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Opportunity Summary:

The DoD Lung Cancer Idea Development Award is a lung cancer research funding opportunity run through the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA), under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP). It is designed to push forward early-stage, conceptually new research ideas that are not yet fully mature but could generate influential data and open up brand-new directions in the field. The program specifically emphasizes high risk/high reward projects, meaning proposals are expected to be innovative and potentially transformative rather than incremental, with the goal of driving major breakthroughs that could accelerate progress toward eliminating deaths from lung cancer.

A central expectation of this award is that applicants propose a well-formulated, testable hypothesis backed by a strong scientific rationale. In other words, the project should not be framed as a broad exploratory effort without a clear question; it needs a focused hypothesis and a research plan that can realistically test it. Even though the award targets ideas that are early in development, it is not intended for projects with no supporting evidence at all. Preliminary data are required to show feasibility of the hypothesis and approach, but an important flexibility is that these data do not have to come directly from lung cancer studies. This allows investigators to leverage proof-of-concept results from related diseases, model systems, technologies, or biological mechanisms as long as the logic connecting that foundation to lung cancer is convincing.

The opportunity also signals a strong interest in collaboration and participation from the military and veteran health research ecosystem. Submissions from investigators at Military Medical Treatment Facilities and military laboratories are encouraged, and partnerships involving Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers and VA research laboratories are also specifically welcomed. This emphasis reflects the DoD and VA interest in supporting research networks that can translate discoveries into settings relevant to service members and veterans, and it can strengthen an application when the work is aligned with those environments or includes expertise and resources from those institutions.

From the administrative details provided, this funding announcement is identified as W81XWH 13 LCRP IDA and was offered as a discretionary opportunity using either a cooperative agreement or a grant mechanism, within the Science and Technology and other Research and Development funding activity category. The CFDA listing is 12.420 (Military Medical Research and Development), and the award does not require cost sharing or matching. The opportunity projected about 4 awards, with an estimated total funding amount of $2,240,000, implying a competitive program with limited awards relative to overall interest. Historically, the program description notes that since it was first offered in FY12, 44 applications were received and 4 were recommended for funding, underscoring that selection is highly selective and that proposals likely need to be both innovative and well-supported.

Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is open to any type of entity, subject to any additional eligibility notes contained in the full announcement. The posting date was May 21, 2013, with an original and current closing date of October 16, 2013, and an archive date of November 15, 2013. For applicants who had trouble accessing the full announcement, the contact listed is the CDMRP Help Desk at 301-682-5507. Overall, the award is aimed at researchers with bold, hypothesis-driven concepts and enough preliminary support to make the approach credible, especially those positioned to build collaborations with military or VA research partners and generate impactful early findings that could reshape the lung cancer research landscape.

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