DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS


U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command


January 21, 2005

Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2005

The Fiscal Year 2005 (FY05) Defense Appropriations Act provides $150 million to the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP). This program is administered by the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command through the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).

The FY05 BCRP Program Announcements for proposals in the following mechanisms are expected to be released in late February 2005 and include, but are not limited to:

BCRP Funding Mechanisms

Anticipated Proposal Submission
Date by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Era of Hope Scholar Awards

Nomination April 5, 2005
Full Proposal July 26, 2005

Center of Excellence Awards

Pre-proposal April 5, 2005
Full Proposal July 26, 2005

Clinical Translational Research Awards

Pre-proposal April 5, 2005
Full Proposal July 26, 2005

Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions Partnership Training Awards

Pre-proposal April 5, 2005
Full Proposal July 26, 2005

Predoctoral Traineeship Awards

May 24, 2005

Multidisciplinary Postdoctoral Awards

May 24, 2005

Idea Awards

May 24, 2005

Please Note:
The Innovator Award will not be offered in FY05. Because of its unique and prestigious nature, the BCRP plans to offer this award mechanism every other year, pending receipt of funds.

The Clinical Translational Research Award was last offered in FY03.

Detailed descriptions of each mechanism, evaluation criteria, submission requirements, and deadlines will be available in the FY05 BCRP Program Announcements. Each Program Announcement will be available for downloading from the CDMRP website upon its release in late February 2005.

Requests for e-mail notification when Program Announcements are released may be sent to prequest@constellagroup.com. For more information about the BCRP, BCRP awardees, previous BCRP Program Announcements, and other CDMRP-sponsored programs and events, please visit the CDMRP website.

Points of Contact:
Gail Whitehead, Public Affairs Coordinator, 301-619-7783, gail.whitehead@amedd.army.mil
Richard Kenyon, Ph.D., BCRP Program Manager, 301-619-7071