Closes in 7 daysOpportunity HT942526TBIPHRPHSRA

DoW Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Health Services Research Award

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · Department of Defense

At a glance

DoW Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Health Services Research Award is an open federal grant opportunity from the Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA (Department of Defense). Applications are due October 15, 2026. Total estimated funding is $8M across about 2 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 21, 2026Posted
Oct 15, 2026Application deadlinenext date
Sep 30, 2027 (est.)Est. award date
Nov 14, 2026Archived

Posted: May 21, 2026
Close date: Oct 15, 2026
Archive date: Nov 14, 2026
Est. award date: Sep 30, 2027
Award floor: Not specified
Award ceiling: Not specified
Est. total funding: $8,000,000
Expected awards: 2
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary

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) Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research Program (TBIPHRP) Health Services Research Award (HSRA) intends to fund high-impact research that bridges the gap between research, practice and policy by building real-world evidence on how interventions, clinical practices/guidelines, or policies can be deployed to targeted populations at the appropriate time. In order to meet this intent, the mechanism supports health services research approaches.

Distinctive Features:

· The HSRA will support health services research approaches that include comparative effectiveness research; implementation of interventions, diagnostics and clinical practices/guidelines; and validation of data science insights.

· Applications must include clinical research or clinical trials. Prospective or retrospective clinical research or clinical trials involving human subjects, human subject data/records, and human anatomical substances are allowed.

· Preliminary data are required.

· Basic, preclinical and animal research are prohibited.

· For research prospectively enrolling human subjects, inclusion of community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches is required.

· Early-Career Investigator Partnering Option: This option accommodates two Principal Investigators (PIs), one of which is an Early-Career Investigator. If recommended for funding, each PI will receive a separate award.

How to apply

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Read the full announcement (NOFO)Eligibility, evaluation criteria, page limits and required attachments are in the full notice on Grants.gov. Open ↗
Confirm eligibility and fitCheck your organization type above; no cost sharing is required.
Register (or renew) in SAM.gov and get a UEIFree. New registrations can take several weeks; registrations must be renewed every year. Open ↗
Set up Grants.gov accessCreate a Grants.gov account and make sure someone has the Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) role. Open ↗
Open the application packageUse opportunity number HT942526TBIPHRPHSRA on Grants.gov (Grants.gov Workspace). Open ↗
Prepare narrative, budget and attachmentsFollow the notice's format exactly — page limits and required forms are common reasons applications are rejected.
Ask the agency contact any questions earlyTeresa M Parker-Reeser Grants Officer · help@eBRAP.org Open ↗
Submit before October 15, 2026Submit a few days early and keep your Grants.gov confirmation and validation emails.

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)

Teresa M Parker-Reeser Grants Officer
help@eBRAP.org
3016192171

Quick answers

When is the deadline for “DoW Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Health Services Research Award”?

According to the official notice, applications are due October 15, 2026. Confirm the deadline and submission time on Grants.gov before applying.

Who is eligible to apply for “DoW Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Health Services 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 Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Health Services Research Award”?

Per the notice, total estimated program funding is $8,000,000 and the agency expects to make about 2 awards.

How do I apply for “DoW Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Health Services Research Award”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity HT942526TBIPHRPHSRA), 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.

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