Project Grant HT9425261E151
- Federal Grant Award Summary Florida State University's Sponsored Research Administration Division received a $1.2 million Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), awarded November 1, 2026, with completion targeted for October 31, 2030. The project, titled "Targeting Exertional Dyspnea in Deployed Veterans Using Time-Efficient, High-Resistance Inspiratory Muscle Training," will develop and evaluate an...
- The federal Project Grant award, funded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), supports a $1,126,946 research initiative aimed at cardiovascular risk profiling of deployment-related respiratory diseases. The grant was awarded on November 1, 2024 to the Veterans Bio-Medical Research Institute, Inc., a non-profit research organization located in East Orange, New Jersey. This translational research project investigates innovative...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) received a $2.19 million Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), effective May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2029. This four-year research initiative addresses toxicant-mediated pulmonary hypertension in Southwest Asia veterans, supporting advanced biomedical research designed to transform healthcare for military service members and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Defense Health Agency (DHA) awarded Veterans Medical Research Foundation of San Diego a $2,074,865 Project Grant effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029, under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The award funds research to develop machine learning algorithms that utilize pre-intervention supraspinal functional connectivity imaging data to predict patient responsiveness to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation, Inc. (BVMRF) received a $1.96M Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to conduct a multimodal molecular study examining active pathophysiological pathways of blast injury and neurotrauma in military tactical training operations. The award, effective September 15, 2025, through September 14, 2029, supports advanced biomedical research...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Veterans Medical Research Foundation of San Diego received a $4.8 million Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2029. This award funds a hybrid Type I evaluation of integrative health care interventions for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), combining rigorous clinical trial methodology with implementation...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) received a $2.39 million Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2029. The award funds biomedical research investigating the molecular basis of post-injury syndrome and mineralization disorders, with particular focus on decoding inflammatory mechanisms underlying these conditions. This research...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Defense Health Agency (DHA) awarded The Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation, Inc. (BVMRF) a Project Grant totaling $1,499,912 under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), effective June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2028. The primary deliverable under this award is a clinical research study investigating the safety, tolerability, and outcomes of psilocybin treatment in veterans with spinal cord injury. This research...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Defense Health Agency (DHA) awarded $770K to the South Florida Veterans Affairs Foundation For Research And Education, Inc. under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to conduct a three-year research project running from August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2029. The project, titled "Sphingolipids and Eicosanoids from Plasma and Tear Fluid as Disease-Relevant Biomarkers in Gulf War Illness," seeks to identify and validate...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research received a $482,708 Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to support research combining therapeutic acute intermittent hypoxia and respiratory-triggered diaphragm pacing to restore breathing function in chronic cervical spinal cord injury. The three-year project, which commenced September 30, 2025 and concludes...
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) awarded The Veterans Bio-Medical Research Institute Inc. a $1.64 million Project Grant under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) effective November 1, 2026, through October 31, 2030. The grant funds research investigating time-efficient, high-resistance inspiratory muscle training as a therapeutic intervention to address exertional dyspnea (shortness of breath during physical activity) in deployed veterans. This research effort will be conducted at the institute's primary facility in East Orange, New Jersey, with collaboration across academic and medical research partners including Nova Southeastern University, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Delaware, and Rutgers University. The project represents part of the DHA's broader portfolio supporting biomedical research addressing Service Member and veteran health conditions. Through peer and programmatic review processes, this award was selected to advance clinical solutions for deployment-related respiratory dysfunction, a condition affecting the military population. The four-year award period aligns with typical Military Medical Research and Development grant structures, which generally support three- to four-year project periods ranging from $100,000 to $20 million depending on scope and funding priorities.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 5/19/26 | ||
| Not listed | $1.6m | 4/30/26 |