At a glance
DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Lifestyle and Applied Health Research Award is a federal competitive grant from Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA for the science & technology sector. Funding is $2K–$16.8M. 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 August 6, 2026. Apply via the official listing at www.grants.gov.
- Amount
- $2K–$16.8M
- Deadline
- Aug 6, 2026
- Type
- Competitive
- Status
- Expired
About this program
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Lifestyle and Applied Health Research Award supports clinical research and/or clinical trials using a combination of scientific disciplines including occupational science, psychology, psychometrics, biostatistics and epidemiology, surveillance, implementation science, and population health. Applications must address and provide a solution to one of the congressionally directed FY26 PRMRP topic areas and one of the FY26 PRMRP strategic goals.Distinctive Features: This funding opportunity requires patient advocate participation. The patient advocate will be a person living with, or a family member or caretaker of someone with, a disease or condition addressed in one of the congressionally directed FY26 PRMRP topic areas. Animal research is not allowed.Funding Details: The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) expects to allot roughly $16.8M to fund approximately four Lifestyle and Applied Health Research Award applications with total cost caps of $4.2M per award. The maximum period of performance is 4 years. It is anticipated that awards made from this FY26 funding opportunity will be funded with FY26 funds, which will expire for use on September 30, 2032. Awards supported with FY26 funds will be made no later than September 30, 2027.
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 HT942526PRMRPLAHRA. Register your organization (SAM.gov + Grants.gov) before the deadline, then submit the application package listed in the official notice.
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