Open · HT942526TBDRPIDA · CFDA 12.420 · Discretionary

DoW Tick-Borne Disease Idea Development Award

Federal grant opportunity posted by Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Open
Status
17d
Days left
5
Expected awards

The verdict

DoW Tick-Borne Disease Idea Development Award is an open discretionary opportunity from Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA, offering Varies by applicant across 5 expected awards. Applications close in 17 days. PlainGrants indexes 1,795 other opportunities from Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA.

Varies
award range
Open
17 days left
5
expected awards
12.420
CFDA program

Tight application window

DoW Tick-Borne Disease Idea Development Award (HT942526TBDRPIDA) closes in 17 days on October 22, 2026. Award band Varies by applicant across 5 expected awards. Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA lists 1,795 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Validate SAM.gov registration before drafting; amendments on Grants.gov can move the deadline.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

17 days left to apply

Posted May 5 → closes Oct 22, 2026

Urgent window
Posted May 5 Closes Oct 22

Est. Total Funding

$3,500,000

Expected Awards

5

Instrument

Grant

Description

Summary: The intent of the fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Tick-Borne Disease Research Program (TBDRP) Idea Development Award (IDA) is to support conceptually innovative research that could lead to impactful discoveries or significant advancements that will accelerate progress toward reducing the burden of Lyme disease and/or other tick-borne diseases and conditions, and improving patient care and/or the quality of life. Applications should propose research that is conceptually innovative, introduces a new concept or question, challenges existing paradigms, approaches issues from a new perspective, or exhibits other uniquely creative qualities; and should not merely be a next logical step or an incremental advance on published data or ongoing research. Distinctive Features: A Career Development Option is available to eligible early-career investigators who propose to conduct impactful mechanism-relevant research under the mentorship of an experienced tick-borne disease researcher(s). Applications submitted under the IDA – Career Development Option (IDA-CDO) will be reviewed using separate, career development-specific evaluation criteria by a separate, dedicated peer review panel; and are subject to a lower cost limit than those submitted under the standard IDA.https://cdmrp.health.mil/pubs/press/2026/tbdrppreann

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HT942526TBDRPIDA

Grants.gov marks DoW Tick-Borne Disease Idea Development Award 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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What to do next

DoW Tick-Borne Disease Idea Development Award is open with Varies by applicant awards and 17 days left on the clock.

  • Submit through Grants.gov (HT942526TBDRPIDA) - verify SAM.gov registration and the current NOFO before drafting. Official listing
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