DoW Military Burn, Patient-Centered Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · Military Medical Research and Development (12.420)
Posted 21 May 2026 · 20 days left
In plain terms
The US Defense Health Agency funds clinical research and trials on burn care in military operational settings, with a total programme budget of 3.4 million US dollars and a new mentorship option for junior researchers. Applications from any type of US organisation or individual are open from 21 May to 21 October 2026.
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Summary
Summary: Despite significant research investment in combat-relevant burn care, a disparity exists between newly discovered knowledge in burn care and its implementation into clinical practice across the distributed operational battlespace. The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Military Burn Research Program (MBRP) Patient-Centered Research Award (PCRA) seeks to bridge the gap between research, practice, and policy by developing a knowledge base that provides clinically useful findings about how interventions, clinical practices, guidelines, tools, and policies can be deployed to burn patients in an austere, resource-limited, military operational environment.
Distinctive Features:
· This award mechanism must support clinical research or clinical trials but cannot support preclinical or animal research. Applications may propose prospective or retrospective research involving human subjects or human subject data.
· New for FY26: The FY26 PCRA offers a Mentorship Option at a higher funding level to support a synergistic relationship between an experienced researcher (Mentor) and one to two junior researchers (Mentees). The dual purpose of this award is to fund a primary research study…
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Who can apply
- ngo_cso
- academia_research
- private_company
- government
- social_enterprise
- individual
- un_agency
- community_based_org
- other
Eligibility and conditions
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Applicant types: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"