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HT942525DMDRPIDA: DOD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Idea Development Award

Closed Closed August 8, 2025 Opportunity HT942525DMDRPIDA

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: DoW Breast Cancer, Clinical Research Extension Award (HT942526BCRPCREA2). Status: Closes November 18, 2026 (11 days left). It is in our archive of Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA notices from 2025.

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA offered grants to any type of organization. It expected to make about 5 awards worth $2.5 million in total. Applications closed on August 8, 2025.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed May 23, 2025. Checked November 7, 2026.

Other notices with this title

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA has posted this title under other numbers: earlier or later rounds, or the same competition for another area. Each has its own dates and may change its rules.

NoticePostedDeadlineStatus
HT942524DMDRPIDAMay 7, 2024Closed August 22, 2024Closed
HT9425-23-DMDRP-IDAJune 6, 2023Closed August 23, 2023Closed
W81XWH-22-DMDRP-IDAJune 6, 2022Closed November 15, 2022Closed
W81XWH-21-DMDRP-IDAMay 27, 2021Closed December 1, 2021Closed

Key dates

PostedMay 1, 2025
DeadlineAugust 8, 2025
Archived by Grants.govSeptember 7, 2025

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

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What the grant funds

Summary: The fiscal year 2025 (FY25) Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program (DMDRP) Idea Development Award (IDA) promotes new ideas that are still in the early stages of development and have the potential to yield impactful data and new avenues of investigation. This award supports conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate progress in improving outcomes for individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Applications should include a well-formulated, testable hypothesis based on strong scientific rationale. Distinctive Features: The FY25 DMDRP IDA mechanism has a New Investigator category for applicants early in their careers (i.e., within 10 years of their first faculty appointment or equivalent) or for established investigators new to DMD research. • The New Investigator – Early Stage category is designed to allow applicants early in their faculty appointments to compete for funding separately from established investigators. • The New Investigator – Transitioning category is designed for investigators in an area other than muscular dystrophy, at or above the level of Assistant Professor, seeking to transition to a career in DMD, thereby bringing their expertise to the field. Preliminary data relevant to DMD that supports the feasibility of the research hypotheses and research approaches are required.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Who has won Military Medical Research and Development grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Military Medical Research and Development (12.420) awarded $6.9 billion across 5,470 grant awards, an average of $1.3 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.Maryland81$546 million
The Univeristy of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterTexas139$166 million
The Johns Hopkins UniversityMaryland157$153 million
The Regents of the University of California, San FranciscoCalifornia113$147 million
Duke UniversityNorth Carolina86$123 million

Top states: Maryland ($793 million), California ($751 million), Texas ($598 million), Massachusetts ($586 million), New York ($508 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, HT942526BCRPCREA2, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is HT942525DMDRPIDA still open?

No. It closed on August 8, 2025. A newer notice is open: HT942526BCRPCREA2, closes November 18, 2026 (11 days left).

Who can apply for DOD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Idea Development Award?

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA accepted applications from any type of organization.

What is the deadline for DOD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Idea Development Award?

Closed August 8, 2025. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

About $2.5 million in total across about 5 awards.

Who has won Military Medical Research and Development grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., The Univeristy of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins University. The program made 5,470 awards worth $6.9 billion in that time.

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