U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency (DHA)
Military Medical Research and Development
Key facts
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- 44 grants
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- 1 grant
- Type of help
- Cooperative agreement (a grant with close agency involvement), project grant
- Typical award
- This Assistance Listing supports approximately 30 or more programs each year. Overall, awards are expected to range from $100,000 to $20M (consortium) depending on the funding priorities, anticipated number of...
- Deadlines
- Several Program Announcements are issued through the year for this Assistance Listing. See the individual Program Announcement or Broad Agency Announcement for deadlines associated with that particular program....
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- DoW Melanoma Research Program Focused Program Award – Rare Melanomas · Due Oct 14, 2026 · 4 days left
- DoW Melanoma Research Program Melanoma Academy Scholar Award · Due Oct 14, 2026 · 4 days left
- DoW Melanoma Research Program Idea Award · Due Oct 14, 2026 · 4 days left
- DoW Melanoma Research Program Team Science Award · Due Oct 14, 2026 · 4 days left
- DoW Melanoma Research Program Survivorship Research Award · Due Oct 14, 2026 · 4 days left
- DoW Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Health Services Research Award · Due Oct 15, 2026 · 5 days left
- DoW Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Clinical Trial Award · Due Oct 15, 2026 · 5 days left
- DoW Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Translational Research Award · Due Oct 15, 2026 · 5 days left
- DoW Military Burn, Patient-Centered Research Award · Due Oct 21, 2026 · 11 days left
- DoW Military Burn, Discovery Award · Due Oct 21, 2026 · 11 days left
- DoW Military Burn, Technology/Therapeutic Development Award · Due Oct 21, 2026 · 11 days left
- DoW Arthritis Clinical Research Award · Due Oct 22, 2026 · 12 days left
- DoW Autism Career Development Award · Due Oct 22, 2026 · 12 days left
- DoW Tick-Borne Disease Therapeutic/Diagnostic Research Award · Due Oct 22, 2026 · 12 days left
- DoW Tick-Borne Disease Idea Development Award · Due Oct 22, 2026 · 12 days left
- DoW Autism Idea Development Award · Due Oct 22, 2026 · 12 days left
- DoW Autism Clinical Trial Award · Due Oct 22, 2026 · 12 days left
- DoW Arthritis Translational Research Award · Due Oct 22, 2026 · 12 days left
- DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Resource Development Award · Due Nov 4, 2026 · 25 days left
- DoW Reconstructive Transplant, Concept Award · Due Nov 4, 2026 · 25 days left
- DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Investigator-Initiated Research Award · Due Nov 4, 2026 · 25 days left
- DoW Reconstructive Transplant, Investigator-Initiated Research Award · Due Nov 4, 2026 · 25 days left
- DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Idea Development Award · Due Nov 4, 2026 · 25 days left
- DoW Parkinson’s, Early Investigator Research Award · Due Nov 6, 2026 · 27 days left
- DoW Parkinson’s, Investigator-Initiated Research Award · Due Nov 6, 2026 · 27 days left
- DoW Vision, Investigator-Initiated Research Award · Due Nov 12, 2026 · 33 days left
- DoW Vision, Clinical Trial Award · Due Nov 12, 2026 · 33 days left
- DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Clinical Translation Research Award · Due Nov 12, 2026 · 33 days left
- DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Investigator-Initiated Research Award · Due Nov 12, 2026 · 33 days left
- DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Translational Research Award · Due Nov 12, 2026 · 33 days left
- DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Clinical Trial Award · Due Nov 12, 2026 · 33 days left
- DoW Vision, Translational Research Award · Due Nov 12, 2026 · 33 days left
- DoW Joint Warfighter Medical, Military Medical Research and Development Award · Due Nov 16, 2026 · 37 days left
- DoW Orthopaedic, Applied Research Award · Due Nov 18, 2026 · 39 days left
- DOW Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program Translational Research Award · Due Nov 18, 2026 · 39 days left
- DoW Rare Cancers Resource and Community Development Award · Due Nov 18, 2026 · 39 days left
- DoW Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2 · Due Nov 18, 2026 · 39 days left
- DoW Breast Cancer, Clinical Research Extension Award · Due Nov 18, 2026 · 39 days left
- DoW Orthopaedic, Clinical Research Award · Due Nov 18, 2026 · 39 days left
- DoW Rare Cancers Idea Development Award · Due Nov 18, 2026 · 39 days left
- DoW Toxic Exposures Investigator Initiated Research Award · Due Nov 19, 2026 · 40 days left
- DoW Toxic Exposures Translational Research Award · Due Nov 19, 2026 · 40 days left
- DoW Toxic Exposures Clinical Trial Award · Due Nov 19, 2026 · 40 days left
- DOD Defense Health Agency (DHA) Research & Development FY23-FY27 BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT for Extramural Medical Research · Due Sep 30, 2027 · 355 days left
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What it pays for
Through the support of basic, applied, and advanced biomedical research: (1) to transform health care for Service Members and the American public through innovative and impactful research; (2) to investigate medical solutions for the battlefield with a focus on various areas of biomedical research, including military infectious diseases, combat casualty care, military orthopedic medicine, toxic exposures, clinical and rehabilitative medicine, respiratory health, neuroscience, blast injury and regenerative medicine; and (3) to fund novel approaches to biomedical research in response to the expressed needs of Congress.
Who can apply
In each year's official notice: DoW Melanoma Research Program Focused Program Award – Rare Melanomas
How applications are judged
All applications are reviewed for technical merit and relevance to the mission of the DHA and its programs. Also, additional specific evaluation criteria will be included in each funding opportunity announcement.
Match
None required (federal program listing).
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal year 2017: No Current Data Available.
Fiscal year 2018: Gulf War Illness Research Program
Fiscal year 2020: Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program
Fiscal year 2021: Hearing Restoration Research Program
Fiscal year 2022: Combat Readiness-Medical Research Program
Fiscal year 2023: Spinal Cord Injury Research Program - Clinical trial, clinical translational research, translational research, and investigator-initiated research projects
Fiscal year 2025: Military Burn Research Program - Patient-centered research, technology/therapeutic development, and clinical translational research projects
Who in Tennessee has won this program
30 awards to Tennessee groups since 2016 · 0 in Sumner County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | $12.7M spent that year | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | $9.3M | 2018 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | $5.7M | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $4.7M | 2019 |
| University of Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $4M | 2017 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.6M | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.5M | 2022 |
| Idbiologics Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.2M | 2019 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.1M | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | $2.9M | 2017 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | $2.7M | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | $2.6M | 2020 |
Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse, USAspending.gov.
Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Department of Education
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Education passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 85 pass-through grants on file · 0 in Sumner County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | University of Rochester | $2.6M | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | University of Rochester | $2.5M | 2023 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | Ohio State University, the | $2.1M | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | Regents of the University of Michigan | $1.5M | 2023 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | University of Arkansas, Little Rock | $730K spent that year | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | Civil-Military Innovation Institute, Inc | $677K spent that year | 2025 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | The Ohio State University | $651K spent that year | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | The General Hospital Corporation | $446K | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | Massachusetts General Hospital | $439K spent that year | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, Davidson County | The General Hospital Corporation | $420K | 2025 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | $390K spent that year | 2023 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | University of Pittsburgh | $373K spent that year | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).