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Make America Healthy Again – Enhancing Lifestyle and Evaluating Value-based Approaches Through Evidence

Maneuver Damage Coordination Support for Fort Polk

Manufacturing Systems Integration

Marine and Mammal Habitat Monitoring: Cook Inlet Beluga Whale (CIBW) Prey – Salmon Monitoring for Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER)

Marine Geology and Geophysics

Marine Mammal and Habitat Monitoring-Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Prey at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER)

Mathematical Biology

Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence

Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program

Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes

Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) (R35 - Clinical Trial Optional)

Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs

Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk after Bariatric Surgery (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk after Bariatric Surgery (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk with Use of Incretin Mimetics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk with Use of Incretin Mimetics (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Media Projects

Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) (T32)

Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 Independent Clinical Trial Required)

Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)

Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

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