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DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Discovery Award

ID: HT942526PRMRPDA • Type: Posted
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Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Discovery Award supports novel, untested, high-risk, high-reward research projects with the potential to provide new insights, paradigms, technologies, or applications and with a potential to generate preliminary data that will lay the foundation for future projects. The application must address a critical problem or question in the field of research and/or patient care in a congressionally directed FY26 PRMRP topic area and one of the FY26 PRMRP portfolio-specific strategic goals.

Distinctive Features: Applications must not include preliminary data. The focus of this award mechanism is innovation. Research proposed to this mechanism should be pioneering and revolutionary, and the outcomes generated by the award are expected to generate robust preliminary data that will lay the groundwork for future avenues of scientific investigation or product development.

Funding Details: The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) expects to allot roughly $11.165M to fund approximately 29 Discovery Award applications with total cost caps of $385,000 per award. The maximum period of performance is 2 years. It is anticipated that awards made from this FY26 funding opportunity will be funded with FY26 funds, which will expire for use on September 30, 2032. Awards supported with FY26 funds will be made no later than September 30, 2027.

Background
The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Discovery Award is administered by the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) under the Defense Health Agency. The program aims to support novel, untested, high-risk, high-reward research projects that can provide new insights and technologies relevant to military health. The goal is to address critical problems in research and patient care within specific congressionally directed topic areas.

Grant Details
The Discovery Award supports innovative research that does not require preliminary data. It focuses on pioneering projects with the potential for significant impact on military health. Applications must address a critical problem in a designated FY26 PRMRP topic area and align with strategic goals. The funding opportunity anticipates approximately $11.165 million to fund around 29 applications, with a maximum award of $385,000 per project. The maximum period of performance is two years, with awards expected to be made no later than September 30, 2027.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include extramural and intramural U.S. Department of War organizations, both foreign and domestic, for-profit and nonprofit entities, as well as public or private organizations. Principal Investigators (PIs) can be independent investigators at any level affiliated with an eligible organization. Each PI may only be named on one application as PI for FY26 PRMRP.

Period of Performance
The maximum period of performance for the grant is two years. Awards will be funded with FY26 funds that expire for use on September 30, 2032.

Grant Value
The total value of the grant opportunity is approximately $11.165 million, with individual awards capped at $385,000.
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Overview

Agency
U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) [DoD - USA - MEDCOM - MRDC]
Category of Funding
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Funding Instruments
Cooperative Agreement
Grant
Grant Program (CFDA)
12.420 - Military Medical Research and Development
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
Grants.gov
On 5/8/26 U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity posted grant opportunity HT942526PRMRPDA for DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Discovery Award with funding of $11.2 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 12.420 Military Medical Research and Development. It is expected that 29 total grants will be made.

Timing

Posted Date
May 8, 2026, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
July 30, 2026, 12:00 a.m. EDT Due in 46 Days
Last Updated
May 8, 2026, 10:22 a.m. EDT
Version
1
Archive Date
Aug. 29, 2026

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

Award Sizing

Ceiling
Not Listed
Floor
Not Listed
Estimated Program Funding
$11,165,000
Estimated Number of Grants
29

Contacts

Contact
Christopher L Baker Grants Officer
Contact Email
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Email Description
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Contact Phone
(301) 619-2332

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