Final Opportunity: Applications for MISSION ZERO Trauma Grants Due Wednesday, August 31

Applications for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s Military Civilian Partnership for the Trauma Readiness Grant (MISSION ZERO) program are due tomorrow, August 31. Apply via the grants.gov website.

The grant supports and builds military-civilian partnerships that will improve the nation's response to public health and medical emergencies while exposing combat casualty care providers to severely injured trauma patients when not deployed. The grant will defray the administrative costs that civilian trauma centers incur and may be used to train and integrate military trauma care providers into these facilities.

An additional requirement is that an applying trauma center must have in place an existing agreement with the Secretary of Defense that enables military teams/providers to work at their facility. The MISSION ZERO grant program was funded at $2 million for the first time in 2021, thanks in part to the direct advocacy efforts of the ACS, the Committee on Trauma, and the continued support of and collaboration with the Military Health System Strategic Partnership ACS.

Details about the grant and eligibility can be found in the Funding Opportunity Announcement. Access it by navigating to the “Related Documents” tab on the grant web page.