ClosedResearch announcementOpportunity HT942526HRRPFRA

DoW Hearing Restoration Focused Research Award

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · Department of Defense

At a glance

DoW Hearing Restoration Focused Research Award is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA (Department of Defense). The application deadline was September 10, 2026. Total estimated funding is $2.8M across about 3 awards. The notice is unrestricted by applicant type, subject to any clarifications in the notice. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 12.420 (Military Medical Research and Development).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

May 4, 2026Posted
Sep 10, 2026Application deadline
Oct 10, 2026Archivednext date

Posted: May 4, 2026
Close date: Sep 10, 2026
Archive date: Oct 10, 2026
Award floor: Not specified
Award ceiling: Not specified
Est. total funding: $2,800,000
Implied average award: $933,333 calculated
Expected awards: 3
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Typical awards for this program (SAM.gov listing for ALN 12.420, not this notice): This Assistance Listing supports approximately 30 or more programs each year. Overall, awards are expected to range from $100,000 to $20M (consortium) depending on the funding priorities, anticipated number of awards, and project activity/scope within each program for an award period, on average, of 3 to 4 years. The maximum award amount, if any, is specified in each Program Announcement or Broad Agency Announcement.

Implied average = estimated total funding ÷ expected number of awards, calculated by GrantsJunction. Actual awards vary.

Who can apply

Unrestricted (any entity type)

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Hearing Restoration Research Program (HRRP) Focused Research Award (FRA) supports promising research that accelerates drug discovery and therapeutic development for hearing restoration after military-relevant auditory system injury. The FRA may be used to support preclinical studies and/or clinical research. Research must align with at least one of the FY26 HRRP Focus Areas. The FRA cannot be used to support clinical trials, tinnitus research or vestibular research.

Distinctive Features:

• The FRA offers two Funding Levels to support research at different stages and the exploration/development of ideas of different maturity levels.

• Funding Level 2 includes a Partnering Principal Investigator (PI) Option (PPIO) for two PIs, an Initiating PI and a Partnering PI.

• Scored peer review criteria include Research Idea/Rationale, Research Strategy and Feasibility, Impact, and Personnel.

• Programmatic review criteria include adherence to the intent of the FRA, contribution to the HRRP portfolio, relative impact, and relevance to military health.

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

12.420Military Medical Research and DevelopmentProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 12.420

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$1.48B

FY25

$1.2B

FY26

— est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 12.420. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

Ebony S Simmons Grantor
help@eBRAP.org
301-619-2105

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “DoW Hearing Restoration Focused Research Award”?

The notice lists eligibility as unrestricted — open to any type of entity — subject to clarifications in the notice's additional eligibility information.

How much funding is available through “DoW Hearing Restoration Focused Research Award”?

Per the notice, total estimated program funding is $2,800,000 and the agency expects to make about 3 awards.

How do I apply for “DoW Hearing Restoration Focused Research Award”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity HT942526HRRPFRA), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

OpenResearchALN 12.420