science_technology_and_other_research_and_development · DOD-AMRAA
DoW Parkinson’s, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526PRPIIRA
Total Program Funding
$10.0M
Expected Awards
5
Deadline
November 6, 2026
GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview
DoD's Parkinson's Research Program Investigator-Initiated Research Award funds 5 grants ($10M total, $2M each) for established researchers pursuing innovative Parkinson's disease research. Any phase (basic, translational, clinical — no clinical trials). The program's primary research grant for senior investigators with strong PD track records.
Who Should Apply
Established Parkinson's disease researchers at any institution with innovative research proposals and strong preliminary data. Must address the DoD PD research program's Areas of Emphasis.
Who Should NOT Apply
Early-career researchers (use the Early Investigator Award), non-PD researchers, or anyone without substantial PD preliminary data.
Key Requirements (Plain English)
- •Must propose innovative Parkinson's disease research
- •Must have substantial preliminary/published data
- •5 awards totaling $10M (~$2M each)
- •Must address PD research program Areas of Emphasis
- •No clinical trials
- •Unrestricted eligibility
💡 GrantQuick Tip
At $2M each, these are substantial single-PI awards. The PD community is large and competitive — you need a genuinely novel angle that distinguishes your proposal from what NIH/NINDS funds. DoD PD programs are particularly interested in traumatic brain injury as a PD risk factor, environmental triggers (military-specific exposures), and neuroprotection. If your research connects PD pathogenesis to head trauma or environmental neurotoxins, you have a natural DoD fit.
Competitiveness: High — 5 awards of $2M in a large, competitive field. Established PD researchers with strong innovation and DoD-relevant angles succeed.
What This Grant Funds
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Parkinson’s Research Program (PRP) Investigator-Initiated Research Award (IIRA) supports highly rigorous, multidisciplinary, high-impact research projects that have the potential to make an important contribution to Parkinson’s disease research. Research must address at least one of the four FY26 PRP Focus Areas.
Distinctive Features:
· Partnering Principal Investigator (PI) Option: Allows for more than one PI. One PI will be identified as the Initiating PI and will be responsible for the majority of the administrative tasks associated with application submission. The other PI(s) will be identified as Partnering PI(s), with a maximum of two Partnering PIs.
· Preliminary data are required.
· Clinical trials are allowed.
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Eligible Applicant Types
Funding Details
- Total Program Funding
- $10.0M
- Expected Number of Awards
- 5
- Cost Sharing Required?
- No
- Funding Instrument
- grant
Key Dates
Agency Contact
eBRAP Help Desk Phone: 301-682-5507 Email: help@eBRAP.org
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