DoD Rare Cancers Research Program

DoD Rare Cancers Research Program
Concept Award
Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted will not exceed $100,000.
Purpose: The FY21 RCRP Concept Award supports highly innovative, untested, potentially groundbreaking novel concepts in rare cancers. The Concept Award is not intended to support an incremental progression of an already established research project; instead, it allows Principal Investigators (PIs) the opportunity to pursue serendipitous observations. Preliminary data are not required. This award mechanism supports high-risk studies that have the potential to reveal entirely new avenues for investigation. Applications must describe how the new idea will enhance the existing knowledge of rare cancers or develop an innovative and novel course of investigation. Research completed through a Concept Award may generate sufficient preliminary data to enable the PI to prepare an application for future research.
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 “All investigators at or above the level of postdoctoral fellow (or equivalent) are eligible”, 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 request a career development PI waiver.
Timeline:
Pre-application/Letter of intent (required) deadline: July 13, 2021 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) deadline: August 6, 2021
Full proposal deadline: August 13, 2021 via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/rcrp

DoD Rare Cancers Research Program
Idea Development Award
Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted will not exceed $350,000.
Purpose: The FY21 RCRP Idea Development Award mechanism promotes new ideas that are still in the early stages of development and have the potential to yield impactful data and new avenues of investigation. This award supports conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate progress toward eradicating deaths and suffering from rare cancers. Applications should include a wellformulated, testable hypothesis based on strong scientific rationale.
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.
Timeline:
Pre-application/Letter of intent (required) deadline: July 13, 2021 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) deadline: October 6, 2021
Full proposal deadline: October 15, 2021 via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/rcrp

DoD Rare Cancers Research Program
Resource and Community Development Award
Amount of funding: Direct costs budgeted will not exceed $600,000.
Purpose: The FY21 RCRP RCDA supports the development of resources to advance the field of rare cancers research and ultimately improve outcomes for individuals with rare cancers. Major gaps in patient care of rare cancers include lack of communication and dissemination strategies for rare cancer research and clinical findings within communities; lack of therapeutics and mechanistic studies to inform treatment development; lack of research and clinical resources, including patient tissues, cell, and tumor models; and lack of infrastructure for sharing data and other resources. 
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.
Timeline:
Pre-application/Letter of intent (required) deadline: July 13, 2021 via eBrap
Please include your RPM’s name as business official in the pre-application.
Institutional representative (RPM/RMG or CGO/OSR) deadline: October 6, 2021
Full proposal deadline: October 15, 2021 via grants.gov
Guidelines: https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/rcrp

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).