FY09 DOD Lung Cancer Promising Clinician Research Award | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The FY09 DOD Lung Cancer Promising Clinician Research Award (LCPCRA) is a Department of Defense lung cancer funding mechanism designed specifically to help early-career physician researchers build an independent research trajectory while they continue to carry real clinical responsibilities. The central purpose is career development through a supported research project: the award targets physicians who are still establishing themselves as investigators and need protected time and resources to generate data, publish, and position themselves for a sustained, active career focused on lung cancer research alongside clinical practice. Prior lung cancer research experience is allowed but not required, and the program makes room for clinicians who are pivoting into lung cancer research from other areas, as long as they show a credible plan and commitment.

Eligibility is tied closely to career stage and clinical role. The Principal Investigator must be in their first faculty appointment, whether that appointment is tenure-track or non-tenure-track. The program also expects the PI to demonstrate an ongoing commitment to both clinical practice and lung cancer research, reflected in a requirement to dedicate 40 percent of their time to research activities. For applicants with a limited track record in lung cancer, the announcement explicitly encourages forming collaborations with investigators who already have established expertise in lung cancer, signaling that mentorship and team science are viewed as legitimate ways to strengthen the project and the clinician-investigator’s development.

A defining feature of this opportunity is that applications must fit within at least one of seven specific Areas of Emphasis, and the mechanism will only accept proposals that clearly address one or more of them. These focus areas are strongly oriented toward earlier detection, early disease biology, and treatment response, rather than late-stage general oncology. The emphasized topics include: developing non-invasive or minimally invasive tools to detect lung cancer at its earliest stages; creating and improving screening and early detection approaches (including imaging such as CT scans or X-rays as well as biomarker-based, genetic/genomic/proteomic methods, and risk-factor assessment); explaining molecular mechanisms that drive clinically significant lung cancer; clarifying mechanisms that lead to different lung cancer types; proposing innovative prevention strategies and treatments aimed at early lung cancer; identifying predictive and prognostic markers that distinguish likely responders from non-responders; and understanding how acquired resistance to treatment develops. In practice, this scope invites projects ranging from translational biomarker validation and imaging innovations to mechanistic studies and clinically grounded work on resistance and response markers, provided the proposal aligns with at least one listed emphasis area.

From an organizational standpoint, this was a discretionary federal funding opportunity administered by the Department of the Army through USAMRAA under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs context, with the CFDA listed as 12.420 (Military Medical Research and Development). The funding instrument type allowed was a cooperative agreement and/or grant, with no cost-sharing or matching requirement. The estimated total program funding was $1,250,000, with an expected two awards, indicating a competitive environment and relatively selective funding rate. While eligibility is described as unrestricted (open to any type of entity, subject to details in the full announcement), the program strongly encourages submissions from and partnerships with Military Treatment Facilities, Military Research Institutions, and Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and research labs, reflecting the DOD’s interest in strengthening military and VA research connections and ensuring relevance to those populations and systems.

Key dates show the opportunity was posted August 3, 2009, with an original and final closing date of December 3, 2009, and it was later archived January 2, 2010. The funding opportunity number is W81XWH 09 LCRP LCPCRA, and the official title is FY09 DOD Lung Cancer Promising Clinician Research Award. The announcement also provided support contacts for application access and submission systems, including PA HELP and the CDMRP helpdesk, which is typical for DOD opportunities that rely on specialized electronic submission and pre-application workflows described in the full program announcement.

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