DOD Military Burn Research Program (MBRP) – Pre-Application
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline: RIS Review not required for pre-application
External Deadline: Tuesday 7th, July 2026
Description
The Military Burn Research Program (MBRP) released program announcements for the following funding opportunities:
- Discovery Award
The FY26 MBRP Discovery Award is intended to support innovative, untested, non-incremental,
groundbreaking research that provides new insights, paradigms, technologies, or applications in
combat-relevant burn care. The proposed project may be exploratory, hypothesis-driven, or
hypothesis-generating research, but must be novel and must be based on a strong scientific
rationale and logical reasoning with a well-developed study design, methodology and data
analysis plan. The MBRP expects studies supported by this award to lay the groundwork for
future avenues of scientific investigation or product development for burn care delivered in an
austere, resource-limited, distributed combat operational environment. The outcome of research
supported by this award should be the generation of robust preliminary data that can be used as
a foundation for future research projects leading to improved combat-relevant burn care. - Technology/Therapeutic Development Award
The MBRP TTDA is a product-driven award mechanism intended to provide support for the
translation of promising preclinical findings into burn products for clinical application in an
austere, resource-limited, distributed operational environment, particularly within the prehospital, and/or early, acute phase of care. - Patient Centered Research Award
The MBRP wishes to close the gap between the development of new knowledge in burn care
and the problems inherent in delivering highly effective burn care practices to the burn-injured
Warfighter at the point of need. While hospitals across the United States have access to stateof-the-art, research-based diagnostics and treatments for burn patients, it is difficult to bring an
equivalent level of care to the battlefield. This funding opportunity aims to bridge that gap. The
goal of the FY26 MBRP PCRA is to fund studies that facilitate the implementation of the best
burn care practices into a resource-limited, distributed operational battle space both on land and
at sea.
To view the MBRP funding opportunity announcements and submit a pre-application, visit https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ProgramFY.htm?programFYId=727102
Pre-Application Due: July 7, 2026
Application Due: October 21, 2026