DoW Epilepsy Leveraging Research Award

The FY26 Epilepsy Leveraging Research Award funds basic, translational, or clinical research that repurposes or expands existing research resources to improve understanding of post-traumatic epilepsy and related conditions. Applicants must be eligible U.S. Department of War organizations, including intramural and extramural, foreign and domestic, for-profit and nonprofit, and public or private entities; the principal investigator can be any career level but may be named on only one FY26 ERP Leveraging Research Award application. The program expects to fund about two awards with about $1.6 million total, with a maximum of $800,000 in total costs per award and a maximum project period of 3 years. Cost sharing is not required. There are no stated geographic restrictions, but the research must address at least one epilepsy focus area and may not involve painful research on domestic cats or dogs except for military or service animals.