Opportunity Information: Apply for W81XWH 15 PCRP HDRA
Apply for W81XWH 15 PCRP HDRA
- 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 20, 2015 and posted on May 20, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 24, 2015. (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 competitive funding opportunity from the Department of the Army (USAMRAA) that supports innovative research aimed at understanding and ultimately reducing or eliminating disparities in prostate cancer outcomes. The central goal is to generate new ideas, concepts, or methodologies that can make a meaningful contribution toward reducing deaths from prostate cancer and improving the quality of life and survivorship outcomes for men who are disproportionately affected. Projects are expected to directly address gaps that drive inequities in prostate cancer incidence, morbidity, mortality, and survivorship, with a clear line of sight to how the work could influence patient care, public health, or scientific understanding in ways that narrow those gaps.
A defining requirement is that applicants explicitly connect the proposed research to at least one prostate cancer health disparity area. The announcement recognizes many legitimate disparity drivers, including (but not limited to) race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, access to health care, differing standards of care, insurance status, age, geography, sexual orientation, gender identity, and cultural beliefs. The program is intentionally broad in the kinds of science it will consider, welcoming investigators across basic science, engineering, bioinformatics, population science, translational research, and clinical research, as long as the work is tightly focused on a prostate cancer disparity issue. Applications are also expected to align with one or more PCRP focus areas and are encouraged to address a PCRP overarching challenge; if a project does not map to an overarching challenge, the applicant must make a convincing case that the work still addresses a critical disparity-related need in prostate cancer research and/or patient care.
The award places strong emphasis on real-world impact in both the short and long term, and it pushes applicants to design studies that are rigorous and clinically meaningful. Applicants are encouraged to incorporate best practices such as authenticating proposed cell lines, demonstrating strong statistical rigor in preclinical animal studies, and including experiments or analyses that assess clinical relevance and translatability. To support projects that rely on human specimens or correlated clinical and demographic data, the announcement points to existing PCRP-supported resources such as the Prostate Cancer Biorepository Network (PCBN) and the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP). It also encourages studies that leverage large patient datasets with long-term health records and biospecimen repositories, especially when paired with modern genomic/proteomic approaches, bioinformatics, or mathematical modeling to extract insights relevant to disparity mechanisms and solutions.
Career development and workforce-building are baked into the structure of the opportunity. A dedicated New Investigator category is available to help early-career faculty or investigators building independence compete separately from more established researchers. New Investigators are encouraged to strengthen their teams by including collaborators with demonstrated prostate cancer and/or health disparities expertise, supported by publication and funding records, and the principal investigator is expected to explain how those added team members fill gaps and improve the project’s ability to answer the disparity-focused research question.
Two optional features can be added to an application to increase competitiveness and, in some cases, access to higher funding levels. First is the Qualified Collaborator Option, designed for genuinely interdependent collaborations (for example, bridging basic and clinical research, pairing prostate cancer expertise with health disparities expertise, or partnering with community organizations that are essential to engaging disproportionately affected populations). To use this option, the application must include a Qualified Collaboration Statement and a collaborator letter, and it must be clear that the project cannot succeed without the collaborator’s unique contributions. The collaborator must provide meaningful intellectual input and research resources (such as access to patients or populations, tissue samples, services, personnel, supplies, or equipment) and must commit at least 10 percent level of effort, reflected in the project budget. If the PI lacks experience in prostate cancer research and/or working with disproportionately affected populations, the collaborator must bring that experience. Second is the Nested Health Disparity Traineeship Option, which allows the project to include support for one graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. This option primarily provides trainee salary support and requires a clearly described, individualized training plan in prostate cancer disparities, potentially including coursework, lab methods, conferences, seminars, journal clubs, teaching or clinical activities, and grant writing, along with a well-defined mentorship and training environment.
From an administrative standpoint, this opportunity was released under Funding Opportunity Number W81XWH-15-PCRP-HDR A (FY2015 cycle), offered as either a grant or cooperative agreement within the Science and Technology/Research and Development category. It listed an estimated total funding amount of $5.8 million with an expectation of about 6 awards, did not require cost sharing or matching, and was broadly open to eligible applicants without restrictive entity-type limitations (subject to any eligibility clarifications in the full announcement). The posting date was May 20, 2015, with an original and final closing date of September 24, 2015, and an archive date of October 24, 2015. For assistance accessing the full announcement, the CDMRP Help Desk was provided as the point of contact.
FAQs: DoD PCRP Dr. Barbara Terry Koroma Health Disparity Research Award (W81XWH-15-PCRP-HDR A)
What is this funding opportunity?
This is the Department of Defense (DoD) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Dr. Barbara Terry Koroma Health Disparity Research Award, administered by the Department of the Army (USAMRAA). It is a competitive award intended to support innovative research aimed at understanding and ultimately reducing or eliminating disparities in prostate cancer outcomes.
What is the main goal of the award?
The central goal is to generate new ideas, concepts, or methodologies that can make a meaningful contribution toward reducing deaths from prostate cancer and improving quality of life and survivorship outcomes for men who are disproportionately affected.
What kinds of disparities does the program consider relevant?
The announcement recognizes many legitimate disparity drivers, including (but not limited to) race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, access to health care, differing standards of care, insurance status, age, geography, sexual orientation, gender identity, and cultural beliefs.
Is it required to explicitly connect the project to a health disparity area?
Yes. A defining requirement is that applicants explicitly connect the proposed research to at least one prostate cancer health disparity area.
What types of research are eligible or encouraged?
The opportunity is intentionally broad and welcomes investigators across basic science, engineering, bioinformatics, population science, translational research, and clinical research, as long as the work is tightly focused on a prostate cancer disparity issue.
Do projects need to align with PCRP focus areas?
Yes. Applications are expected to align with one or more PCRP focus areas and are encouraged to address a PCRP overarching challenge.
What if my project does not map to a PCRP overarching challenge?
If a project does not map to an overarching challenge, the applicant must make a convincing case that the work still addresses a critical disparity-related need in prostate cancer research and/or patient care.
How important is real-world impact?
The award places strong emphasis on real-world impact in both the short and long term, and it pushes applicants to design studies that are rigorous and clinically meaningful with a clear line of sight to how the work could influence patient care, public health, or scientific understanding in ways that narrow disparity gaps.
What study design or rigor expectations are highlighted?
Applicants are encouraged to incorporate best practices such as authenticating proposed cell lines, demonstrating strong statistical rigor in preclinical animal studies, and including experiments or analyses that assess clinical relevance and translatability.
Are there specific DoD/PCRP resources mentioned for human specimens or clinical data?
Yes. The announcement points to existing PCRP-supported resources such as the Prostate Cancer Biorepository Network (PCBN) and the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP), particularly for projects relying on human specimens or correlated clinical and demographic data.
Does the program encourage the use of large datasets and modern analytic methods?
Yes. It encourages studies that leverage large patient datasets with long-term health records and biospecimen repositories, especially when paired with modern genomic/proteomic approaches, bioinformatics, or mathematical modeling to extract insights relevant to disparity mechanisms and solutions.
Is there a New Investigator category?
Yes. A dedicated New Investigator category is available to help early-career faculty or investigators building independence compete separately from more established researchers.
What team expectations are noted for New Investigators?
New Investigators are encouraged to strengthen their teams by including collaborators with demonstrated prostate cancer and/or health disparities expertise (supported by publication and funding records). The principal investigator is expected to explain how these team members fill gaps and improve the project’s ability to answer the disparity-focused research question.
What optional features can be added to increase competitiveness?
Two optional features are described: (1) the Qualified Collaborator Option and (2) the Nested Health Disparity Traineeship Option. These options can increase competitiveness and, in some cases, provide access to higher funding levels.
What is the Qualified Collaborator Option?
The Qualified Collaborator Option is designed for genuinely interdependent collaborations, such as bridging basic and clinical research, pairing prostate cancer expertise with health disparities expertise, or partnering with community organizations essential to engaging disproportionately affected populations.
What documentation is required for the Qualified Collaborator Option?
To use this option, the application must include a Qualified Collaboration Statement and a collaborator letter, and it must be clear that the project cannot succeed without the collaborator’s unique contributions.
What level of effort is required from a Qualified Collaborator?
The collaborator must commit at least a 10 percent level of effort, reflected in the project budget.
What kinds of contributions must a Qualified Collaborator provide?
The collaborator must provide meaningful intellectual input and research resources, such as access to patients or populations, tissue samples, services, personnel, supplies, or equipment, and the application must demonstrate that the project depends on these contributions.
What if the PI lacks experience in prostate cancer research or working with disproportionately affected populations?
If the principal investigator lacks experience in prostate cancer research and/or working with disproportionately affected populations, the Qualified Collaborator must bring that experience.
What is the Nested Health Disparity Traineeship Option?
This option allows the project to include support for one graduate student or postdoctoral fellow and primarily provides trainee salary support.
What training plan requirements apply to the traineeship option?
The application must include a clearly described, individualized training plan in prostate cancer disparities. The plan may include elements such as coursework, lab methods, conferences, seminars, journal clubs, teaching or clinical activities, and grant writing, along with a well-defined mentorship and training environment.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this award?
The Funding Opportunity Number is W81XWH-15-PCRP-HDR A (FY2015 cycle).
What type of funding mechanism is offered?
The opportunity was offered as either a grant or a cooperative agreement within the Science and Technology/Research and Development category.
How much funding was estimated and how many awards were expected?
The listing included an estimated total funding amount of $5.8 million with an expectation of about 6 awards.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The opportunity did not require cost sharing or matching.
Who was eligible to apply?
The listing indicated the opportunity was broadly open to eligible applicants without restrictive entity-type limitations, subject to any eligibility clarifications in the full announcement.
When was this opportunity posted and when did it close?
The posting date was May 20, 2015. The original and final closing date was September 24, 2015. The archive date was October 24, 2015.
Who is the point of contact for help accessing the full announcement?
For assistance accessing the full announcement, the CDMRP Help Desk was provided as the point of contact.
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