DoW Vision, Translational Research Award
Apply on Grants.gov →Application closes November 12, 2026
- Posted
- May 5, 2026
- Closes
- November 12, 2026
- Program funding
- $1,600,000
- Expected awards
- 1
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 12.420
- Archives
- December 12, 2026
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 12.420 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $1.3B
- FY2026 obligated
- $598.5M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 4,414
Top recipients: The Univeristy of Texas M.d. Anderson Cancer Center, Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, the, University of California, Los Angeles, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Vision Research Program (VRP) Translational Research Award (TRA) supports translational research that transforms a promising discovery into new drugs, devices or clinical practice guidelines that are ready for definitive testing in clinical trials during or by the end of the period of performance. The TRA may be used to support preclinical studies, clinical research or a pilot clinical trial, but not a full-scale clinical trial. Research must align with at least one of the FY26 VRP Focus Areas.
Distinctive Features:
· If developing new drugs or device(s), the research team must include expertise in the regulatory approval process.
· The TRA includes a Partnering Principal Investigator (PI) Option (PPIO) for two PIs, an Initiating PI and a Partnering PI.
· Scored peer review criteria include Research Idea/Rationale, Research Strategy and Feasibility, Impact, Personnel and Post-Award Transition Plan.
· Programmatic review criteria include adherence to the intent of the TRA, contribution to the VRP portfolio, relative impact and relevance to military health.
· The VRP may share FY26 TRA applications and reviews with the National Eye Institute (NEI) for independent funding consideration.
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"
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