DoD funding programs

When applying for a CDMRP grant, follow the funding opportunity announcement’s guidelines in combination with the General Application Instructions (GAI) guide for that research program. General formatting guidelines are highlighted in the checklists provided in each of the program folders linked below as well as Appendix 4 of any of GAI PDFs.

Access the Review and submit the proposal page for guidance on submission of the proposal, the grant manager should be contacted with questions (e.g., what documents transfer from SPS versus what is uploaded into grants.duke). 

Note: the preproposal stage is submitted through eBRAP (CDMRP’s system), while the full proposal is submitted through grants.duke

• General Application Instructions
• Writing Tips
• Research Classification Codes
• Letter of intent
• Biosketch
• Project narrative (if applicable) – see Program folders below for preproposal project narrative templates tailored to solicitation requirements
• Solicitations with required preproposals typically request the following documents, uploaded as individual files: References Cited and List of Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols.  

Templates for documents common across solicitations are linked directly below. See specific Program folders in the following accordion for additional documents as applicable (e.g., Technical Abstract, Lay Abstract, Impact Statement, Innovation Statement, Military Relevance, Partnership Statement)

• General Application Instructions
• Writing Tips
• Project narrative - see Program folders below for project narrative tailored to solicitation requirements
• Supporting Documentation (Program folders below include a checklist tailored to solicitation of interest, which will note documents to be bundled together to create the Attachment 2: Supporting Documentation PDF)
  • References Cited
  • List of Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols
  • Facilities, Equipment, and Existing Resources
    • Facilities and Resources Repository (access boilerplate language and contacts for facilities and resources to potentially support your project)
  • Publications and/or Patents
  • Letters of Support: Collaborating investigators; Collaborators that will provide access to research resources; Department Chair, DoD LOS, VA LOS
  • Sex as a Biological Variable Strategy
  • Data and Research Resources Sharing Plan; policy on data resource sharing
  • Intellectual and Material Property Plan (if applicable; see template for contact info for Office of Translation and Commercialization)
  • Commercialization Strategy (if applicable; see template for contact info for Office of Translation and Commercialization)
• Lay and Technical Abstracts: see Program folders below
• Statement of Work (fill out the one requested by your solicitation): Suggested format (editable Word document) and guidance/example for Generic, Clinical research
• Suggested Intragovernmental/Intramural Budget Form (if applicable)
• Biosketch
• Current/Pending Support
• Budget Justification
• Data Management Plan

Explore solicitations that were recently pursued by Duke faculty using the links below.  Included are the solicitation and general application instructions, a checklist for preapplication and full application documents, the programmatic panel roster, and templates tailored to the submission.

CDMRP program toolkits:

• Alcohol and Substance Abuse Disorders Research Program
• ALS Research Program
• Arthritis Research Program
• Autism Research Program
• Bone Marrow Failure Research Program
• Breast Cancer Research Program
• Chronic Pain Management Research Program
• Combat Casualty Care Research Program
• Combat Readiness Medical Research Program
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program
• Epilepsy Research Program
• Glioblastoma Research Program
• Gulf War Illness Research Program
• Hearing Restoration Research Program
• Lung Cancer Research Program
• Lupus Research Program
• Kidney Cancer Research Program
• Melanoma Research Program
• Military Burn Research Program
• Multiple Sclerosis Research Program
• Neurofibromatosis Research Program
• Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Parkinson’s
• Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Program
• Ovarian Cancer Research Program
• Pancreatic Cancer Research Program
• Parkinson’s Research Program
• Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s Research Program
• Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program
• Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program
• Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program
• Prostate Cancer Research Program
• Rare Cancers Research Program
• Reconstructive Transplant Research Program
• Scleroderma Research Program
• Spinal Cord Injury Research Program
• Tick-Borne Disease Research Program
• Toxic Exposures Research Program
• Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research Program
• Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program
• Vision Research Program

These toolkits are for DoD young investigator programs that support early-stage scientists and engineers who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. 

• AFOSR YIP toolkit (NOFOAFRLAFOSR20250006): The Air Force Office of Scientific Research FY26 Young Investigator Program (AFOSR YIP) supports early career STEM faculty in tenure-track appointments who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research in areas of interest identified in the BAA Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

  Upcoming deadlines: White paper (required): July 25, 2025; Full application: September 19, 2025

  This toolkit is updated annually.

• DARPA YFA toolkit (New FOA Pending): The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Young Faculty Award (DARPA YFA) supports innovative research in one of four open topics that are of interest to DARPA’s participating technical offices. Eligibility: Tenure-track and tenured faculty within 3 years of their tenure date. 

  Upcoming deadlines (anticipated): Executive summary (strongly encouraged): 11/18/2025; Full proposal: 2/5/2026

• ONR YIP toolkit (N0001425SF004): The Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (ONR YIP) supports early stage, tenure-track scientists and engineers who are in their first or second full-time tenure-track appointment and show exceptional promise for doing research in one or more of the ONR Technology and Research areas. 

  Upcoming deadline: August 1, 2025

  This toolkit is updated annually.

DoD DURIP toolkit (New FOAs pending): The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) provides funds for the acquisition of major research equipment or instrumentation to augment current or develop new research capabilities in support of research areas important to the DoD. DURIP is sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Army Research Office (ARO), and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR).  

Upcoming deadline: 2025 deadline has passed. Awaiting release of new opportunity.

This toolkit is updated annually. 

DoD MURI toolkit (ONR: N0001424SF002; ARO: W911NF24S0006; AFOSR: FOAAFRLAFOSR2024003): The Multidisciplinary Research Program of The University Research Initiative (MURI) is a DoD-wide program that supports multidisciplinary, high-risk basic research in science and engineering that is of interest to the DoD. 

Upcoming deadlines: White paper (optional but strongly recommended): Deadline has passed; Full application: 9/5/2025 

This toolkit is updated annually.