At a glance
DoW Hearing Restoration Focused Research Award is a federal competitive grant from Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA for the science & technology sector. Funding is up to $2K. Eligible applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility". The application deadline is September 10, 2026. Apply via the official listing at www.grants.gov.
- Amount
- Up to $2K
- Deadline
- Sep 10, 2026
- Type
- Competitive
- Status
- Closing soon
About this program
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Hearing Restoration Research Program (HRRP) Focused Research Award (FRA) supports promising research that accelerates drug discovery and therapeutic development for hearing restoration after military-relevant auditory system injury. The FRA may be used to support preclinical studies and/or clinical research. Research must align with at least one of the FY26 HRRP Focus Areas. The FRA cannot be used to support clinical trials, tinnitus research or vestibular research.Distinctive Features:• The FRA offers two Funding Levels to support research at different stages and the exploration/development of ideas of different maturity levels.• Funding Level 2 includes a Partnering Principal Investigator (PI) Option (PPIO) for two PIs, an Initiating PI and a Partnering PI.• Scored peer review criteria include Research Idea/Rationale, Research Strategy and Feasibility, Impact, and Personnel.• Programmatic review criteria include adherence to the intent of the FRA, contribution to the HRRP portfolio, relative impact, and relevance to military health.
Who can apply
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
How to apply
Apply through Grants.gov using funding opportunity number HT942526HRRPFRA. Register your organization (SAM.gov + Grants.gov) before the deadline, then submit the application package listed in the official notice.
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