FY09 DOD Prostate Cancer Idea Development Award | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The FY09 DOD Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Idea Development Award (IDA) is a competitive research funding opportunity run through the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA), designed to push forward bold, non-incremental ideas in prostate cancer research. This mechanism has been in place since FY97 and, by FY09, had attracted 4,957 applications with 881 recommended for funding, which signals both strong interest and a selective review process. The core purpose of the award is to support innovative approaches that can make a meaningful contribution to preventing prostate cancer, improving how it is detected and diagnosed, or advancing treatment strategies. Projects can come from a wide range of scientific angles, including basic science, preclinical work, behavioral research, and epidemiological studies, as long as the application clearly aligns with at least one of the program's specified FY09 focus areas.

A central theme of this award is that applicants must clearly demonstrate innovation. The program is explicitly looking for research that introduces new paradigms, challenges existing assumptions, or reframes longstanding problems in a way that could open up major new directions. High-risk ideas are acceptable, and even encouraged, but only when they are paired with a plausible path to a substantial payoff. The announcement draws a hard line against proposals that are merely incremental extensions of already-published work; those are not considered responsive to the spirit of the mechanism and will not be funded under this award.

Beyond innovation, the program emphasizes impact in practical human terms. Reviewers are directed to value projects that, if successful, would significantly advance current methods or concepts related to prostate cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, or treatment in humans. In other words, the work does not need to be immediately clinical, but it should have a credible link to improving real-world outcomes or capabilities in the prostate cancer field. Responsiveness is also a required element: applicants must connect their research problem directly to one or more of the FY09 PCRP focus areas and explain that connection clearly, rather than assuming the relevance will be obvious.

Preliminary data are encouraged but not mandatory. Applicants can submit supporting early results, but the program does not require them as a condition of applying, which helps make room for genuinely novel concepts that may still be at an early stage. When preliminary data are included, they are expected to come from the principal investigator's lab or from members of the collaborating team, reinforcing the expectation that the proposing group has direct familiarity with the evidence base behind the approach. At the same time, the program underscores that even high-risk, cutting-edge work needs a sound scientific rationale grounded in logical reasoning and/or a serious, critical synthesis of the literature.

One important restriction is that clinical trials are not permitted under this mechanism. The announcement directs applicants to additional guidance for distinguishing clinical trials from other forms of clinical research, and it places the responsibility on the principal investigator to ensure the proposed work does not cross into a clinical trial framework. For investigators specifically aiming to conduct population-based studies, FY09 introduced a notable update: they are advised to consider the separate Population Based Idea Development Award rather than this general IDA mechanism, implying that population-level projects may have a better fit and potentially more appropriate review criteria under that parallel track.

Administratively, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number W81XWH 09 PCRP IDA and titled "FY09 DOD Prostate Cancer Idea Development Award." It supports science and technology and other research and development activities, using grant and cooperative agreement funding instruments. The program anticipated making about 40 awards with an estimated total funding level of $28.8 million, and it did not require cost sharing or matching. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to different types of entities, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications in the full announcement. The opportunity was posted on January 24, 2009, with an application closing date of June 10, 2009, and it was archived on July 10, 2009. For applicant support, the announcement provides multiple help contacts, including assistance for accessing the announcement, eReceipt support, and the CDMRP Helpdesk.

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