DoW Military Burn, Patient-Centered Research Award
Supports clinical research or clinical trials on combat burn care that generate patient-centered, clinically useful evidence for deployment in austere military operational settings; a mentorship option may also fund development of junior burn researchers alongside the study.
⚑ Must involve clinical research or clinical trials; preclinical and animal research are not allowed. · May use prospective or retrospective human subjects research or human subject data. · Mentorship Option available for a mentor plus one to two junior researchers at higher funding level. · Eligibility section was not provided in the notice excerpt; direct applicant eligibility for public universities is unclear from the text shown.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 58 good | portfolio topics: public_health, emergency_disaster_resilience; signature methods: surveys longitudinal; social/behavioral work is minor; funds applied research; eligibility unclear — verify in the NOFO; biomedical core — IPPRA health lane is communication/crisis/policy (capped); clinical-trial/biomedical core — IPPRA angle is policy/community (capped) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 55 good | technical depth: substantial; funds applied research |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 30 weak | funds applied research; deep-tech content |
Description
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 addressing a critical gap in combat burn care while simultaneously fostering the development of the next generation of military burn research leaders.
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View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Teresa M Parker-Reeser Grants Officer <help@eBRAP.org>
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