On June 20, 2018, Laura Uttley and Dr. Reed Skaggs from Lewis-Burke Associates LLC presented on Department of Defense-(DOD) sponsored biomedical and health-related research, federal funding opportunities and ways to engage with DOD program managers, including a workshop that will take place in the coming months at the University of Rochester where faculty will be able to meet with DOD program managers from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP).