Congressional language for the CPMRP defines chronic pain as pain that occurs on at least half the days for 6 months or more, and which can be caused by issues including, but not limited to, combat- and training-related physical or mental stress and trauma, migraines and chronic headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), arthritis, muscular-skeletal conditions, neurological disease, tick and vector-borne disease, other insect-transmitted or tropical disease, and cancer.

 Congressional intent for the program emphasizes collaboration with non-military research entities and the CPMRP encourages alignment of research projects with the Federal Pain Research Strategy for maximizing the impact of chronic pain research outcomes.  Applications from investigators within the military Services and applications involving multidisciplinary collaborations among academia, industry, the military Services, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and other federal government agencies are highly encouraged. 

The following awards are available:

• Clinical Exploration
• Investigator-Initiated
• Clinical Outcomes Research
• Pain Management Collaborative Clinical Research

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