Veterans Education And Research Association Of Michigan

Veterans Education And Research Association Of Michigan, doing business as Veterans Education & Research Association, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that receives federal research grants as a prime recipient (70% of recent awards) and participates in subordinate roles on multi-institutional research projects. The organization operates as a grant recipient rather than a federal contractor and holds no federal contract vehicle positions.

The vendor's recent federal grant footprint centers on medical and life-sciences research funded by the Defense Health Agency and the National Institute on Aging. Prime grant work includes a project grant from the Defense Health Agency awarded June 15, 2026, addressing mechanisms driving osteoblast-mediated control of prostate cancer bone metastasis (three-year term through June 14, 2029), and a National Institute on Aging project grant awarded September 30, 2021, investigating effects of noise exposure across the lifespan on balance and stability in older adults (term through May 31, 2027). As a sub-recipient, the organization participates in multi-institutional studies: a January 5, 2026 sub-award from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio examining treatment response in veterans with PTSD; a September 30, 2025 sub-award from Johns Hopkins University on pressure-limited ventilation in hypoxemic respiratory failure (DRIVE-USA); and a June 3, 2025 sub-award from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center investigating liver metastases and cancer-associated cachexia in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients.

Customer concentration runs across Department of Defense medical agencies and the National Institutes of Health. The Defense Health Agency accounts for five awards across the ten-award portfolio; the Department of the Army Medical Command, two awards; and the National Institute on Aging, one award. Over the past five years, activity has remained modest — two awards in 2016, one each in 2020 and 2021, and two each in 2025 and 2026. The organization faces one recompete or completion event within the next twenty-four months. Combined potential value across all awards is $68 thousand, though combined dollars obligated ($32.9 million) substantially exceed this figure, reflecting multi-year funding commitment to active research programs.