Focused Research Program – Funding Level 1 – HT942526HRRPFRA
- Letters of Intent due 25 August 2026
- up to USD$400,000 over 2 years
- supports exploratory, high-risk and high-reward research in the earliest stages of development.
- must have the potential to yield new avenues of investigation, such as new approaches, research tools or paradigms
- preliminary data not required but must provide solid rationale of the research idea and demonstrate sufficient expertise on the investigating team.
- must address at least one of the focus areas
- Apply here
- Document – Program Announcement – HT942526HRRPFRA_GG
Focused Research Program – Funding Level 2 – HT942526HRRPFRA
- Letters of Intent due 25 August 2026
- up to USD$1.2M over 3 years
- includes Partnering PI Option
- supports the advancement of research toward clinical translation
- may address any phase of research from basic through translational.
- preliminary data required
- must address at least one of the focus areas
- Apply here
- Document – Program Announcement – HT942526HRRPFRA_GG
Focus Areas
- Improve and accelerate the translation of biological regeneration or repair mechanisms into clinical applications. The HRRP strongly encourages research addressing the damage, repair and regeneration of the auditory system after military-relevant injuries.
- Develop diagnostic tests that differentiate sensory, neural, synaptic and central processing disorders that may inform applicability and outcomes for current or future hearing restoration therapeutics.
- Develop reliable in vitro human models to facilitate the understanding, derivation and characterization of human auditory cells and/or to facilitate the evaluation of hearing restoration therapies.
