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

• Research Classification Codes
• Letter of intent
• Biosketches: NIH format (allowed), with example; DOD format
  • Solicitations with preproposals also typically require biosketches for key personnel (NIH or DoD format), uploaded as a single combined file.
• 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)

• 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
  • Letter(s) of Organizational Support
  • Data and Research Resources Sharing Plan; policy on data resource sharing
  • Letters of Collaboration
  • Use of DoD Resources (if applicable)
  • Use of VA Resources (if applicable)
  • 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)
• Biosketches: NIH format (allowed), with example; DOD format
• Previous/Current/Pending Support
• Budget Justification
• Project/Performance Site Location(s) Form
• 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

AFOSR YIP toolkit (FOA-AFRLAFOSR20240004): Air Force Office of Scientific Research FY24 Young Investigator Program supports early stage, tenure-track scientists and engineers who are in a full-time appointment and 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 deadline (anticipated): June 2025 

DARPA YFA toolkit (DARPARA2501): Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Young Faculty Award 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: Executive summary (strongly encouraged): 11/18/2024, full proposal: 2/5/2025 

DoD DURIP toolkit (FOAAFRLAFOSR20240000): Defense University Research Instrumentation Program 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 (anticipated): February 2025 

DoD MURI toolkit (New FOA pending): Multidisciplinary Research Program of The University Research Initiative is a DoD-wide program that supports multidisciplinary, high-risk basic research in science and engineering that is of interest to DoD. 

Upcoming deadlines: White papers (optional but strongly recommended): TBA, full proposal: TBA 

ONR YIP toolkit (N0001424SF004): Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program 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 1 or more of the ONR Technology and Research areas. 

Upcoming deadline (anticipated): April 2025