DOW Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program Translational Research Award

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Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA (Department of Defense) is accepting applications for this cooperative agreement and grant until Nov 18, 2026 (7 days left).

The agency expects to make 3 awards and estimated total program funding is $4,370,000.

Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any type of applicant), subject to any clarification in the listing.

The listing says cost sharing or matching is not required.

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• Unrestricted (open to any type of entity above, subject to clarification in the listing)

Excerpt from the official synopsis on Grants.gov (shortened; read the full text on the official listing):

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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