Opportunity Information: Apply for W81XWH 14 PCRP HDRA
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- The Dept. of the Army USAMRAA in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "DoD Prostate Cancer Dr. Barbara Terry Koroma Health Disparity Research Award" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.420 Military Medical Research and Development.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 30, 2014 and posted on May 30, 2014.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 24, 2014. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $5,800,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Opportunity Summary:
The DoD Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Dr. Barbara Terry Koroma Health Disparity Research Award is a Department of the Army funding opportunity designed to support innovative research aimed at understanding and ultimately reducing disparities in prostate cancer outcomes. The program is specifically focused on research that can make a meaningful contribution toward eliminating death from prostate cancer and improving the well-being and survivorship of men affected by the disease. Historically, this mechanism has been competitive: since it began in FY01, 321 applications were received and 69 were recommended for funding, reflecting a strong emphasis on significance, innovation, and clear relevance to health disparity issues in prostate cancer.
A central requirement is that every application must clearly and explicitly connect the proposed research to a prostate cancer health disparity. The announcement defines disparity broadly and encourages projects that address unequal burdens linked to factors such as race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, access to care or differing standards of care, insurance status, age, geography, sexual orientation, gender identity, and cultural beliefs. Projects are expected to improve understanding of disparities in incidence, morbidity, mortality, and survivorship, with the longer-term goal of helping eliminate these gaps. The PCRP also expects applications to align with one or more of its program focus areas and encourages responsiveness to overarching challenges identified by the PCRP; if a project does not directly address an overarching challenge, the applicant must justify how the work still meets a critical disparity-related need in prostate cancer research and/or patient care.
The award is open to investigators across a wide range of disciplines, as long as the work stays tightly centered on prostate cancer disparities. The solicitation explicitly welcomes approaches from basic science, engineering, bioinformatics, population science, translational research, and clinical research, among others. Human subjects research is allowed, but the mechanism restricts studies to those that do not include clinical trials. At the same time, it allows correlative studies, including studies that use populations or data drawn from existing clinical trials, which can be important for examining biological, behavioral, or systems-level factors contributing to unequal outcomes without running a new interventional trial.
The opportunity includes a strong pathway for early-career faculty through a dedicated New Investigator category. This track is meant for PIs who are still building independent research programs, and it allows them to be reviewed separately from established investigators during both peer and programmatic review. New Investigators are encouraged to strengthen their applications by bringing in experienced team members, particularly those with demonstrated prostate cancer and/or health disparity expertise, and the PI is expected to explain how these additional investigators fill gaps and improve the project’s ability to answer the research question. A New Investigator can also pair this category with other options offered under the award, including formal collaboration provisions.
Two optional features can be added to an application. First, the Qualified Collaborator Option is intended to support high-value collaborations that are essential to completing the research, such as partnerships between basic and clinical researchers, disparity experts and prostate cancer specialists, and/or researchers working with community organizations that provide meaningful access to disproportionately affected populations. To qualify, the application must include a Qualified Collaboration Statement from the PI and a collaboration letter from the collaborator, and it must be clear that the project depends on the collaborator’s unique skills and resources. The collaborator must provide substantial intellectual and practical contributions (such as data access, patient or population access, tissue samples, specialized services, personnel, equipment, or reagents), must commit at least 10 percent level of effort, and must be reflected in the budget. If the PI lacks direct experience in prostate cancer research and/or working with disproportionately affected populations, the collaborator is expected to bring that experience.
Second, the Nested Health Disparity Traineeship Option allows applicants to add support for one trainee (either a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow) to help build the pipeline of researchers focused on prostate cancer disparities. The trainee does not need prior experience in prostate cancer or health disparity research, but the application must lay out a clear, individualized training plan and mentorship approach. The traineeship primarily provides salary support and can include structured activities such as coursework, learning specific laboratory or analytic techniques, attending conferences and seminars, participating in journal clubs, taking on teaching or clinical responsibilities when appropriate, and gaining grant-writing experience. The application must also describe an environment that supports the proposed training and professional development, with well-developed mentorship plans led by the PI.
From an administrative standpoint, this solicitation (Funding Opportunity Number W81XWH-14-PCRP-H-DRA) was posted May 30, 2014, with an original and current closing date of September 24, 2014, and an archive date of October 24, 2014. It is listed under CFDA 12.420 (Military Medical Research and Development), does not require cost sharing or matching, and anticipated making about six awards from an estimated total funding pool of $5.8 million. The eligible applicant pool is described as unrestricted (open to any entity type, subject to any clarifications within the full announcement). The funding instrument is listed as a cooperative agreement/grant within the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category. For additional guidance on human subjects and what counts as a clinical trial under this program, applicants are directed to the Human Subject Resource Document available through eBRAP, and technical access issues are routed to the CDMRP Help Desk.
FAQs: DoD Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Dr. Barbara Terry Koroma Health Disparity Research Award
What is this funding opportunity?
The DoD Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Dr. Barbara Terry Koroma Health Disparity Research Award is a Department of the Army funding opportunity that supports innovative research aimed at understanding and ultimately reducing disparities in prostate cancer outcomes, with the long-term goal of helping eliminate death from prostate cancer and improving survivorship and well-being.
Who sponsors and administers this award?
This is a Department of Defense (DoD) opportunity, identified as a Department of the Army funding opportunity under the Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP).
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is W81XWH-14-PCRP-H-DRA.
What CFDA program is it listed under?
This opportunity is listed under CFDA 12.420, Military Medical Research and Development.
What are the key goals of the award?
The award is designed to fund research that can make a meaningful contribution toward reducing prostate cancer health disparities. The program emphasizes improving understanding of disparities in incidence, morbidity, mortality, and survivorship, with the longer-term aim of helping eliminate these gaps.
Is a direct link to a prostate cancer health disparity required?
Yes. Every application must clearly and explicitly connect the proposed research to a prostate cancer health disparity. This is described as a central requirement of the mechanism.
How does the announcement define a "health disparity" for this award?
The solicitation describes disparity broadly and encourages projects addressing unequal burdens linked to factors such as race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, access to care or differing standards of care, insurance status, age, geography, sexual orientation, gender identity, and cultural beliefs.
What kinds of research disciplines or approaches are eligible?
The award is open to investigators across a wide range of disciplines as long as the research is tightly centered on prostate cancer disparities. The solicitation explicitly welcomes approaches from basic science, engineering, bioinformatics, population science, translational research, and clinical research, among others.
Does the project need to align with PCRP focus areas and challenges?
Yes. Applications are expected to align with one or more PCRP program focus areas and are encouraged to be responsive to overarching challenges identified by the PCRP. If a project does not directly address an overarching challenge, the applicant must justify how the work still meets a critical disparity-related need in prostate cancer research and/or patient care.
Are human subjects studies allowed?
Yes. Human subjects research is allowed under this mechanism.
Are clinical trials allowed under this award?
No. The mechanism restricts studies to those that do not include clinical trials.
If clinical trials are not allowed, can the research still use clinical trial data?
Yes. The opportunity allows correlative studies, including studies that use populations or data drawn from existing clinical trials, which can support disparity-focused research without initiating a new interventional clinical trial.
How competitive is this funding mechanism historically?
The announcement notes that the mechanism has historically been competitive. Since it began in FY01, 321 applications were received and 69 were recommended for funding, reflecting an emphasis on significance, innovation, and clear relevance to health disparity issues in prostate cancer.
Is there a specific track for early-career faculty?
Yes. The solicitation includes a dedicated New Investigator category intended for PIs who are still building independent research programs.
How are New Investigators reviewed compared to established investigators?
New Investigators may be reviewed separately from established investigators during both peer review and programmatic review.
Can New Investigators include experienced team members?
Yes. New Investigators are encouraged to strengthen their applications by including experienced team members, especially those with demonstrated prostate cancer and/or health disparity expertise. The PI is expected to explain how additional investigators fill gaps and improve the project’s ability to answer the research question.
What optional features can be added to an application?
Two optional features are described: (1) the Qualified Collaborator Option and (2) the Nested Health Disparity Traineeship Option.
What is the Qualified Collaborator Option?
The Qualified Collaborator Option supports collaborations that are essential to completing the research. Examples include partnerships between basic and clinical researchers, disparity experts and prostate cancer specialists, and/or collaborations with community organizations that provide meaningful access to disproportionately affected populations.
What documentation is required to include a Qualified Collaborator?
To qualify, the application must include a Qualified Collaboration Statement from the PI and a collaboration letter from the collaborator.
What makes a collaborator "qualified" under this option?
The solicitation indicates the project must depend on the collaborator’s unique skills and resources. The collaborator must provide substantial intellectual and practical contributions (for example, data access, patient or population access, tissue samples, specialized services, personnel, equipment, or reagents), must commit at least a 10 percent level of effort, and must be reflected in the budget.
If the PI lacks prostate cancer or disparity experience, does the collaborator need to cover that gap?
Yes. If the PI lacks direct experience in prostate cancer research and/or working with disproportionately affected populations, the collaborator is expected to bring that experience.
What is the Nested Health Disparity Traineeship Option?
This option allows applicants to add support for one trainee (a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow) to help build the pipeline of researchers focused on prostate cancer disparities.
Does the trainee need prior experience in prostate cancer or health disparities?
No. The trainee does not need prior experience in prostate cancer or health disparity research, but the application must include a clear, individualized training plan and mentorship approach.
What types of activities can be included in the traineeship plan?
The solicitation describes that the traineeship primarily provides salary support and can include structured activities such as coursework, learning specific laboratory or analytic techniques, attending conferences and seminars, participating in journal clubs, taking on teaching or clinical responsibilities when appropriate, and gaining grant-writing experience.
What mentorship and environment details are expected for the traineeship?
The application must describe an environment that supports the proposed training and professional development, with well-developed mentorship plans led by the PI.
How many awards were anticipated, and what was the estimated funding pool?
The announcement anticipated making about six awards from an estimated total funding pool of $5.8 million.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The solicitation states that cost sharing or matching is not required.
Who is eligible to apply?
The eligible applicant pool is described as unrestricted (open to any entity type), subject to any clarifications within the full announcement.
What type of funding instrument is used?
The funding instrument is listed as a cooperative agreement/grant under the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category.
When was the opportunity posted, and what were the key dates?
The solicitation was posted May 30, 2014. The original and current closing date was September 24, 2014, and the archive date was October 24, 2014.
Where can applicants find guidance on human subjects and what counts as a clinical trial for this program?
Applicants are directed to the Human Subject Resource Document available through eBRAP for additional guidance on human subjects and what qualifies as a clinical trial under this program.
Where should technical access issues be directed?
Technical access issues are routed to the CDMRP Help Desk.
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