# DoW Tick-Borne Disease Therapeutic/Diagnostic Research Award

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/ht942526tbdrptdra-dow-tick-borne-disease-therapeutic-diagnostic-research-award/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/362174

> Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA offered grants to any type of organization. It expected to make about 2 awards worth $2.6 million in total. Applications closed on October 22, 2026.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | HT942526TBDRPTDRA |
| Agency | Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | October 22, 2026 |
| Award ceiling | not stated |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 2 |
| Total funding | $2.6 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 12.420 |

## Who can apply

- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

## What the grant funds

Summary: The intent of the fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Tick-Borne Disease Research Program (TBDRP) Therapeutic/Diagnostic Research Award (TDRA) is to support product-driven therapeutic and diagnostic development research aimed at reducing the burden of Lyme disease and/or other tick-borne diseases and conditions, and improving patient care and/or quality of life. Treatment-focused applications should be therapeutic evaluation studies designed to advance new ideas aimed at drug or treatment discovery that are still in the early/preclinical stages of development. Diagnosis-focused applications should propose diagnostic approaches that will be readily integrated into clinical settings. https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2026/tbdrppreann

## Questions people ask

### Is HT942526TBDRPTDRA still open?

No. It closed on October 22, 2026. A newer notice is open: HT942526BCRPCREA2, closes November 18, 2026 (11 days left).

### Who can apply for DoW Tick-Borne Disease Therapeutic/Diagnostic Research Award?

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

### What is the deadline for DoW Tick-Borne Disease Therapeutic/Diagnostic Research Award?

Closed October 22, 2026. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

About $2.6 million in total across about 2 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.