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Opportunity Summary:

The DoD Breast Cancer Innovator Award is a U.S. Army (USAMRAA) funding opportunity under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Breast Cancer Research Program that is designed to back people, not just proposals. Its core purpose is to support visionary leaders who have already shown exceptional creativity and the ability to push ideas that challenge standard thinking, and then give them the resources and latitude to pursue bold, high risk concepts that could meaningfully advance, and ultimately contribute to, the eradication of breast cancer. Unlike many research grants that primarily judge a narrowly defined project plan, this award places the main emphasis on the Principal Investigator as an innovator: what unique, original contribution that individual is positioned to make, and how their track record suggests they can drive unconventional ideas toward real progress.

A defining feature of the program is that applicants can come from virtually any professional background or organizational setting, as long as their application is focused on breast cancer. The opportunity explicitly welcomes innovators from diverse environments such as universities, advocacy organizations, government agencies, private industry, media, and professional societies. Prior experience specifically in breast cancer research is not required, which signals that the program is intentionally trying to attract breakthrough thinking from outside the usual lanes. At the same time, the expectation is that the PI brings demonstrated leadership, a history of creative work, and clear evidence of being able to form and lead effective partnerships and collaborations, since complex problems like breast cancer often require cross-disciplinary teams and sustained coordination.

The award mechanism is offered as either a grant or a cooperative agreement, and it sits within the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement. The funding opportunity number is W81XWH 11 BCRP INNOV, and it is associated with CFDA 12.420 (Military Medical Research and Development). The program anticipated making about 3 awards, with an estimated total funding level of $22,500,000, indicating a small number of highly substantial awards aimed at enabling ambitious work rather than incremental studies.

Applicants should also note the commitment requirement: the PI must devote at least 50 percent of their full-time professional effort during the award period to breast cancer research. This is a major time commitment and reinforces that the program is meant to empower an innovator to focus intensely on breast cancer, not to fund a side project. In practical terms, a competitive application would be expected to make a strong case that the PI has a rare capacity for original thinking, a credible pattern of innovation and leadership, and a compelling vision that goes beyond conventional approaches, while still showing how that vision will be directed toward breast cancer outcomes.

Administratively, the opportunity was posted on April 19, 2011, with an original and current closing date of June 21, 2011, and an archive date of July 21, 2011. For help accessing the full announcement or resolving submission issues, the notice lists contacts including the CDMRP help resources (PA HELP at 301-619-7079 and cdmrp.pa@amedd.army.mil, and eReceipt HELP at 301-682-5507 and help@cdmrp.org).

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