DoW Military Burn, Discovery Award

<p><strong>Summary:</strong> The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Military Burn Research Program (MBRP) Discovery Award supports innovative, untested, groundbreaking research that provides new insights and explores early concepts in combat-relevant burn care that provide the foundation for future translational and/or clinical research. The proposed project may be exploratory, hypothesis-driven, or hypothesis-generating research, but must be novel and must be based on a strong scientific rationale and a well-developed study design.<strong style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"><em> </em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Distinctive Features:</strong><strong style="color: red;"> </strong>The focus of this award mechanism is innovation. Proposed research should lay the groundwork for future avenues of scientific investigation or product development in the area of combat-relevant burn care. The outcome of research supported by this award should be the generation of robust preliminary data that can be used as a foundation for groundbreaking future research projects.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>