US Department of Defense Spinal Cord Injury Research Program
The Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) is part of the US Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs. Among its strategic priorities, the SCIRP seeks innovative and impactful research that develops, tests, and validates promising interventions to address bowel, genitourinary, neuropathic pain, cardiopulmonary or autonomic dysfunction across the life span of people with SCI. For FY2026, the SCIRP offers 4 award mechanisms:
| Total Cost Amount | Duration | |
| Investigator-Initiated Research Award | Up to $960K | 3 years |
| Clinical Translation Research Award | Up to $2.16M | 3 years |
| Translational Research Award | Up to $2.16M | 3 years |
| Clinical Trial Award | Up to $4.96M | 4 years |
Pre-proposals must be submitted to the Electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) by August 3, 2026.