DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities - May Deadlines
The FY22 Defense Appropriations Act provides funding for the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) to support innovative, high-impact cancer research. The managing agent for the anticipated program announcements/funding opportunities is the CDMRP at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC).
The FY22 PRCRP funding opportunity announcements for the following award mechanisms will be posted on the Grants.gov website.
Congressionally Directed Topic Areas: The FY22 PRCRP appropriation will provide funds for research into cancers not addressed in the other CDMRP cancer programs (https://cdmrp.army.mil/researchprograms). To be considered for funding, applications for the FY22 PRCRP must address at least one of the FY22 PRCRP Topic Areas as directed by Congress. Research applications in the areas of breast, kidney, lung, prostate, pancreatic, ovarian, and rare cancer or melanoma are prohibited and will not be accepted. The inclusion of the individual rare cancer research program shall not prohibit the PRCRP from funding the below-mentioned cancers or cancer subtypes that may be rare by definition.
The FY22 PRCRP Topic Areas are:
The FY22 PRCRP Military Health Focus Areas are listed below:
It is central to the vision and mission of the PRCRP that applications address how the proposed research is related to military health, mission readiness, and the cancer health needs of both deployed and non-deployed military personnel, their dependents, Veterans, and other military beneficiaries (i.e., family members of retirees). The FY22 PRCRP requires all applications to answer at least one of the following Military Health Focus Areas:
- Environmental/exposure risk factors associated with cancer
- · Gaps in cancer research that may affect mission readiness:
○ Gaps in cancer prevention, early detection/diagnosis, prognosis, and/or treatment that may affect the general population but have a particularly profound impact on the health and well-being of military Service Members, Veterans, and their beneficiaries
○ Gaps in quality of life and/or survivorship that may affect the general population but have a particularly profound impact on the health and well-being of military Service Members, Veterans, and their beneficiaries
FY22 PRCRP Overarching Challenges
The PRCRP has developed a strategy to address multiple issues in cancer research over the spectrum of different cancer topics considered for funding. These Overarching Challenges are critical gaps in cancer research, care, and/or patient outcomes that, if addressed, will advance the mission readiness of U.S. military members affected by cancer and will improve quality of life by decreasing the burden of cancer on Service Members, their families, Veterans, and the American public. To reference the PRCRP Overarching Challenges, see https://cdmrp.army.mil/prcrp.
Idea Award – Preproposal due May 25, 2022
Independent investigator with a faculty-level appointment (or equivalent).
Preproposal is required; application submission is by invitation only.
• Supports innovative, untested, high-risk/ potentially high-reward concepts, theories, paradigms, and/or methods in cancer research.
• Emphasis on innovation.
• Must address at least one of the FY22 PRCRP Topic Areas.
• Must address at least one of the FY22 PRCRP Military Health Focus Areas.
• Must address at least one of the FY22 PRCRP Overarching Challenges.
• Preliminary data are not required.
• Clinical trials are not allowed.
The maximum allowable funding for the entire period of performance is $400,000 for direct costs.
• Indirect costs may be proposed in accordance with the institution’s negotiated rate agreement.
• The maximum period of performance is 2 years.
Impact Award – Preproposal due May 25, 2022
Independent investigators at or above the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent) are eligible to submit an application.
Preproposalis required; application submission is by invitation only.
• Supports hypothesis-driven, high impact research.
• Supports research projects that, if successfully addressed, have the potential to make a near-term, major impact on one of the FY22 PRCRP Topic Areas.
• Must address at least one of the FY22 PRCRP Topic Areas.
• Must address at least one of the FY22 PRCRP Military Health Focus Areas.
• Must address at least one of the FY22 PRCRP Overarching Challenges.
• Preliminary data are required.
• Clinical Trials are allowed.
The maximum allowable funding for the entire period of performance is $1,000,000 for direct costs.
• Indirect costs may be proposed in accordance with the institution’s negotiated rate agreement.
• The maximum period of performance is 3 years.
A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) at https://eBRAP.org prior to the pre-application deadline. All applications must conform to the final funding opportunity announcements that will be available for downloading from the Grants.gov website. The application package containing the required forms for each award mechanism can be found on Grants.gov. A listing of all CDMRP and other USAMRDC extramural funding opportunities can be obtained on the Grants.gov website by performing a basic search using CFDA Number 12.420.
For email notification when announcements are released, subscribe to program-specific news and updates under “Email Subscriptions” on the eBRAP homepage at https://eBRAP.org. For more information about the PRCRP or other CDMRP-administered programs, please visit the CDMRP website (https://cdmrp.army.mil).
Point of Contact:
CDMRP Help Desk
301-682-5507
help@eBrap.org
For more information, please contact Jill Sherman, International Research Facilitator, at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.