PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To reduce illness and injury among U.S. military personnel on the battlefield through basic and applied medical research executed largely through grants and contracts with civilian educational and research institutions.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. EDUCATION;
- Medical Education and Training;
2. HEALTH;
- Specialized Health Research and Training;
3. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Research - Specialized;
- Information and Technical;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Public nonprofit institution/organization;
- Other public institution/organization;
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans);
- Private non-profit institution/organization;
- Quasi-public non-profit organization;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Other public institution/organization;
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans);
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Quasi-public non-profit institution/organization;