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Opportunity Summary:

The DoD Lung Cancer Concept Award (Funding Opportunity Number W81XWH-13-LCRP-CA) is a U.S. Department of the Army, USAMRAA-administered funding opportunity under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Lung Cancer Research Program. It is designed specifically to back bold, early-stage ideas in lung cancer research that may be too novel or uncertain for more traditional grant mechanisms. Rather than rewarding incremental work or the next logical step of an existing research line, the program is aimed at giving investigators room to test a genuinely new concept or an unproven theory that could change how the field thinks about an important lung cancer problem.

A defining feature of this award is its emphasis on high-risk, high-reward science. Applicants are expected to propose work that could open entirely new directions for investigation, including projects sparked by unexpected findings or serendipitous observations. The core expectation is that the application clearly explains what is new about the idea and why it matters, including how the proposed concept would either significantly enhance current understanding of lung cancer or create a fresh research avenue that does not already exist in the mainstream literature. In other words, novelty and potential impact are central, and the proposed approach should be framed as an exploration rather than a continuation of established work.

Because the mechanism is meant to enable exploration, the opportunity discourages the inclusion of preliminary data. That point is important: many research grants implicitly expect early supporting results, but this Concept Award is intentionally structured to let investigators move forward even when such data are limited or absent. The goal is to support studies that could generate the kind of initial evidence needed to compete for larger, more conventional follow-on funding later. In practice, the award can serve as a launchpad for a future application by producing proof-of-concept results, feasibility demonstrations, or foundational observations that were not previously available.

The opportunity encourages, but does not require, submissions from or collaborations with investigators based at Military Medical Treatment Facilities, military laboratories, and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers and research laboratories. This reflects a strong interest in leveraging military and VA research environments and patient populations, and it signals that partnerships in those settings are viewed favorably as a way to strengthen relevance, access, or translational potential.

Administratively, the award falls under the category of Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and it can be made as either a grant or a cooperative agreement (the announcement lists both funding instrument types). The program anticipated approximately 12 awards, with an estimated total funding level of $1,920,000. It is listed under CFDA 12.420 (Military Medical Research and Development). There is no cost-sharing or matching requirement, which reduces financial barriers for applicants and institutions.

Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning the competition is broadly open to applicants of any entity type, subject to any clarifications that may appear in the full announcement. Key dates in the published notice show it was posted on June 6, 2013, with an original and current closing date of July 31, 2013, and an archive date of August 30, 2013. For applicant support, the CDMRP Help Desk is the listed contact point (phone 301-682-5507; email help@cdmrp.org), particularly for issues accessing the full announcement materials.

Overall, this funding opportunity is best understood as a targeted mechanism for testing disruptive lung cancer ideas at an early stage, where the primary value is not extensive prior evidence but the strength, originality, and potential field-shifting nature of the concept, along with a clear rationale for why exploring it could meaningfully advance lung cancer research.

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