Translational Research Service
- Client
- Maryland
- RFP Number
- EXTRA-70010
- Posted
- 5/22/2026
- Category
- Professional, Consulting, Administrative or Management Support Services
- Budget
- Looking for Proposals
- NAICS
- —
- Set-aside
- —
- Contact
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Description
AI GeneratedThe Maryland-based government authority is seeking translational research services to accelerate the movement of promising ideas in military-related toxic exposure research into clinical applications. The agency aims to transition these ideas into health care products, interventions, technologies, and clinical practice guidelines. Through this initiative, the buyer wants to identify strategies that can anticipate, identify, monitor, and prevent the adverse effects of exposures to toxic substances. The scope of work requires understanding the full range of effects from military-related environmental and toxic exposures to aid in predicting and preventing these outcomes. The selected vendor must investigate the mechanisms of multigenerational effects of military-related toxic exposures and the impact of these exposures on reproductive health. Additionally, the project covers identifying biological and psychosocial variables and risk factors that can impact disease outcomes from toxic exposures. The agency also requires the development, adaptation, validation, or optimization of monitoring tools, such as personal devices to detect and characterize individual environmental exposures. Only onshore organizations based in the United States are eligible to compete for this opportunity. The government authority expects the performance of the work to occur offsite and is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from EXTRA 70010 2026 05 22 08 50 04 G5gk6 YK9S7 TOL7W.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity is soliciting applications for the FY26 Toxic Exposures Research Program Translational Research Award. The grant supports translational research that accelerates military-related toxic exposure research into clinical applications. Foreign and domestic, for-profit, non-profit, public, and private extramural and intramural organizations are eligible to apply.
- Issued by
- Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity
- Pre-Application Submission Deadline
- 5:00 p.m. ET, August 19, 2026
- Invitation to Submit an Application
- October 1, 2026
- Application Submission Deadline
- 11:59 p.m. ET, November 19, 2026
- End of Application Verification Period
- 5:00 p.m. ET, November 24, 2026
- Peer Review
- January 2027
- Programmatic Review
- March 2027
- How to submit
- Electronic via eBRAP for pre-applications; Grants.gov Workspace or eBRAP for full applications
- Submission details
- Pre-application submitted via eBRAP. Invited full applications submitted via Grants.gov for extramural entities or eBRAP for intramural DOW entities. Individual files uploaded as PDF.
- Contract term
- 3 years
- Estimated value
- $1.5M total cost cap per award; total funding pool of $6.0M for approximately four awards
- Place of performance
- Offsite
- Funding
- DOD / DHA Toxic Exposures Research Program (TERP), Assistance Listing 12.420, 2 CFR 200, DoDGARs 32 CFR Chapter I Subchapter C
How proposals are evaluated
| Scientific and technical merit (Peer Review) | |
| Programmatic Review factors | |
| Budget appropriateness |
Scope of work
- Accelerate promising ideas in military-related toxic exposure research into clinical applications, healthcare products, interventions, technologies, or guidelines
- Strategies to anticipate, identify, monitor, and prevent adverse effects of toxic exposures
- Understanding the full range of effects from military-related environmental and toxic exposures
- Understanding mechanisms of multigenerational effects and reproductive health impacts of toxic exposures
- Identify biological and psychosocial variables and risk factors impacting disease outcomes
- Develop, adapt, validate, or optimize monitoring devices to detect individual environmental exposures
Minimum qualifications
- Independent investigators at all career levels
- Active SAM.gov registration
- Active eBRAP.org registration
- Active Grants.gov registration
- Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)
Documents to include with the bid
- SF424 Research & Related Application for Federal Assistance Form
- Attachment 1: Project Narrative
- Attachment 2: Supporting Documentation
- Attachment 3: Technical Abstract
- Attachment 4: Lay Abstract
- Attachment 5: Statement of Work
- Attachment 6: Translation Statement
- Attachment 7: Impact and Military Relevance
- Attachment 8: Post-Award Transition Plan
- Attachment 14: Representations
Verify important details
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