DOD Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Discovery and Research Advancement Awards – 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: Thursday 16th, July 2026
Description
Discovery Award
The FY26 PRMRP Discovery Award intends to support innovative, untested, non-incremental,
high-risk/potentially high-reward research that will provide new insights, paradigms,
technologies or applications. 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 a well-developed study design and plan of analysis. The PRMRP expects studies
supported by this award to lay the groundwork for future avenues of scientific investigation or
product development. The outcome of research supported by this award should be the
generation of robust preliminary data that can be used as a foundation for groundbreaking
future research projects.
Research Advancement Award
The FY26 PRMRP Research Advancement Award (RAA) supports fundamental research
studies that will make an important contribution towards research, patient care, and/or quality of
life for a disease or condition related to one of the congressionally directed FY26 PRMRP topic
areas and one of the FY26 PRMRP strategic goals. The intent of the award mechanism is to
support basic research that is exploratory in nature and seeks to further or validate preliminary
findings for short- and long-term impact. Research projects may focus on any stage of basic
laboratory research (ranging from fundamental research for the generation of knowledge,
hypothesis, or models) to expansion of mature data.
To view the PRMRP funding opportunity announcements and submit a pre-application, visit https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ProgramFY.htm?programFYId=719111
Pre-Application Due: July 16, 2026
Application Due: July 30, 2026