Closed · HT942525DMDRPIDA · CFDA 12.420 · Discretionary
DOD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Idea Development Award
Federal grant opportunity posted by Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- August 8, 2025
- Close date
- 5
- Expected awards
The verdict
DOD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Idea Development Award is a closed discretionary listing from Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA that offered Varies by applicant across 5 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,795 other opportunities from Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA.
- Varies
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 5
- expected awards
- 12.420
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
DOD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is closed (last close August 8, 2025). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA still indexes 1,795 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed August 8, 2025
Est. Total Funding
$2,500,000
Expected Awards
5
Instrument
Grant
Description
Summary: The fiscal year 2025 (FY25) Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program (DMDRP) Idea Development Award (IDA) promotes new ideas that are still in the early stages of development and have the potential to yield impactful data and new avenues of investigation. This award supports conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate progress in improving outcomes for individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Applications should include a well-formulated, testable hypothesis based on strong scientific rationale.Distinctive Features: The FY25 DMDRP IDA mechanism has a New Investigator category for applicants early in their careers (i.e., within 10 years of their first faculty appointment or equivalent) or for established investigators new to DMD research.• The New Investigator – Early Stage category is designed to allow applicants early in their faculty appointments to compete for funding separately from established investigators.• The New Investigator – Transitioning category is designed for investigators in an area other than muscular dystrophy, at or above the level of Assistant Professor, seeking to transition to a career in DMD, thereby bringing their expertise to the field.Preliminary data relevant to DMD that supports the feasibility of the research hypotheses and research approaches are required.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HT942525DMDRPIDA
Grants.gov marks DOD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA book (1,791 peers, 100% of 1,796).
- Code 99
- Unrestricted / see official listing
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
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