Combat Readiness-Medical Research Program (CRRP)
Helps Combat Readiness Medical Research Program for improve warfighter survivability and battlefield trauma care.
The Combat Readiness-Medical Research Program (CRRP) is a CDMRP translational research competition under the Army Medical Research and Development Command. For FY26 it has $5 million to support work that improves warfighter survivability and battlefield trauma care. CRRP uses a single Translational Research Award mechanism and follows an annual cycle. Awards can reach $2.45 million in total costs over up to three years, structured as a two-year base with a one-year optional research phase. The program requires preliminary data, and the process begins with a mandatory pre-proposal before an invitation-only full application. For-profit, nonprofit, university, and research organization applicants are eligible; individuals are not. The best fit is a team with hypothesis-driven trauma research that can move toward battlefield use, including diagnostics, triage, point-of-injury treatment, or pre-hospital readiness. Because the program is explicitly translational, applications need to show both scientific credibility and an operational end point. Strong proposals are usually the ones that can justify the work with existing data and connect it to combat conditions without overreaching beyond the evidence.
No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.