Deployed Warfighter Protection FY27
Funds original and innovative applied R&D to develop insecticides, improved insecticide formulations, personal protection technologies, and more effective/sustainable pesticide application equipment to protect deployed military personnel from arthropod vectors and biting pests.
⚑ Designed for advanced technology development rather than basic research. · Focused on deployed military protection against arthropod vectors and nuisance biting arthropods. · No eligibility restrictions were provided in the notice excerpt; verify full FOA for any institutional or citizenship limits.
This is an applied entomology/vector-control and biomedical protection program centered on insecticides, personal protective technologies, and pesticide application systems. IPPRA’s strengths are public opinion, risk communication, weather/environmental hazards, and policy evaluation, so this is largely outside the team’s research line aside from very indirect risk or communication angles.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-09-25
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| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 70 strong | technical depth: substantial; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 45 partial | portfolio topics: public_health, national_security_defense, environment (primary); social/behavioral work is none; funds applied research; capped at 45 (limited social-science role) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 40 partial | funds applied research; prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
Description
The DWFP Program’s mission is to protect deployed military personnel from arthropod vectors of medically relevant disease pathogens, including (but not limited to) arthropod disease vectors of tick-borne pathogens and mosquito-borne arboviruses, as well as nuisance biting arthropods and emerging arthropod threats such as the New World Screwworm fly. The DWFP Program seeks to fund original and innovative research that supports the Advanced Technology Development of new insecticides, or improved formulations of existing insecticides for vector control, new technology or enhanced modalities of personal protection from biting arthropods, or improved efficacy and sustainability of equipment for application of pesticides.
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View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Alexander Z Mayatte Grantor <alexander.z.mayatte.civ@army.mil>
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