science_technology_and_other_research_and_development · DOD-AMRAA
DoW Joint Warfighter Medical, Military Medical Research and Development Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526JWMRPMMRDA
Total Program Funding
$8.8M
Expected Awards
4
Deadline
November 16, 2026
GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview
DoD's Joint Warfighter Medical Research and Development Award funds 4 grants ($8.8M total, $2.2M each) for military-relevant medical research spanning combat casualty care, infectious diseases, operational medicine, or rehabilitation. The broadest DoD medical research mechanism — any topic relevant to keeping warfighters healthy and treating them when injured. Requires preliminary data.
Who Should Apply
Medical researchers at universities, military medical centers, or research institutions whose work directly supports warfighter health, combat casualty care, or military-relevant medical challenges.
Who Should NOT Apply
Civilian health researchers without military health relevance, early-career investigators without preliminary data, or anyone proposing work without a clear military application.
Key Requirements (Plain English)
- •Must address military medical needs (combat casualty care, operational health, rehabilitation)
- •Must have preliminary data demonstrating feasibility
- •4 awards totaling $8.8M (~$2.2M each)
- •Must show clear military/warfighter relevance
- •Unrestricted eligibility (civilian institutions welcome)
- •No cost-sharing required
💡 GrantQuick Tip
At $2.2M each, these are substantial research awards, but only 4 are given. You MUST articulate clear military relevance — not just 'trauma surgery' but 'hemorrhage control techniques deployable by combat medics in austere environments.' The DoD medical research community values: point-of-injury care, prolonged field care, combat-relevant infectious diseases, blast injury, and rehabilitation after limb loss. Connect your civilian research to specific military scenarios.
Competitiveness: Very high — 4 awards of $2.2M. Established military medical researchers and institutions with DoD relationships have strong advantages.
What This Grant Funds
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program (JWMRP) Military Medical Research and Development Award (MMRDA) mechanism is intended to fund the logical continuation of previous Department of War (DOW)-funded research and development efforts relevant to the FY26 JWMRP that augment and accelerate high-priority medical requirements to meet the needs of Service Members and other Military Health System beneficiaries. The MMRDA supports a wide range of research projects spanning late-stage preclinical studies, late-state technology development efforts, technology demonstration, translational, and clinical research. Projects must be relevant to at least one of the FY26 JWMRP focus areas.
Distinctive Features:
To be eligible for JWMRP funding, applicants/offerors must have already received DOD/DOW core or DOD/DOW Congressional Special Interest funding.
An MMRDA Clinical Research or Clinical Trial Option (MMRDA-CRCTO) is available to specifically support clinical research/observational studies, all phases of clinical trials/interventional studies, and/or correlative studies in support of the development of promising pharmaceutical or biologic candidates, medical devices and technologies. Applicants/offerors should select MMRDA-CRCTO when the application/proposal involves research that includes any human subjects, human biological samples (prospective or retrospective) or human data sets. Note: If selecting this option, applicants must submit additional relevant application/proposal materials.
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Eligible Applicant Types
Funding Details
- Total Program Funding
- $8.8M
- Expected Number of Awards
- 4
- Cost Sharing Required?
- No
- Funding Instrument
- cooperative_agreement, grant, other, procurement_contract
Key Dates
Agency Contact
eBRAP Help Desk Phone: 301-682-5507 Email: help@eBRAP.org
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