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No. HT942526CRRPTRA · Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA

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DOW Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program Translational Research Award

grants.gov listing Full announcement (NOFO)
Dealbreakers No cost share required Audit: not stated Reimbursement-only: not stated
Invitation only
“Invitation to Submit an Application: October 14, 2026” — From the announcement
Award range
Not specified
Expected awards
~3
Application deadline
Nov 18, 2026
Posted
Jun 24, 2026
Last verified
Today

At a glance

AI summary

The FY26 Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program Translational Research Award funds hypothesis-driven translational research to speed trauma-care ideas and technologies into use for Warfighter survivability, patient care near the point of injury, and trauma care guidelines. Eligible applicants include extramural and intramural U.S. Department of War organizations, including foreign and domestic, for-profit and nonprofit, and public or private entities; independent investigators at all career levels may serve as PI, but only one FY26 CRRP application per PI is allowed. The program expects about three awards and roughly $4.37 million total, with up to $1.45 million for a base award over 2 years and an optional additional $1.0 million over 1 more year, for a total cap of $2.45 million over up to 3 years. Cost sharing is not required. Applications must address at least one of three focus areas: battlefield diagnostics/triage/decision aids, treatments, or battlefield readiness.

AI-generated summary — verify against the announcement

What it funds

  • Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Official description from grants.gov

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.

Who can apply

  • Unrestricted
Geographic restriction None found in the announcement — likely nationwide

Program history

USASpending.gov

Assistance listing 12.420 · Military Medical Research and Development

Real awards this federal program has made — the whole assistance listing (12.420), not just this notice.

Fiscal year Awards Median award Middle half
FY 2026 (so far) 374 $934,195 $559,998 – $1,477,811
FY 2025 967 $796,174 $416,995 – $1,480,602
FY 2024 1,097 — —
FY 2023 1,115 — —
FY 2022 1,186 — —
FY 2021 1,023 — —

Dollar figures are based on the 1,000 most recent awards we store, not all 5,762 — award counts are complete.

Who wins it Business (127), Nonprofit (34), Higher education (2) of 5,762 awards — categories can overlap.
Top states CA (135) · TX (103) · NY (99) · MA (74) · MD (38)
Largest recent awards
  1. THE UNIVERISTY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER $19,100,256 · FY 2025
  2. H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE HOSPITAL, INC. $18,696,738 · FY 2025
  3. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE $10,606,583 · FY 2025
  4. SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH $10,500,000 · FY 2026
  5. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE $8,491,997 · FY 2025

Source: USASpending.gov · refreshed Aug 25, 2026