Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
Disease- and topic-specific programmes set annually by Congress, several of which fund psychosocial, caregiving and military-family research that has no obvious NIH home.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)Ranges enormously by programme, from small idea awards to large consortia.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Apr, May, Jun, JulNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual programme announcements once appropriations set the topic list.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Open to a wide range of organisations. Consumer and survivor reviewers sit on the panels, so the lay abstract carries real weight.
- SSWR clusters
- Special Interest Groups
- Topics
- military families · caregiving · consumer reviewers · idea awards
- Apply at
- https://cdmrp.health.mil/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
Also on the Military Service Members, Veterans and Their Families shelf
- Health Systems ResearchU.S. Department of Veterans AffairsAmount not published · Several times a year · Mar, Jul, Nov
- Research grantsAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention$30k–$200k · Annual cycle · Oct, Nov
- Grants for veterans, service members and their familiesBob Woodruff Foundation$25k–$500k · Annual cycle
- FY26 Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research Program (TBIPHRP) Health Services Research AwardU.S. Department of Defense — Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), Defense Health Agencyup to $4M · Annual cycle · May, Sep, Oct
- Under Secretary's Award in Health Systems ResearchU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development — Health Systems Research$50k per year · Annual cycle · Aug, Sep
- Public Humanities ProjectsNational Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Public Programsup to $750k · Annual cycle · Dec