NEWS RELEASE
Released: January 23, 2012
Defense Health Program
Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program
Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2012
The Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) Defense Appropriations Act provides $120 million (M) to the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) to support innovative, high-impact breast cancer research. The BCRP is administered by the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) through the Office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).
The BCRP is providing the information in this pre-announcement to allow investigators time to plan and develop applications. FY12 BCRP program announcements and general application instructions for the following award mechanisms are anticipated to be posted on Grants.gov in February 2012. This pre-announcement should not be construed as an obligation by the government.
Award Mechanism | Eligibility | Key Mechanism Elements | Funding |
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Clinical Translational Research Award | Investigators at or above the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent) |
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Era of Hope Scholar Award | Independent, non-mentored investigators within 6 years of their last mentored position as of the application submission deadline. |
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Idea Award | Investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent). |
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Impact Award | Investigators at or above the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent) |
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Innovator Award | Associate Professor or above (or equivalent). |
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Postdoctoral Fellowship Award | Principal Investigator: Doctoral graduates (Ph.D. or M.D.). Clinical investigators are eligible to apply. Must have no more than 2 years experience in the proposed research setting and no more than 4 years of postdoctoral research experience as of the application deadline.
Mentor or formal co-mentor must have breast cancer research experience, including current funding and publications. |
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Transformative Vision Award | Independent investigators at any academic level (or equivalent). |
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All applications must conform to the final program announcements and application instructions that will be available for electronic downloading from the Grants.gov website. The application package containing the required forms for each award mechanism will also be found on Grants.gov. A listing of all USAMRMC funding opportunities can be obtained on the Grants.gov website by performing a basic search using CFDA Number 12.420.
A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the CDMRP eReceipt website (http://cdmrp.org) prior to the pre-application deadline. Applications must be submitted through the federal government's single-entry portal, Grants.gov. Submission deadlines are not available until the program announcements are released. Requests for email notification of the program announcements release may be sent to help@cdmrp.org. For more information about the BCRP or other CDMRP-administered programs, please visit the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil).
Point of Contact:
- CDMRP Public Affairs
301-619-9783
CDMRP.PublicAffairs@amedd.army.mil