science_technology_and_other_research_and_development · DOD-AMRAA
DOW Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program Translational Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · HT942526CRRPTRA
Total Program Funding
$4.4M
Expected Awards
3
Deadline
November 18, 2026
GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview
DoD's Combat Readiness Medical Research Program (CRRP) is funding 3 Translational Research Awards ($4.37M total, ~$1.5M each) for research that accelerates trauma care innovations from lab to battlefield/bedside. Must have preliminary data. Focus: maximizing casualty survivability, improving care at point of injury, and advancing trauma care guidelines. Animal models allowed. This is military medicine research with direct combat casualty care applications.
Who Should Apply
Researchers at universities, medical centers, or research institutions with active trauma care research programs. Must have preliminary data showing translational potential. Unrestricted eligibility — civilian institutions absolutely welcome.
Who Should NOT Apply
Basic science researchers without translational vision, early-career researchers without preliminary data, clinical trialists (not allowed), or researchers whose work doesn't connect to combat/trauma casualty care.
Key Requirements (Plain English)
- •Must propose translational research in trauma care
- •Must have preliminary data demonstrating feasibility
- •Must focus on combat casualty survivability and point-of-injury care
- •Well-validated animal models allowed
- •No clinical trials
- •Unrestricted eligibility (any institution type)
💡 GrantQuick Tip
DoD medical research grants are open to ANY institution — you don't need to be military-affiliated. The key: your research must have a clear path from lab to combat medic's hands. Think: novel hemorrhage control technologies, point-of-care diagnostics deployable in austere environments, or innovations in damage control resuscitation. Frame your proposal around the 'golden hour' — how does your technology save lives when a surgeon is unavailable? The strongest proposals pair civilian trauma expertise with military relevance.
Competitiveness: High — 3 awards for ~$1.5M each. Strong competition from established trauma research centers and military-academic partnerships.
What This Grant Funds
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program (CRRP) Translational Research Award (TRA) supports hypothesis-driven innovative, high-impact translational research that will accelerate the movement of promising ideas and/or technologies in trauma care into solutions to maximize casualty survivability, improve patient care closer to the point of injury and/or trauma care guidelines. Preliminary data are required. Research using well-validated animal models is allowed.
Distinctive Features:
• **NEW for FY26** An investigator may be named as the Principal Investigator (PI) on only one FY26 CRRP TRA application.
• Research supported by the FY26 CRRP TRA must represent a mature, translational research effort with a minimum biomedical technology readiness level (TRL) of 4 or knowledge readiness level (KRL) of 4.
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Funding Details
- Total Program Funding
- $4.4M
- Expected Number of Awards
- 3
- Cost Sharing Required?
- No
- Funding Instrument
- cooperative_agreement, grant
Key Dates
Agency Contact
eBRAP Help Desk Phone: 301-682-5507 Email: help@eBRAP.org
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