DoW Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health, Health Services Research Award

The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Health Research Program (TBIPHRP) Health Services Research Award (HSRA) intends to fund high-impact research that bridges the gap between research, practice, and policy by building real-world evidence on how interventions, clinical practices/guidelines, or policies can be deployed to targeted populations at the appropriate time. The mechanism supports health services research approaches, including comparative effectiveness research, implementation of interventions, diagnostics, and clinical practices/guidelines, and validation of data science insights. Applications must include clinical research or clinical trials, and preliminary data are required. The award will support research that addresses the prevention, screening, diagnosis, or prognosis of psychological health conditions and/or traumatic brain injuries (TBI), as well as novel and repurposed interventions to improve outcomes. • The HSRA will support health services research approaches that include comparative effectiveness research; implementation of interventions, diagnostics, and clinical practices/guidelines; and validation of data science insights. • Applications must include clinical research or clinical trials, and prospective or retrospective clinical research or clinical trials involving human subjects, human subject data/records, and human anatomical substances are allowed. • Preliminary data are required, and basic, preclinical, and animal research are prohibited. • For research prospectively enrolling human subjects, inclusion of community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches is required. • The Early-Career Investigator Partnering Option accommodates two Principal Investigators (PIs), one of which is an Early-Career Investigator, and each PI will receive a separate award if recommended for funding.