DoW Tick-Borne Disease Idea Development Award
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA
Program funding
$3,500,000
- Opportunity #
- HT942526TBDRPIDA
- Agency
- Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA
- ALN (CFDA)
- 12.420
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- May 5, 2026
- Closes
- Oct 22, 2026
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Cost sharing required
- No
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"
Synopsis
Summary: The intent of the fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Tick-Borne Disease Research Program (TBDRP) Idea Development Award (IDA) is to support conceptually innovative research that could lead to impactful discoveries or significant advancements that will accelerate progress toward reducing the burden of Lyme disease and/or other tick-borne diseases and conditions, and improving patient care and/or the quality of life. Applications should propose research that is conceptually innovative, introduces a new concept or question, challenges existing paradigms, approaches issues from a new perspective, or exhibits other uniquely creative qualities; and should not merely be a next logical step or an incremental advance on published data or ongoing research.
Distinctive Features: A Career Development Option is available to eligible early-career investigators who propose to conduct impactful mechanism-relevant research under the mentorship of an experienced tick-borne disease researcher(s). Applications submitted under the IDA – Career Development Option (IDA-CDO) will be reviewed using separate, career development-specific evaluation criteria by a separate, dedicated peer review panel; and are subject to a lower cost limit than those submitted under the standard IDA.
https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2026/tbdrppreann
Contact
Ebony S Simmons Grantor · help@eBRAP.org