Opportunity Information: Apply for 22 DHA MHSR
The Military Health System Research (MHSR) Initiative is a Department of Defense funding opportunity run by the Defense Health Agency (DHA), with research topic areas guided by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OASD(HA)). It provides support through grants and cooperative agreements to build and strengthen research capacity inside and around the Military Health System (MHS). The larger purpose is to help the MHS continue its transition into a more integrated health system by generating practical, decision-ready evidence that advances the Quadruple Aim: improved health readiness, better health, better care, and lower cost.
At its core, MHSR is focused on health services and health systems research as it applies to military health care delivery. The initiative looks for studies that explain what drives access to care, costs and economic impacts, quality of care, variation in care across locations or populations, and patient and system outcomes in the military context. It emphasizes real-world factors that shape how care is delivered to Department of Defense beneficiaries, including active-duty service members, their families, and broader beneficiary populations. The opportunity is meant to uncover not just whether a program or approach works, but why outcomes differ, where inefficiencies occur, and which levers could improve performance across the system.
The research scope is intentionally broad and policy-relevant. Proposed work can examine how policies and governance affect delivery; how social and environmental factors shape health and care use; how financing and reimbursement structures influence incentives and spending; and how organizational structures, workflows, and operational processes affect patient experience, readiness, and clinical results. It also welcomes research on the role of health technologies (for example, digital tools, health IT, telehealth, analytics, and related innovations) and on human behaviors, such as patient engagement, clinician practice patterns, adherence, and decision-making. The common thread is that projects should help identify and characterize the drivers of efficiency and effectiveness across military health care delivery, producing insights that leaders can act on at both strategic (enterprise-level) and front-line (clinic, hospital, or unit-level) settings.
Administratively, this was posted as a discretionary funding opportunity by the Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, under Funding Opportunity Number 22 DHA MHSR and CFDA 12.007. The funding instruments include both cooperative agreements and grants, which typically means some awards may involve closer collaboration or substantial involvement by the government (especially under a cooperative agreement mechanism). Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to many entity types, subject to any additional eligibility details that may be provided in the full announcement text. The opportunity originally opened on February 1, 2021, and had an original closing date of September 30, 2021. The award ceiling was up to $10,000,000, with an expectation of about three awards, indicating a relatively competitive program that may support a small number of larger, high-impact projects.
Overall, MHSR is designed for applicants who can produce rigorous, applied evidence about how military health care works in practice and how it can be improved. The end product is not just academic knowledge, but actionable findings that support evidence-based policy and operational decisions, ultimately strengthening readiness and health outcomes while improving quality and controlling costs across the Military Health System.Apply for 22 DHA MHSR
- The Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Military Health System Research (MHSR)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.007.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 01, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 30, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $10,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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