Development Service

Rehabilitation Research and Development (RR&D)
Merit Review Program

For more information, see the national VA RR&D home page. (VA Web Site).

A PI interested in submitting an RR&D Merit Review application should complete the HSR&D, RR&D Merit Review Submission Questionnaire (50KB, MSWord) and submit it to the Research Service Office.

Local Submission Calendar (34KB, MSWord)
All R&D Services Submission Calendar (VA Web Site)

Letter of Intent (LOI)
An approved Letter of Intent (LOI) must be obtained prior to submission of a RR&D Merit Review grant application. For instructions, please refer to Appendix A of the Handbook (listed below). Please submit the LOI to the Research Service Office by the deadline stated in the Local Submission Calendar (34KB, MSWord). The LOI documents should be emailed to pvamc-merit@va.gov.


Instructions for RR&D Merit Review Proposal
VHA Handbook 1203.1/RR&D Merit Review Program (VA Web Site)
Checklist (28KB, MSWord)

Forms
Individual pages 1-8 (MSWord documents from VA Web Sites):
10-1313-1
10-1313-2
10-1313-3
10-1313-4
10-1313-5/6

Questions
Please direct all inquiries to Danielle Beaudry at extension 57524 or by email at pvamc-merit@va.gov.