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DOW Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program Translational Research Award

Danielle Reckley Grantor·Government

This funding opportunity supports hypothesis-driven translational research to advance trauma care solutions that improve casualty survivability, patient care closer to the point of injury, and trauma care guidelines. It is intended for mature research projects with preliminary data, and may include research using well-validated animal models. The award is aimed at accelerating promising ideas and technologies toward practical use in combat readiness and medical response contexts.

Go / No-Go Memo

This opportunity looks relevant, but the strongest path is likely through a partner or consortium.

Partner

The opportunity is clearly research-focused and technically outside most direct Movement programming, with no explicit eligibility for IFRC or National Societies and no clear implementation pathway stated. It is also framed around combat readiness and trauma research, which limits practical relevance despite some indirect overlap with emergency medical response.

Strategic fit

strong

Academic is the strongest profile match at 80/100; relevance is 25/100.

Eligibility risk

strong

Eligible applicant types include Academic, Private_Sector, NGO, Government, and others.

Deadline feasibility

moderate

The call closes in 8 days, so proposal capacity is the main constraint.

Funding attractiveness

moderate

The tracked ceiling is $4.4M across 3 awards.

Partnership need

moderate

This may be stronger with a Academic lead or co-applicant based on fit scores.

Recommended next action

Ignore

Summary

The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Combat Readiness – Medical Research Program (CRRP) Translational Research Award (TRA) supports hypothesis-driven innovative, high-impact translational research that will accelerate the movement of promising ideas and/or technologies in trauma care into solutions to maximize casualty survivability, improve patient care closer to the point of injury and/or trauma care guidelines. Preliminary data are required. Research using well-validated animal models is allowed.

Distinctive Features

• **NEW for FY26** An investigator may be named as the Principal Investigator (PI) on only one FY26 CRRP TRA application. • Research supported by the FY26 CRRP TRA must represent a mature, translational research effort with a minimum biomedical technology readiness level (TRL) of 4 or knowledge readiness level (KRL) of 4.

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