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Opportunity Summary:

The DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer Idea Award with Special Focus (Funding Opportunity Number W81XWH-14-PRCRP-IA) is a Department of the Army, USAMRAA-administered funding opportunity under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP). It is designed to push forward bold, early-stage cancer research ideas that may be too new, too unconventional, or too risky for more traditional grant mechanisms, but that could have an outsized payoff if successful. The award mechanism emphasizes genuinely innovative concepts, including new theories, methods, and research paradigms, rather than cautious extensions of existing work.

A defining feature of this particular Idea Award is its "Special Focus" requirement. Applicants are expected to center their proposals on cancers tied to exposures, conditions, or circumstances that are unique to military service or that occur disproportionately among military beneficiaries (active duty service members, their families, and other eligible populations served by the Military Health System). In practical terms, proposals need to make a clear case for military relevance, showing how the work connects to the needs of the Military Health System and aligns with the mission of the Defense Health Program (DHP) and the FY14 PRCRP. The opportunity materials point applicants to background resources on the Military Health System and PRCRP priorities via health.mil and the CDMRP PRCRP website and reports.

The program is explicit about what it does not want to fund: a logical next step in an already established research project, or an incremental improvement built directly on published data. Reviewers are being asked to look for projects that challenge existing assumptions, reframe problems in novel ways, or introduce highly creative approaches. Even though the research is intended to be exploratory, the proposal still needs to be scientifically grounded, meaning it should include a well-formulated and testable hypothesis supported by a strong rationale and an appropriate study design.

Another major expectation is that preliminary data should not be a central feature of the application. In fact, inclusion of preliminary data is discouraged because this mechanism is meant for untested ideas. The intended output of the award is to generate robust preliminary data during the funded period, creating a credible foundation for larger follow-on studies aimed at understanding cancer initiation mechanisms, progression pathways, or other fundamental drivers that could ultimately inform patient care and treatment options. Because of this, the award is also not meant to subsidize ongoing work in the applicant's lab; substantial existing datasets or extensive supporting results generally run counter to the spirit of the mechanism, aside from minimal data or truly serendipitous findings.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity was posted April 22, 2014, with an original and current closing date of September 17, 2014. The total estimated funding listed is $8,160,000, with an expected 17 awards. The funding instrument type indicates grants and cooperative agreements, and the activity category is science and technology and other research and development. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to different types of entities, subject to any additional eligibility details provided in the full announcement.

For applicant support, the opportunity lists the CDMRP Help Desk as the point of contact for access issues or submission assistance, reachable by phone at 301-682-5507 or by email at help@eBRAP.org.

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