The Defense Medical Research and Development Program (DMRDP) is directed by the Defense Health Program Enhancement initiative (DHPe), in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (ASD[HA]). The DMRDP is funded via non-Congressional Special Interest appropriated dollars. Program execution is managed by the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), with program priorities identified by Joint Program Committees (JPCs) focused on Combat Casualty Care, Military Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine, Military Infectious Diseases, and Military Operational Medicine. Intramural and Extramural research projects are funded via the DMRDP to promote Program objectives, including discovery and exploration of innovative approaches to protect, support, and advance the health and welfare of military personnel, families, and communities; acceleration of the transition of medical technologies into deployed products; and acceleration of the translation of advances in knowledge into new standards of care for injury prevention, treatment of casualties, rehabilitation, and training systems that can be applied in theater or in the clinical facilities of the Military Health System. The USAMRMC Offices of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) and the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) are involved in program management at various execution milestones.
Congressional Appropriations
- $94.5 million in FY10
- $58.7 million in FY11
Funding Summary for Extramural Awards
- 67 Awards in FY10
- FY10 Applications Recommended for Funding
Joint Program Committees
