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Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Discovery Award is sponsored by Department of Defense (DOD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). The FY26 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Discovery Award supports novel, untested, high-risk, high-reward research projects with the potential to provide new insights, paradigms, technologies, or applications.
The focus is on innovation, and proposed research should be pioneering and revolutionary, generating robust preliminary data for future scientific investigation or product development. Applications must not include preliminary data and must address a critical problem or question in a congressionally directed FY26 PRMRP topic area and one of the FY26 PRMRP portfolio-specific strategic goals.
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Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Discovery Award is funded by Department of Defense (DOD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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DoD Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI) is sponsored by Department of Defense (DoD) - Office of Naval Research (ONR). The Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI), administered by the Department of Defense Office of Naval Research, supports basic research in science and engineering at U. S.
SBIR SF254-D1206: Knowledge-Guided Test and Evaluation Frameworks for proliferated Low Earth Orbit Constellations is sponsored by U.S. Air Force. DOD SBIR topic SF254-D1206: Knowledge-Guided Test and Evaluation Frameworks for proliferated Low Earth Orbit Constellations. Component: U.S. Air Force. Command: SDA. Solicitation: DoD SBIR 2025.4. Phase(s): D2PII, II, SPII. Status: Pre-Release. Open date: 3/4/2026.
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