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Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Research Advancement Award supports fundamental research studies that will make an important contribution towards research, patient care, and/or quality of life for a disease or condition related to one of the congressionally directed FY26 PRMRP topic areas and one of the FY26 PRMRP portfolio-specific strategic goals.Distinctive Features: Applications must include preliminary data. The Research Advancement Award supports use-inspired basic research to further or validate preliminary findings for short- and long-term impact. Proposed research projects may range from hypothesis testing to expansion of mature data.Funding Details: The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) expects to allot roughly $19.6M to fund approximately 14 Research Advancement Award applications with total cost caps of $1.4M 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.
Funding Opportunity Number: HT942526PRMRPRAA. Assistance Listing: 12.420. Funding Instrument: CA,G. Category: ST. Award Amount: $19.6M total program funding.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $19.6M total program funding. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Research Advancement Award are due July 30, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Yes — DoW Peer Reviewed Medical, Research Advancement Award is offered by Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA and this listing comes from Grants.gov, an official U.S. federal source. Federal applications generally require registrations (for example SAM.gov or an agency submission portal), so allow extra lead time.
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Past winners and funding trends for this program
Between FY2021 and FY2025, the Defense Health Agency made 8,861 awards totaling about $7.0 billion to 684 recipients, with a median award of $772,480. The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine ($548.9 million) and The Johns Hopkins University ($155.5 million) were among the top recipients, and 65 percent of recipients won more than one separate award.
| Organization | Total awarded |
|---|---|
| The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, INC.(MD) | $548.9M |
| The Univeristy of Texas M.d. Anderson Cancer Center(TX) | $168.0M |
| The Johns Hopkins University(MD) | $155.5M |
| Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, the(CA) | $147.2M |
| University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education(PA) | $124.0M |
| Duke University(NC) | $123.5M |
| The General Hospital Corporation(MA) | $117.0M |
| Ohio State University, the(OH) | $100.6M |
Linked organizations have Granted profiles. Top recipients of Defense Health Agency assistance awards, FY2021–FY2025, ranked by total obligations (CFDA 12.42.x). Source: USAspending. Last verified July 2026.
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