This federal Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) provides $1,547,864.00 to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) to conduct research on genetically dissecting the neural circuits underlying anorexia nervosa. The research aims to advance scientific understanding and develop new treatment approaches for this condition, which disproportionately impacts military service members...
This $1,600,000.00 Project Grant awarded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program supports research at Baylor College of Medicine focused on developing new synthetic lethal combination therapies targeting TopBP1 and the arachidonic acid pathway for breast cancer treatment. The three-year award, with an end date of February 28, 2027, will fund basic, translational, and clinical research aimed at advancing scientific understanding and...
This $1,496,576.00 Project Grant award was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to support advanced biomedical research initiatives at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. The 4-year award, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2029, will fund research on therapies for classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a genetic disorder. As a prominent research university, Baylor College of Medicine has extensive expertise...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,239,998.00 from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports research by Baylor College of Medicine to investigate the progression from ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) to invasive basal-like breast cancer driven by the N-RAS gene. The research project aims to advance the understanding of this disease process with the potential to lead to improved diagnostic and treatment approaches. The award...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $802,500.00, was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program. The award supports preclinical gene therapy studies in a mouse model of TSC2 conducted by Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. The research aims to transform healthcare for military service members and the public through innovative and impactful biomedical research on genetic disorders. The award commenced on May 1,...
This $839,745 Project Grant awarded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) aims to improve care and outcomes for veterans with post-traumatic epilepsy. The grant was awarded to Baylor College of Medicine, a private health sciences university in Houston, Texas, to conduct research and develop new treatments in this area over the 3-year performance period from May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2027. As a leading academic medical center, Baylor...
This $1,200,000.00 Project Grant was awarded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The award will fund Baylor College of Medicine to conduct research on precision glycocalyx editing of the metastatic bone microenvironment over a three-year period from September 15, 2023 to September 14, 2026. As a private non-profit university, Baylor College of Medicine has extensive experience managing federal grants and contracts for biomedical...
The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Health Agency awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. The grant, effective April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2028, supports research to eliminate bone metastasis using a bone-targeting E-cadherin antibody nanogel. As a leading research institution, Baylor College of Medicine has extensive experience collaborating with federal agencies on...
The Project Grant award of $440,000.00 from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program will fund research by Baylor College of Medicine on "Biopolymers for Intestinal Healing and Immune Modulation to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease." The award period runs from January 15, 2025 to January 14, 2027. This grant supports advanced biomedical research initiatives focused on transforming healthcare for military service members and...
The Department of the Army Medical Command, through the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) federal grant program, awarded a $1,229,872 Project Grant to Baylor College of Medicine to fund "THE CLINICAL AND GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS COMPLEX". This three-year grant, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028, supports advanced biomedical research initiatives focused on transforming healthcare for...