Finding Military Funding Opportunities

Department of Defense funding is available for research in cancer, telemedicine, behavioral research, and microbiology, among many others.

Branches of the Military with University Research Funding

Funding is channeled through the branches of the military listed here. Look for Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs), which often announce university funding.

Army - Clinical

Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP):
Ovarian, prostate, breast cancer funding and more.

Army - Medical
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Broad Agency Announcement, BAA 02-1: infectious diseases, HIV, combat casualty care, telemedicine & more.

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Army - Basic Science

Army - Basic Science and More Basic Science and Biotechnology
U.S. Army Research Office (ARO)

Army - Behavioral Sciences

Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Part 1 & Part 2

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Navy

University Research & Education
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
See also Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs).

Air Force

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
GrantDoctor, Research Funding from the Department of Defense. Science Next Wave 2002 Nov 8.

Databases Listing Federal and Private Funding Opportunities

• FedBizOpps
  Official place where U.S. Department of Defense funding announced.
• Community of Science (COS)
  If you want to look at just one resource to find funding opportunities, this is it.
• Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS)
  Another good funding database for searching for military funding.

Articles

• Frequently Asked Questions
  Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
  
  
• How to Become a Participant in Defense Research
  An introduction to "DoD speak.
  
  
• Newsday 2003 Jan 5 A post-9/11 trend seen as hurtful to science; universities balk as U.S puts strings on research funding. (requires UWNetID)
  
  
• Youngs-McCaughan S, Rich IM, Lindsay GC, Bertram KA. The Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program: Innovations in the federal funding of biomedical research. Clin Cancer Res 2002 Apr;8(4):957-62.
  
  
• Reifman J, Gilbert GR, Fagan L, Satava R. Military research needs in biomedical informatics. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2002 Sep-Oct;9(5):509-19.
  

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Last revised 09/25/03