Federal Project Grant Award Summary

The Defense Health Agency (DHA) awarded The Geneva Foundation a $1.25 million Project Grant on September 15, 2026, under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to establish a burn registry during large-scale combat operations. The three-year project, scheduled for completion by September 14, 2029, will be performed in Tacoma, Washington. This initiative supports the DHA's mission to advance biomedical research addressing Service Member health and battlefield medicine by developing a centralized registry to capture clinical data and outcomes from burn casualties sustained during large-scale military operations, enabling evidence-based improvements to burn injury management protocols and clinical care standards for military personnel.

The Geneva Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit biomedical research organization, will leverage its extensive experience in military medical research and combat casualty care to design, implement, and maintain the registry infrastructure. The foundation's recent work in related areas—including prior DHA grants for extracorporeal immunomodulation to reduce inflammation after severe burns and septicemia ($4.4 million, November 2025) and blood transfusion optimization ($2.3 million)—demonstrates relevant technical capability. Outcomes from this registry are expected to generate clinical insights and data that inform future treatment protocols and contribute to the broader portfolio of DHA-supported research on combat trauma and mass casualty management.