Open (posted) · Grant
DoW Vision, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA, Department of Defense
Key facts
Copied from the official Grants.gov record. Last verified October 29, 2026.
- Program name
- DoW Vision, Investigator-Initiated Research Award
- Issuing agency
- Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA (Department of Defense)
- Opportunity number
- HT942526VRPIIRA
- Funding type
- Grant
- Funding purpose
- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Status
- Open (posted)
- Application deadline
- Closes November 12, 2026(13 days left)
- Published award range
- Not published by the agency
- Estimated total program funding
- $4,400,000
- Expected number of awards
- 5
- Cost sharing or match required
- No
- Eligible applicants (official categories)
- Unrestricted (open to any type of entity, subject to any clarification in Additional Information on Eligibility)
- Relevant to
- Businesses and NonprofitsHow we determined this: Grants.gov lists eligibility as Unrestricted.
- Geographic restrictions
- None stated in structured data (federal opportunities are often nationwide). Check the eligibility details and full announcement for any limits.
- Assistance Listing (CFDA)
- 12.420
- Official source
- View on Grants.gov ↗
- Application URL
- www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/362184 ↗Apply through Grants.gov (Workspace) using the application package on the official listing, unless the full announcement names a different submission system.
- Source identifier
- Grants.gov opportunity ID 362184 · Funding opportunity number HT942526VRPIIRA
- Posted
- May 5, 2026 · Source last updated May 6, 2026
- Last verified
- October 29, 2026 (against Grants.gov)
- Data completeness
- 83% of key fields published by the sourceNot published: published funding range, eligibility criteria text.
- Record confidence
- highVerified against the official source; key fields present; no open issues.
Description (from the official listing)
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Vision Research Program (VRP) Investigator-Initiated Research Award (IIRA) supports basic through early translational research that will yield highly impactful discoveries or major advancements in the research and/or patient care of eye injury and/or visual dysfunction related to military exposure. The IIRA may be used to support preclinical studies and/or clinical research. Research must align with at least one of the FY26 VRP Focus Areas. The IIRA cannot be used to support clinical trials. Distinctive Features: · The IIRA offers two Funding Levels to support research at different stages and the exploration/development of ideas of different maturity levels. · Funding Level 2 includes a Partnering Principal Investigator (PI) Option (PPIO) for two PIs, an Initiating PI and a Partnering PI. · Scored peer review criteria include Research Idea/Rationale, Research Strategy and Feasibility, Impact, and Personnel. · Programmatic review criteria include adherence to the intent of the IIRA, contribution to the VRP portfolio, relative impact, and relevance to military health. · The VRP may share FY26 IIRA applications and reviews with the National Eye Institute (NEI) for independent funding consideration. https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2026/vrppreann
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