DoD Melanoma Research Program

Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance will not exceed $500,000.
Purpose: The FY23 MRP Idea Award supports innovative, untested, exploratory, high-risk/potentially high-reward concepts, theories, paradigms, and/or methods that address at least one of the FY23 MRP Focus Areas in Section II.A.1 of the program guidelines. 
Eligibility: Independent investigators - Faculty with PI eligibility and CE faculty (with an approved CE faculty PI waiver obtained through their RPM in RMG prior to the pre-application/letter of intent) may be the PI.
Not eligible: Although it states “To be named as the PI on the application, the investigator must be at or above the level of Postdoctoral Fellow or equivalent”, the RFP is a research grant and not a mentored career development award (the RFP and the application do not require a statement from the mentor). Therefore, Stanford Instructors, Clinical Instructors, Academic Staff-research, an Postdocs are not eligible as they are unable to qualify for a career development PI waiver.
Timeline:
REQUIRED Pre-Application (Pre-Proposal) Deadline: July 10, 2023 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) Deadline:  September 15, 2023
Application Submission Deadline: September 22, 2023 via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/mrp

Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance will not exceed $725,000.
Purpose: The MRP MCAA supports independent, mid-career investigators conducting impactful research in the field of melanoma. The MCAA presents an opportunity for mid-career investigators with prior experience in melanoma research and/or patient care to obtain funding to continue DOD FY23 Melanoma Mid-Career Accelerator Award 5 performing impactful research that will also accelerate their career and establish them as leaders in the melanoma field. Preliminary data relevant to melanoma are required. 
Eligibility: Independent investigators - Faculty with PI eligibility and CE faculty (with an approved CE faculty PI waiver obtained through their RPM in RMG prior to the pre-application/letter of intent) may be the PI. To be named as the PI on the application, the investigator must be at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor (or equivalent). Must be at least 7 years or more post first faculty-level appointment. Must be able to demonstrate receipt of at least one peer-reviewed extramural funding award.
Not eligible: Full Professors, Instructors, Clinical Instructors, Postdoctoral Fellows, Clinical Fellows, Academic staff-researchers (research associates) are not eligible because Stanford does not consider them to hold independent or faculty-level positions.
Timeline:
Pre-Application (Letter of Intent) Submission Deadline: August 31, 2023 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) Deadline: September 15, 2023
Application submission Deadline: September 22, 2023 via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/mrp

Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance will not exceed $1.25M.
Purpose: The FY23 MRP TSA supports hypothesis-driven, multidisciplinary studies that are responsive to at least one of the FY23 MRP Focus Areas in Section II.A.1. The TSA is intended to bring together investigators from divergent disciplines to achieve innovations and advancements in melanoma research and/or patient care that could not be achieved by any one investigator working independently. Team science is a synergistic effort that harnesses techniques, approaches, and perspectives from multiple disciplines and/or therapeutic areas to address complex, multi-dimensional problems that will impact patient outcomes. While basic research is allowed, all applicants are expected to articulate the short- and long-term impacts of the research for the benefit of the melanoma patient community. 
Eligibility: Independent investigators - Faculty with PI eligibility and CE faculty (with an approved CE faculty PI waiver obtained through their RPM in RMG prior to the pre-application/letter of intent) may be the PI. 
Not eligible: Instructors, Clinical Instructors, Postdoctoral Fellows, Clinical Fellows, Academic staff-researchers (research associates) are not eligible because Stanford does not consider them to hold independent or faculty-level positions.
Timeline:
Pre-Application (Letter of Intent) Submission Deadline: August 31, 2023 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) Deadline: September 15, 2023
Application submission Deadline: September 22, 2023 via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/mrp

Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance will not exceed $2M.
Purpose: The FY23 MRP FPA-RM is intended to support a multidisciplinary research program of at least two, but not more than three, distinct but complementary projects addressing an overarching question relevant to rare melanomas (see Figure 1 on the next page). Applications for FPA-RM may propose projects across the entire research spectrum (biology, etiology, prevention, diagnosis and detection, prognosis, treatment, and quality of life) and must address a critical unmet need relevant to rare melanomas (e.g., uveal, acral, mucosal, pediatric). Studies involving non-melanoma skin cancers are not allowed under the FY23 MRP.
Eligibility: Independent investigators - Faculty with PI eligibility and CE faculty (with an approved CE faculty PI waiver obtained through their RPM in RMG prior to the pre-application/letter of intent) at or above the level of Associate Professor may be the PI. 
Not eligible: Instructors, Clinical Instructors, Postdoctoral Fellows, Clinical Fellows, Academic staff-researchers (research associates) are not eligible because Stanford does not consider them to hold independent or faculty-level positions.
Timeline:
Pre-Application (Letter of Intent) Submission Deadline: August 31, 2023 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) Deadline: September 15, 2023
Application submission Deadline: September 22, 2023 via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/mrp

Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted for the entire period of performance will not exceed $550,000.
Purpose: The MRP Melanoma Academy (MA) is a unique, interactive virtual academy providing intensive monitoring, national networking, collaborations, and a peer group for early-career investigators. The overarching goal of the MA is to develop a network of successful, highly DOD FY23 Melanoma Academy Scholar Award 5 productive melanoma researchers in a collaborative research and career development environment. 
Eligibility (Career Guide): Independent investigators - Faculty with PI eligibility and CE faculty (with an approved CE faculty PI waiver obtained through their RPM in RMG prior to the pre-application/letter of intent) at or above the level of Associate Professor may be the Career Guide.
Eligibility (Scholar): Must be no more than 7 years from obtaining their first faculty-level appointment as of the full application submission deadline. Instructors (with an approved Career Development PI waiver obtained through their RPM in RMG prior to the pre-application/letter of intent) are eligible.
Timeline:
Pre-Application (Letter of Intent) Submission Deadline: August 31, 2023 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) Deadline: September 15, 2023
Application submission Deadline: September 22, 2023 via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/mrp

Please include your institutional official's name (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) as business official in the pre-application/LOI.

eBRAP Funding Opportunities and Forms (including the General Application Instructions).