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NEWS RELEASE

Released: February 19, 2025

Department of Defense
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program (JWMRP)
Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25)

The FY25 Defense Appropriations Bill has not been signed into law. The CDMRP is unable to release new funding opportunities under the current Continuing Resolution. The CDMRP is providing pre-announcement information to allow investigators time to plan and develop ideas for submission to anticipated funding opportunities should the CDMRP receive FY25 appropriations. Pre-announcements should not be construed as an obligation or promise by the government. Once funding is available, CDMRP funding opportunities will be posted on the Grants.gov website. Pre-application and application deadlines will be available when opportunities are released, contingent upon future funding.

The FY25 Defense Appropriations Act is anticipated to provide funding for the Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program (JWMRP) to augment and accelerate progress toward critical Department of Defense (DOD) medical capability gaps and requirements through the continuation of research and development initiatives that were previously supported by DOD core and/or DOD congressionally directed funding and that are close to achieving their objectives and yielding a benefit to military medicine. Funds shall be awarded following a review of military medical research and development gaps, as well as unfinanced medical requirements of the Services. The CDMRP at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) is the program office managing these anticipated FY25 funding opportunities.

The JWMRP is providing the information in this pre-announcement to allow investigators time to plan and develop ideas for submission to the anticipated FY25 funding opportunity. The FY25 JWMRP funding opportunity announcement for the following award mechanism will be posted on the Grants.gov website. Pre-application and application deadlines will be available when the announcements are released.

Applications submitted to the FY25 JWMRP must address one or more of the following focus areas:

  • Non-vaccine approaches to prevent endemic diarrheal disease and broad-spectrum antivirals to prevent and/or treat emerging or endemic infectious diseases, excluding malaria
  • Solutions to mitigate hemorrhage and support resuscitation, including blood, biologics, and therapeutics
  • Solutions to prevent and treat injuries due to temperature extremes (e.g., heat exhaustion, heat stroke, hypothermia, and frostbite)
  • Solutions to support forward treatment of musculoskeletal injuries (MSKI) and reduce impact of MSKI on operational effectiveness
  • Medical countermeasures to radiation exposure, including pre-exposure prophylaxis, biodosimetry inclusive of rapid screening and diagnostic tools, and post-exposure treatments, excluding cytokines


Award Mechanism Eligibility Key Mechanism Elements Funding
Military Medical Research and Development Award (MMRDA) Extramural and intramural applicants
Independent investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent)
  • Pre-application is required; application submission is by invitation only.
  • Applicants must have already received DOD core or DOD congressionally directed prior-year funding for the same research and/or development project being proposed for logical continuation under this funding opportunity.
  • Funds shall not be used for new projects or for basic research.
  • Proposed projects must be a continuation of projects currently at Technology Readiness Level 5 or above.
  • The MMRDA is intended to support a wide range of research projects, spanning late-stage preclinical studies, late-stage technology development efforts, technology demonstration, and translational research.
  • The MMRDA - Clinical Research/Trial Option is intended to specifically support clinical research/observational studies, all phases of clinical trials/interventional studies, and correlative studies in support of the development of promising pharmaceutical or biologic candidates, medical devices, and technologies.
  • Must address at least one of the FY25 JWMRP Focus Areas.
 MMRDA:
  • Maximum funding of $1.5M for total costs (direct plus indirect costs)
  • Maximum period of performance is 3 years
MMRDA - Clinical Research/Trial Option:
  • Maximum funding of $3M for total costs (direct plus indirect costs)
  • Maximum period of performance is 3 years

A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) prior to the pre-application deadline. All applications must conform to the final funding opportunity announcements that will be available for downloading from the Grants.gov website. The application package containing the required forms for each award mechanism will also be found on Grants.gov. A listing of all CDMRP and other USAMRDC extramural funding opportunities can be obtained on the Grants.gov website by performing a basic search using Assistance Listing Number (ALN, formerly CFDA) 12.420.

Submission deadlines are not available until the funding opportunity announcements are released. For email notification when announcements are released, subscribe to program-specific news and updates under "Email Subscriptions" on the eBRAP homepage. For more information about the JWMRP or other CDMRP-administered programs, please visit the CDMRP website (https://cdmrp.health.mil).


Point of Contact:

CDMRP Public Affairs
301-619-9783
usarmy.detrick.medcom-cdmrp.mbx.cdmrp-public-affairs@health.mil


Last updated Wednesday, February 19, 2025