Assistance program
Research and Development
$94.1 Million committed in FY2019–FY2026
- Agency
- Va Health Administration Center, Veterans Affairs, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 64.054
- What it does
- In accordance with the provisions of Title 38 U.S.C. 7303, this part sets forth the mechanism for VA medical facilities to submit applications for VA employees to conduct research for the purpose of improving Veterans’ health and well-being. Investigator-initiated research proposals is the foundation to achieving the Office of Research and Development (ORD) mission to discover knowledge, develop VA researchers and health care leaders, and create innovations that advance health care for our Veterans.
- Who benefits
- VA Research's fundamental mission is to advance the healthcare of Veterans.
- Who applies
- The Principal Investigator (PI) and any Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) must have employment status of at least 25 hours per week (5/8ths) and activities that demonstrate a primary professional commitment to VA, including research, patient care, teaching, committee work, etc.. The eligibility of each prospective PI (and Co-PI) must be established prior to the funding of a research proposal.
- Authorized by
- Veterans Health Care, Capital Asset, and Business Improvement Act of 2003
- Program site
- http://www.research.va.gov/ ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Grants
$84.9M
90%
Other
$9.2M
10%
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
- How it's paid
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments