Military Medical Research and Development (12.420)
Military Medical Research and Development (Assistance Listing 12.420) is run by the Defense Health Agency, part of the Department of Defense. It awarded $6.9 billion in 5,470 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $1.3 million per award on average. 28 funding opportunities are open or forecast now.
The typical award was $791,554. Half of the 5,470 awards fell between $465,000 and $1.4 million, and they ranged from $763 to $433 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$6.9 billion
- Grant awards5,470
- Typical award$791,554
- Awarded in FY 2025$1.3 billion
- Size rank71 of 1824
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreements, project grants
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $1.3 billion in fiscal 2021 to $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 71st largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 35% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 49 states and territories.
What the program funds
Through the support of basic, applied, and advanced biomedical research: (1) to transform health care for Service Members and the American public through innovative and impactful research; (2) to investigate medical solutions for the battlefield with a focus on various areas of biomedical research, including military infectious diseases, combat casualty care, military orthopedic medicine, toxic exposures, clinical and rehabilitative medicine, respiratory health, neuroscience, blast injury and regenerative medicine; and (3) to fund novel approaches to biomedical research in response to the expressed needs of Congress.
Open opportunities
- DoW Reconstructive Transplant, Concept Award
- DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Idea Development Award
- DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
- DoW Bone Marrow Failure, Resource Development Award
- DoW Reconstructive Transplant, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
- DoW Parkinson’s, Early Investigator Research Award
- DoW Parkinson’s, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
- DoW Vision, Clinical Trial Award
- DoW Vision, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
- DoW Vision, Translational Research Award
- DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Translational Research Award
- DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Clinical Trial Award
- DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Clinical Translation Research Award
- DoW Spinal Cord Injury, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
- DoW Joint Warfighter Medical, Military Medical Research and Development Award
- DoW Orthopaedic, Applied Research Award
- DoW Orthopaedic, Clinical Research Award
- DoW Rare Cancers Idea Development Award
- DoW Rare Cancers Resource and Community Development Award
- DOW Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program Translational Research Award
- DoW Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2
- DoW Breast Cancer, Clinical Research Extension Award
- DoW Toxic Exposures Clinical Trial Award
- DoW Toxic Exposures Investigator Initiated Research Award
- DoW Toxic Exposures Translational Research Award
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
See each NOFO for requirements specific to that announcement.
What the money can and cannot pay for
Grant and cooperative agreement awards provide funds to develop science and technology capabilities in specific areas of interest identified in each funding opportunity announcement. Notices of funding opportunity may be called Broad Agency Announcements or Program Announcements. Recipients must strictly conform to all applicable Federal, Department of War (DoD) and War Health Agency (DHA) requirements for conducting research, including regulatory requirements involving human subjects, human anatomical substances, human cadavers, and animals.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Deadlines
Several Program Announcements are issued through the year for this Assistance Listing. See the individual Program Announcement or Broad Agency Announcement for deadlines associated with that particular program. Current Program Announcements and Broad Agency Announcements are available at: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
This Assistance Listing supports approximately 30 or more programs each year. Overall, awards are expected to range from $100,000 to $20M (consortium) depending on the funding priorities, anticipated number of awards, and project activity/scope within each program for an award period, on average, of 3 to 4 years. The maximum award amount, if any, is specified in each Program Announcement or Broad Agency Announcement.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2017: No Current Data Available.Fiscal Year2018: Gulf War Illness Research ProgramFiscal Year2020: Traumatic Brain Injury Research ProgramFiscal Year2021: Hearing Restoration Research ProgramFiscal Year2022: Combat Readiness-Medical Research ProgramFiscal Year2023: Spinal Cord Injury Research Program - Clinical trial, clinical translational research, translational research, and investigator-initiated research projectsFiscal Year2025: Military Burn Research Program - Patient-centered research, technology/therapeutic development, and clinical translational research projects
Funding history and past recipients
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.
Who usually wins
Colleges and universities received 59% of the money, nonprofits 33% and businesses 4.2%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colleges and universities | 3,640 | $4.1 billion | 59% |
| Nonprofits | 1,551 | $2.3 billion | 33% |
| Businesses | 148 | $290 million | 4.2% |
| Small businesses | 114 | $214 million | 3.1% |
| Other | 14 | $63.8 million | 0.9% |
| State and local governments | 3 | $398,601 | less than 0.1% |
By state
47 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 302 | $793 million |
| California | 608 | $751 million |
| Texas | 517 | $598 million |
| Massachusetts | 482 | $586 million |
| New York | 456 | $508 million |
| Pennsylvania | 339 | $410 million |
| Ohio | 206 | $256 million |
| North Carolina | 172 | $245 million |
| Florida | 205 | $236 million |
| Washington | 152 | $203 million |
| Minnesota | 116 | $175 million |
| Illinois | 140 | $159 million |
| Colorado | 96 | $122 million |
| Virginia | 88 | $122 million |
| Wisconsin | 85 | $119 million |
| Michigan | 130 | $118 million |
| Connecticut | 85 | $110 million |
| Tennessee | 84 | $93.2 million |
| Utah | 51 | $87.1 million |
| Missouri | 81 | $80.5 million |
| Georgia | 76 | $79.6 million |
| Indiana | 75 | $75.2 million |
| Arizona | 52 | $74.7 million |
| Kentucky | 43 | $69.3 million |
| Alabama | 60 | $66.4 million |
| New Jersey | 53 | $57.2 million |
| Oregon | 47 | $53.5 million |
| Louisiana | 21 | $31.5 million |
| District of Columbia | 35 | $28.3 million |
| Iowa | 28 | $28.2 million |
| Nebraska | 37 | $27.7 million |
| Oklahoma | 28 | $27.4 million |
| Kansas | 24 | $25.4 million |
| New Mexico | 16 | $24.9 million |
| New Hampshire | 16 | $20.9 million |
| Vermont | 8 | $19.5 million |
| Arkansas | 20 | $17.6 million |
| South Carolina | 25 | $16.5 million |
| Maine | 11 | $10.7 million |
| Rhode Island | 15 | $10.0 million |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | $8.4 million |
| Mississippi | 6 | $3.4 million |
| Delaware | 5 | $2.1 million |
| Montana | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Nevada | 4 | $1.5 million |
| South Dakota | 4 | $1.1 million |
| Hawaii | 2 | $1.1 million |
| West Virginia | 1 | $480,485 |
| North Dakota | 1 | $87,481 |