DoW Peer Reviewed Medical Discovery Award
This grant funds innovative, high-risk medical research projects without preliminary data, offering up to $385,000 over 2 years to generate new insights in congressionally specified topic areas.
Funder: Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA
Due Dates: July 16, 2026 (Pre-Application/LOI) | July 30, 2026 (Full Application) | August 5, 2026 (End of Verification Period)
Funding Amounts: ~$11.17M total; up to $385,000 total costs per award (max 2 years); ~29 awards expected.
Summary: Supports high-risk, high-reward, innovative basic research projects addressing critical problems in congressionally directed FY26 PRMRP topic areas; no preliminary data allowed.
Key Information: Applications must not include preliminary data; clinical trials are not allowed (clinical research is permitted).
Description
This opportunity supports novel, untested, high-risk, high-reward research through the FY26 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Discovery Award. The award is designed to foster pioneering basic research projects that can generate robust preliminary data and lay the foundation for future scientific or product development efforts. Projects must address a critical problem or question in a congressionally directed FY26 PRMRP topic area and align with an FY26 PRMRP portfolio-specific strategic goal. The focus is on innovation—incremental research or projects with preliminary data are not eligible. Clinical trials are not permitted, but non-interventional clinical research is allowed.
