DoW Reconstructive Transplant, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Supports investigator-initiated reconstructive transplant research projects with strong scientific rationale and military-relevant utility, spanning basic through translational and preclinical or human-subjects studies but excluding clinical trials.
⚑ Clinical trials are not allowed. · Must address at least one FY26 RTRP Focus Area. · Military relevance is required; collaboration with military researchers/clinicians encouraged but not required. · Preliminary and/or published data required/recommended to support rationale.
This is a biomedical/clinical reconstructive transplant program centered on patient care, preclinical models, and military trauma recovery, which is far outside IPPRA’s social-behavioral risk, policy, energy, weather, and education evaluation lines. The team might only touch it tangentially via public-health framing, but none of the listed researchers has a program in transplant or clinical surgical research.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-08-27
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 58 good | portfolio topics: public_health, national_security_defense; social/behavioral work is minor; funds applied research; eligibility unclear — verify in the NOFO; biomedical core — IPPRA health lane is communication/crisis/policy (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: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Reconstructive Transplant Research Program (RTRP) Investigator-Initiated Research Award supports studies that have the potential to make an important contribution to reconstructive transplant research, patient care, and/or quality of life. All projects must demonstrate solid scientific rationale with military-relevant utility. The Investigator-Initiated Research Award does not support clinical trials .
Distinctive Features:
· Scope: Applications may focus on any phase of research from basic through translational, including preclinical studies in animal models, and clinical research in human subjects or human anatomical substances.
· Study Design and Feasibility: The study design should be rigorous and support maximal reproducibility and translational feasibility. A strong statistical plan with appropriate power analysis is important.
· Impact: Project results should have the potential for long- and short-term impact on the reconstructive transplant research field and/or patient community. Projects should address at least one of the FY26 RTRP Focus Areas.
· Preliminary Data: Preliminary and/or published data that are relevant to reconstructive transplantation and support the rationale for the proposed research must be included.
· Military Relevance: All projects must be responsive to the health care needs of military Service Members and/or Veterans recovering from traumatic injury, and/or their Family members, caregivers, or clinicians, as well as the general public. Collaboration with military researchers and clinicians is encouraged but not required.
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