Funding Opportunity: DoD Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP)

The PRMRP aims to support medical research projects of clear scientific merit that lead to clear and impactful advances in the health care of service members, veterans, and beneficiaries across a wide range of relevant topics. To fulfill CDMRP’s mission of funding “bench-to-bedside research,” CDMRP PRMRP offers various funding mechanisms aligned to different phases of the research development pipeline, including basic research, translational research, and clinical trials/clinical research.  FY2026 Topic Areas include:

Accelerated Aging Processes Associated with Military Service

Angelman Syndrome

Burn Pit Exposure

Brain Injury Impact on Cardiac Health

Celiac Disease

Congenital Cytomegalovirus

Dystonia

Eating Disorders

Eczema

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Endometriosis

Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

Fibrous Dysplasia/McCune-Albright Syndrome

Food Allergies

Fragile X

Frontotemporal Degeneration

Gambling Addiction

Hepatitis B Hereditary and Acquired Ataxias Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)

Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome

Hydrocephalus Hypertrophic Dyschromia

Hypoxia

Infertility Associated with Military Aviators and Aviation Support Personnel

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Interstitial Cystitis

Intranasal Ketamine Anesthetics

Maternal Mental Health

Mitochondrial Disease

Musculoskeletal Health

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Myotonic Dystrophy

Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes

Pancreatitis Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS)

Peripheral Neuropathy

Polycystic Kidney Disease

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Prader-Willi Syndrome

Proteomics

Pulmonary Fibrosis

Respiratory Health

Rett Syndrome

Sarcoidosis

Scleroderma

Sickle Cell Disease

Sleep Disorders and Restriction

Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Suicide Prevention

Tuberculosis

Von Hippel-Lindau Disease

See more information here.

Please contact Dr. Karen Cielo, Director of Research Development, if you are interested in applying or would like to discuss the opportunity.