At a glance
This program funds health services research on traumatic brain injury and psychological health, including comparative effectiveness, implementation of interventions and guidelines, health technology assessment, and validation of data science insights. Applications must include clinical research or clinical trials, and preliminary data are required; basic, preclinical, animal research, and research requiring exception from informed consent are not allowed. Eligible applicants include U.S. Department of War organizations and foreign or domestic, for-profit or nonprofit, public or private entities; awards are made to eligible organizations, not individuals. The announcement expects about $8.0 million total to fund about two awards, with a total cost cap of $4.0 million per award and a maximum project period of 4 years. Cost sharing is not required, and for studies prospectively enrolling human subjects, a community-based participatory research approach is required.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research Program (TBIPHRP) Health Services Research Award (HSRA) intends to fund high-impact research that bridges the gap between research, practice and policy by building real-world evidence on how interventions, clinical practices/guidelines, or policies can be deployed to targeted populations at the appropriate time. In order to meet this intent, the mechanism supports health services research approaches. Distinctive Features: · The HSRA will support health services research approaches that include comparative effectiveness research; implementation of interventions, diagnostics and clinical practices/guidelines; and validation of data science insights. · Applications must include clinical research or clinical trials . Prospective or retrospective clinical research or clinical trials involving human subjects, human subject data/records, and human anatomical substances are allowed. · Preliminary data are required. · Basic, preclinical and animal research are prohibited. · For research prospectively enrolling human subjects, inclusion of community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches is required. · Early-Career Investigator Partnering Option : This option accommodates two Principal Investigators (PIs), one of which is an Early-Career Investigator. If recommended for funding, each PI will receive a separate award.
Who can apply
- Unrestricted