This Project Grant award of $1,074,000.00 from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports the production of cultured red blood cells for sickle cell disease patient support at Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc. in Boston, Massachusetts. The award has a performance period from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2029. The Military Medical Research and Development program funds advanced biomedical research to transform healthcare for...
This $2,488,002.00 Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports a multi-year research effort by the University of Colorado-Denver to develop biomarkers for detecting acute, subacute, and chronic organ injury following neonatal congenital heart disease surgery. The research aims to improve diagnostic capabilities and treatment outcomes for this patient population. The award runs from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2028, and...
The Department of Defense's Defense Health Agency has awarded a $866,250 Project Grant to the Trustees of Boston University, doing business as the Boston University Medical Campus, under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant, awarded on July 1, 2024, will fund a research project titled "TARGETING TRANSCRIPTIONAL NETWORKS DIRECTING IMMUNE EVASION IN PROGRESSIVE BRONCHIAL PREMALIGNANT LESIONS" through June 30, 2027. As a leading private research...
This $240,897 Project Grant, awarded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program, will support integrative transcriptomic and epigenomic profiling of subependymal giant cell astrocytoma at single-cell resolution. The award was made to Duke University's Office of Research Administration on August 1, 2025, with a period of performance through July 31, 2027. The Military Medical Research and Development program funds advanced biomedical...
This $691,213 Project Grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command, under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), supports research into bioengineered 3D human brain systems to investigate risk factors, mechanisms, and treatments for traumatic brain injury-induced Alzheimer's disease. Tufts University is the primary awardee and will conduct research. Massachusetts General Hospital will provide $691,213 in research services as a sub-awardee. The overarching...
The Department of the Army Medical Command awarded $1.59 million to Children's Hospital Medical Center under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) for the period of June 15, 2022 to June 14, 2025. The project aims to investigate whether there is a point of convergence between congenital heart disease and autism by supporting basic, applied, and advanced biomedical research to transform military and public health care. The Military Medical Research and Development...
The U.S. Department of Defense's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) awarded a $330,000 project grant to Trustees of Boston University, doing business as the Boston University Medical Campus. The grant, awarded on March 15, 2024, will fund research to enhance lymphatic function using transplanted muscle cells after bacterial infection. The research aims to improve medical care for military service members, veterans, and their families. Boston University, a leading...
This Project Grant award, valued at $3,062,579.00, was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to The Children's Hospital Corporation, doing business as Boston Children's Hospital. The award will support an integrated research approach to identify biopsychosocial aspects of pain in individuals with fibrous dysplasia/McCune-Albright syndrome over a period of 4 years, from April 2025 to April 2029. As a premier pediatric...
The Defense Health Agency awarded a $682,049 Project Grant to The Washington University under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant will fund a research project from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026 to leverage a precision medicine platform to predict novel therapies for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. The Military Medical Research and Development program supports basic, applied, and advanced biomedical research to transform military and public...
This $1,354,428 Project Grant awarded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) will fund a family-centered e-health intervention to promote patient and caregiver well-being in adolescent and emerging adult pediatric brain tumor survivors. The grant was awarded to the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, which will serve as the prime awardee. The project duration is from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2028. The...