DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Translational Research Award
This grant funds translational research to move spinal cord injury discoveries toward clinical use, requiring partnership with the SCI community and offering an option for early-career investigator collaboration.
Funder: Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA
Due Dates: August 3, 2026: Pre-Application (Preproposal) submission deadline (5:00 p.m. ET) | November 12, 2026: Full application submission deadline (11:59 p.m. ET) | November 16, 2026: End of application verification period (5:00 p.m. ET)
Funding Amounts: ~$8.32M total; up to $2.0M (Single PI) or $2.16M (Early-Career Partnership Option) per award; max 3 years; ~4 awards expected
Summary: Supports translational research to accelerate promising spinal cord injury (SCI) discoveries into clinical applications.
Key Information: Requires at least one SCI community partner; Early-Career Partnership Option available.
Description
This opportunity supports translational research projects that move promising ideas in spinal cord injury (SCI) research toward clinical application. The FY26 Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) Translational Research Award (TRA) is designed to bridge the gap between laboratory discoveries and their implementation in clinical practice, with the goal of improving outcomes for individuals with SCI, including military service members, veterans, and civilians. Projects must address at least one SCIRP program priority area: acute injury intervention, secondary health effects, psychosocial well-being, or rehabilitation and regeneration.
Distinctive features include:
- An Early-Career Partnership Option, allowing two PIs (one must be early-career).
- Requirement to engage at least one SCI community partner (e.g., lived-experience consultant or representative from a community-based organization) throughout the project.
- Support for both preclinical and clinical research, including pilot clinical trials as part of the proposed research.
