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OpenDoW Autism Idea Development Award
Federal funding opportunity HT942526ARPIDA from Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA (Department of Defense).
Apply on Grants.gov →Application closes October 22, 2026
- Posted
- May 21, 2026
- Closes
- October 22, 2026
- Program funding
- $2,250,000
- Expected awards
- 3
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 12.420
- Archives
- November 21, 2026
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 12.420 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $1.4B
- FY2025 obligated
- $1.3B
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $329.9M
- Awards in window
- 5,781
Top recipients: The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., The Univeristy of Texas M.d. Anderson Cancer Center, Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, the, The Johns Hopkins University, University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed July 2026
Synopsis
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Autism Research Program (ARP) Idea Development Award supports the development of innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate progress in improving outcomes for Autistic individuals. This award mechanism is designed to support innovative ideas with the potential to yield impactful data and new avenues of investigation.
Distinctive Features: Applications are strongly encouraged to address one of the FY26 ARP Idea Development Award Areas of Interest or provide justification that the proposed research addresses a critical problem, question, or need in autism.
Partnering Principal Investigator (PI) Option: The Partnering PI Option is structured so that two investigators, each of whom will be designated as a PI, will work synergistically on a single project. The results of this partnering project should significantly advance the research beyond what would be possible through individual efforts.
Who can apply
- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
How to apply
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