Opportunity Information: Apply for HU000122USU0001
The FY2022 Wounded Warrior Service Dog Project (WWSDP) is a U.S. Department of Defense grant opportunity managed through the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). Its central purpose is to expand access to highly trained service dogs for wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans with documented disabilities, while also strengthening the broader service dog field through better training approaches, continuous learning, innovation, and higher industry standards. A key point of the program is that eligible service members and veterans are to receive appropriately trained service dogs matched to their specific disabilities at no cost to them, which makes the funding primarily aimed at supporting nonprofit capacity to breed, raise, train, place, and support these working dogs and their handlers.
USU is offering this funding under its statutory authority (10 U.S.C. 2113(g)(1)(A)) to make grants to nonprofit entities. The opportunity is discretionary and structured as a grant program (Funding Opportunity Number HU000122USU0001; CFDA 12.750). Historically, USU has competed these funds among nonprofit organizations that specialize in connecting service dogs with military populations, and the FY2022 announcement continues that approach with multiple awards expected. The program is designed to reach service members and veterans across different geographic regions and demographics, indicating an emphasis on broad, equitable access rather than concentrating services in only a few locations or communities.
The announcement also clarifies the definitions that guide eligibility and program focus. A service member is defined as an active member of any branch of the U.S. military, including National Guard and Reserve components. A veteran is defined as a service member who has retired or been honorably discharged. Disability is defined broadly to include physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental impairments that substantially limit major life activities, with the requirement that the disability be documented by a physician. Importantly, the program uses the formal concept of a service dog: a dog individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability. The funding does not cover emotional support animals, therapy dogs, facility dogs, or other non-task-trained support animals, which signals that applicants need to demonstrate true service-dog task training and placement practices consistent with that definition.
From a funding perspective, WWSDP has grown significantly since its early appropriations (for example, 1,000,000 was appropriated in FY2015 for competitive grants). For FY2022, subject to Congressional appropriation, USU estimated total available funding between 10,000,000 and 14,000,000 under the Defense Health Program, Operations and Maintenance, within the Therapeutic Service Dog Training Program. USU anticipated making multiple 12-month awards and listed an expected 25 awards, though the final number and individual award sizes depend on application quality and available funds. The award ceiling is 1,000,000, and USU indicated it does not intend to make any single grant above that amount, meaning larger overall program goals are expected to be met through many organizations receiving moderate-sized awards rather than one or two very large awards.
Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (specifically excluding institutions of higher education). The administering office is identified as Department of Defense, USUHS Medical - Non-Research Projects. The opportunity was posted on November 23, 2021, with an original application deadline of January 25, 2022, and it is categorized under an "Other" funding activity classification as described in the notice. Overall, the WWSDP is best understood as a national capacity-building and direct-service program: it funds credible nonprofits to deliver trained, task-capable service dogs to disabled service members and veterans while pushing the service dog industry toward more consistent, evidence-informed training practices and higher professional standards.Apply for HU000122USU0001
- The Department of Defense, USUHS Medical - Non- Research Projects in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2022 Wounded Warrior Service Dog Project (WWSDP)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.750.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 23, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 25, 2022. (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 $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 25 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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